I can't believe I missed this! On June 1, 2006, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS was released. LTS standing for "Long Term Support", will offer commercial support provided by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu. Ubuntu 6.06 LTS also officially supports the UltraSPARC T1 processor on Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers. This version also boasts a graphical installer, a server installer, and software designed to make purchasing and installing third party products as well. (Such as VMWare) As usual, you can always download the distro from the Ubuntu Download Page, or request free CDs be sent to you in the mail from the Ubuntu Shipit Page. While many people shy away from Shipit because it takes so long, I would reccomend it for beginners. This ensures you get a good copy of the OS, and it takes long enough to get to you so if you have any troubles installing it, there will more than likely be posts on the ubuntu forums that will make installation and usage much easier. While no operating system can offer 100% hardware support without limiting what hardware you can use, Ubuntu has done better on my system than Windows, for the most part. (Ubuntu runs nicely on my widescreen wireless laptop.) You can read more on their homepage: http://www.ubuntu.com/ (yes, I know this is written like a news article, but since I'm not quoting, and threw in some opinions, I figured this should fit nicely in general discussion.) Feel free to discuss Ubuntu as a distro in the Linux/Open Source section of the forums, or discuess the crazy business practices of Canonical here.
Moved to open source. Nothing against, you, Ubuntu, Linux or anything else; but I don't think enough people give a crap for this to live in GD (ok so that probably sounds wrong, but you know what I mean) Though, things like this will hopefully mean more people will start giving a crap about Linux as a viable OS for Joe Public. Given the advances in user-friendliness I've seen in recent Ubuntu releases, theres no reason for people to bitch about windows as much as they do. After all, this certinaly seems a nice and easy alternative. Good to see
As a geek, I hate to hear anyone complain about something specifically because one company or another made it. I dual boot Ubuntu and XP on my laptop, and use OSX on my wife's iBook, and I enjoy all of the OSes. I still prefer Microsoft Office to OpenOffice, but use OpenOffice almost exclusively because MS office is insanely expensive. I prefer Inkscape to Illustrator because my vector needs are simple, and I still prefer Photoshop to the Gimp because the Gimp just hasn't had the chance to research usability yet. Here's hoping people are simply open minded, and not open-sourced/microsoft/apple/etc-minded.
Most people act like they are anti Microsoft, yet they run to them for their OS and Office Legally or not But good to hear there's yet another step to lower the "step in" factor for Linux. Certainly for newbies this is good. But as a more advanced Linux user Gentoo suits my needs more... But nothing stands anybody in their way to switch after a while... Because in Linux you get the choice. I started with Red Hat (and after that Fedora), and then Ubuntu, to finally settle with Gentoo.
Ubuntu taught me that there are actually alternatives to windows. Shame the sound *never* works when i install it. If i could get that to work i would switch my laptop to pure ubuntu
Yup i've gone through every guide i could find. I will get hold of this new release and go from there. A fresh start after a period of time often solves all my problems.
Just a quick update, I installed Ubuntu 6.06 about an hour ago on my laptop, and I am now posting over a wireless connection, can use my laptop's built-in SD card reader, and it supports my native resolution of 1280x800! I've already installed all my favorite apps (inkscape, blender, gdesklets, gnomesword), and the only time I used my keyboard was to type in my password! This is definitely not the ideal system for linux power-users, as gentoo and others give you more insane amounts of controll, but then again, it is linux, so there isn't much you can't do if you really wanted to. It isn't perfect, but for a linux OS, it is very close! The last version I had to recompile the kernel to get everything to work properly (since I have a laptop that came out at roughly the same time as the previous version, and hardware was new and weird), but this one (Dapper Drake) was really nice and easy! I'll be upgrading my server at work to this version (since it actually has a true server version) at the end of the summer, after it has proven itself stable and reliable on other servers
No typing in commands??? ***me runs to hug his Gentoo Lappy*** That, I actually find the demise of Ubuntu... The lack of options you have to learn "the real linux" way. By default no root account, no standard ssh daemon... But then again, the average pc user doesn't need that... But for servers, I'd still go debian or Gentoo (if I had the time ) I still think servers require the pure raw powers. This probably isn't possible in a easy way un Ubuntu, but try recompiling the kernel without ALSA support en apt-get (is this right) the newest alsa-drivers package in. Also, check if you're in the audio group. And try rebooting, that solves some mysterious problems at times
But that's the good thing about Ubuntu. It's a great starter distro. You don't have to do anything via the command line, but you can if you want. I'm going to wait until after my exams finish before I try 6.06, then all my machines will probbly be switched over.
