desicritics.org — Ubuntu Linux, code named Feisty Fawn, makes its debut on April 19th. With cutting edge software, Ubuntu's version promises to be better than ever before by incorporating huge support for Wireless networking cards, on demand installation of codecs and Windows migration tools.
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mohnkernApr 17, 2007
Enjoy your upgrade to Vista in 2 years.
cannedcornApr 17, 2007
I would love to install this if it actually supported my macbook pro without X saying no screens found! There are going to be a lot of disappointed diggers on the 19th.
oobuntuApr 17, 2007
its a RAM limitation on your old fogey PC. you can get the alternative disk, or.... if you ctrl-shift-f1 to a console before the partimage section and add some swap space, it works too and saves another download. google for the method (keywords mkswap , swapon e.g. <a class="user" href="http://cutecomputer.wordpress.com/2006/07/18/ubuntu-606-installation-on-legacy-pc-low-ram/">http://cutecomputer.wordpress.com/2006/07/18/ubuntu-606-installation-on-legacy-pc-low-ram/</a> )
bmartinApr 17, 2007
Yes, it is. April distros are LTS; October ones are not.
bmartinApr 17, 2007
Sabayon will get you up-and-running with Gentoo in a few minutes. If you want all the benefits of USE flags and optimized code, do an "emerge --update world" right before bed. If your computer's slow or you have Gnome, KDE, or Open Office installed, make sure it's before a day when you have work or class.
cubeeApr 17, 2007
If everyone i know goes with ubuntu, then it will suck for me cause i wouldn't be making money cleaning peoples pc anymore...:p
daverave999Apr 17, 2007
Perhaps people are excited? I know I am, just a little bit.
quag7Apr 17, 2007
I think the next release of (K)Ubuntu with KDE 4, maybe one or two point releases in, may be make or break combination for bringing people over to Linux, if any of the hype for KDE is justified (this is not to slag Gnome or engage in some kind of holy war; I just think to a Windows user, KDE is likely to appeal more but I may be wrong and I certainly don't care which WM/WE someone chooses to use). I don't use Ubuntu/Kubuntu at all, but I'm never upset when it gets press, because my attitude is and has been that good press for any Linux distribution, is good for Linux as a whole. I feel the same about most distributions, but while Linux has had several "flavor of the months", Ubuntu is shaping up to be the Linux distribution of the decade, or at least, the one that non-Linux users have most heard of. Once someone gets their feet wet and decides they want to be a Linux user, then the options to try other distributions present themselves as more realistic alternatives (for example, you Slackware users probably understand that your distribution, while durable, reputable, respected, and loved immensely by many, is probably not optimally enticing to most people coming from Windows (some may find pleasure in the dramatic contrast), even though from a technical standpoint, it's a good boot camp distro to "shock" Windows users out of their habits. I run Gentoo and I'd say the same of it, as well. Some Windows users would benefit from starting with something like Slackware, but a whole lot more would likely get The Fear when faced with it initially. I won't even go into Gentoo).The value of Linux distros I don't use becoming popular was really driven home to me by the recent Digg (or was it Slashdot) story about who is contributing code to the kernel, and I think Red Hat was right up at or near the top (don't recall). We all benefit from this kind of thing, no matter which distro we use.I admit that I'm getting tired, personally, of Ubuntu stories every ten seconds, but in the back of my mind, I know that this amount of buzz might be weakening the resolve of at least a few people who were determined not to give Linux a shot. If someone came to me and told me they wanted to try Ubuntu, even though it's not my distro of choice, I'd certainly offer to help them out the best I could. And I've certainly not read anything so far that would turn me off to Ubuntu; the buzz among users of it is fairly remarkable and I am led to believe that the online support community is tops as well.Now obviously we on Digg know all about Ubuntu, even if we're not Linux users and have no intention of becoming one. I'd like to know how to create a similar buzz on non-techie or Windows-focused forums.In any case, yay Ubuntu; if it's going to be some kind of vanguard for Linux, we as Linux users and advocates could do a hell of a lot worse. Debian folks ought to be proud of the fact the most popular (and possibly successful) distribution builds on their own, rather than resentful of the fact that Ubuntu is getting the spotlight (I am also a Debian user on my servers).Alternately Linux will never be popular on the desktop and things will continue to chug along as normal. Which is not something that particularly bothers me that much, actually. But the "big push" is coming (or already on) and Ubuntu's up front. Whether it will be successful, I have no idea. Vista's lukewarm reception is an important moment of opportunity.
sanguinemoonApr 17, 2007
"Ubuntu's based on Debian, which makes it easy to install anything. I think that's one of the main reasons why it's touted as being easy to use."Yup, exactly. I just installed Debian Etch in one of my partitions. The of it is the same, except you use su instead of sudo (of course you can install sudo, if you really want) The more you understand Linux, the more you understand Ubuntu isn't all the special. Debian's netinstal actually just as easy to use now than Ubuntu's graphical installer (if not easier) The Ubuntu codecs install on demand sounds better then it actually is in practice. With Ubuntu or Debian (or any other distro :p ) just enable the Win32 codecs repository after you install and confirm that everything works.
crazybritApr 17, 2007
Nope, Feisty isn't LTS.