ubunto linux

[bigc73542]

does anyone know anything about ubunto linux. I just ordered 10 cd's of ubunto free to distribute to a few of my friends to try. Any info you might have on this distro would be appreciated.

thanks

bigc

[Etsnuffy]

Bigc, I do not have any experience with Ubuntu but it looks to be based off of Debian Linux so you can probably get just about any program out of the Debian pool through apt-get. There forums are at- http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ and there main site is located at- http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ It looks as though they have a ton of info about it at the main site. For more info on debian- http://www.debian.org/

Thanks for the link; I just ordered me a few as well. When I receive the cd I will install it and get back to you on how it went.

[bigc73542]

Thanks for the info, this is one distro I have not tried, maybe this one will be a good one.

I guess that Meneer knows more about it

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/member.php?u=1911

[bigc73542]

Thanks I appreciate it.

[meneer]

Originally Posted by FanJ

I guess that Meneer knows more about it

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/member.php?u=1911

Just big fun this linux. It's Debian of course, but what makes it stand out for me besides the new debian style installer, are gnome (i prefer it to kde) the great synaptic software installer and especially the great software repository. Ubunto offers more than just the stable debian packages, latest versions of firefox, openoffices (even in in my own language) are available.

It looks like the attract lots of professional developers and that there is sufficient financial backup.

meneer's seal of approvement

[gerardwil]

New version:
The Ubuntu team will send you Ubuntu CDs at no charge, for you to install and share. We will cover the cost of shipping the CDs to you as well. If you would like to receive Ubuntu CDs, please create a new account and tell us where to send the CDs and how many CDs You would like to receive. We promise that we will never send spam to your email address, and never sell or give away your information.

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/shipit/link_view

Release notes:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/ReleaseNotes504

I have just been reding about this distrobution for a few days. It has an article about it on www.tuxmagazine.com It seems alot like mepis to me. Looks good though. I'm personaly thinking of giving it a try as well.

[squash]

I have ordered ubuntu linux cds and they arrived. I tried it with full HD install, one of the worse distros i have tried as GUI, very slow. But it is awesome as a minimalist no-gui install, very fast (faster then anything, i've tried)

GUI - Slow very Slow
No-GUI - Very fast
LiveCD - Extremely slow!!! (I mean it)

I'm using celeron 1.1 ghz with 128mb ram.