Considering that 99% of Windows users don't know how to utilize half the features of the OS proves that it will probably be the success, not the demise, of Ubuntu. When I want to modify system files, install drivers, etc. I just pop open the command line and use "sudo". Heck, "sudo su" gets me a root terminal, so it's pretty easy to do the same thing in Ubunut that you can do in Debian. I run an Ubuntu server at work because it does exactly what I need it to do, with the features of debian, but the community of Ubuntu. (I must have hit the wrong day to ask questions in debian communities, because all I got was RTFM or Use the Search, which didn't help at all.) Unlike other distros like SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Ubuntu Server installs do not include a GUI, and are all command-line based. For me, when running a server, I need stuff to work right the first time, and to work reliably. Since I probably get less than ten thousand server hits a day, compiling my own kernel/apps really don't make a difference. I definitely agree that gentoo and others urge you into having more controll of your system, but since the average user wants to be urged into laziness, with the option of having more controll, I definitely think Ubuntu will win out in the mainstream. (Once again, I like gentoo, but I think the lazy factor will be Ubuntu's demize only to those who already use gentoo/bsd/etc, which is good, because the Linux community needs diversity to stay on top, IMO)
If you're using VMware, be careful with trying install the VMware tools. They don't work properly with this release of Ubuntu. You may end up crippling your installation if you don't implement a workaround posted on the VMware support forums.
OneSeventeen, I personally find it btter to only get what I want. But I know a lot of (mostly Windows) users are too lazy to do all the installations by themselves.... And I know about the sudo stuff... But call me a security freak or whatever, but I like the feeling of doing a "su -" when it's nececary. It gives me the mental difference between a regular user and root... But don't get me wrong... I love the initiatives with Ubuntu... The more people that use Linux, the more it will become accepted (snowballeffect). But I'm just one of the (abnormal) persons that doesn't like to get everything prechewed. If I want to do something, I also want to know how it does it... And that I lack in Ubuntu... But then again, I'm not normal
And just to make sure I'm not coming across as rude, I agree with you, I'm just glad that there is as wide a variety of linux users as there are a wide variety of linux distros, so hopefully we can all feed off of each other. The coolest thing that ever happened to me (aside from becoming a Christian) was getting married. As soon as I got married, the time I have to spend tweaking the computer went down to next to nothing. Although... last night my wife was kind enough to sit back and watch as I got some apps installed... here, have some screenshots: (After installing Ubuntu packaged ATI drivers and XGL/Compiz) ^MMMM Virtual Desktop on Stereoids.... ^Alt+Tab fades out all but selected item as you toggle through them... kind of neat ^A quick F-12 to "expose" everything.... (wonder where that idea came from ) ^Gnome's Network Manager... did I mention I'm using the linux drivers for my wireless card on my laptop, and the ATI drivers that came with Ubuntu? (Yay for lazy distros!)
Nice, and you didn't come across as rude or something... That's just the way the linux scene is... divers... think about the vim <--> emacs discussions And nice screenshots... Exactly what I don't like... bloated eye candy... I'm a minimalistic, power orientated, CLI type of user. I'm using fluxbox because it gives me configurable... well everything... in just 5 files But to brag about Gentoo, I'm using the linux IPW2200 (wireless) drivers too... ...as well as my (home compiled) version of OpenOffice I allways convince myself those are the best 9hours I've ever spent
I'm hoping this new version then will run the belkin wireless card I've got in my Laptop, really want a linux machine, use my PC for too much other stuff bt this looks like it might actally do what i want, so hmm off to download I go
Even if it doesn't, I've had a very good experience with using windows drivers via ndiswrapper in Ubuntu. If you run into problems, just post in another thread here and I'll see what I can do to help. (and yeah, the eye-candy is my secondary session, my primary is still gnome, because I like eye-candy, but the 3d stuff is just for show )
Cool thanks, that would be really good I've posted for help with Linux before on Over Clockers, they just point you at a sticky Download almost complete
I've always found the folks at LQ very helpful even for stupit questions (personal experience of asking stupit questions )
