arstechnica.com— Ubuntu 7.10 has been officially released. Does Gutsy Gibbon have what it takes to swing desktop Linux into the mainstream? Ars takes a look.
Nov 7, 2007View in Crawl 4
Why bother with rapidshare? You have to have a paid for account to download all those part files in one day... You could just point the browser to ubuntu's download page and download the iso from a lightning fast mirror. Hell, downloading through Bit Torrent would be a better approach.<a class="user" href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/">http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/</a>
I agree with ratrip - let's keep X. The technology is rock solid and *much* more flexible than its competitors. It's biggest problem, difficulty in configuring, is being addressed rather quickly now - 7.10 shows *great* progress, both in a usable config dialog and intelligent fall-back in case of failure. By 8.04, I wouldn't be surprised to see X doing things that Windows can only dream of (e.g., using dual/multi-monitor modes on monitors connected to *different* Linux computers - the underlying tech is already there...). Well, ok, maybe not by 8.04... ;-)
I don't have much experience with Suse (the Yast2 poster child), but on Ubuntu, everything I've plugged into a USB port has received prompt *and appropriate* attention from the machine. My MP730 printer / scanner was installed as a printer and a scanner in a few seconds with Ubuntu 7.10, with no action at all on my part. On Win 2000, I would have had to hunt down a driver CD, insert it, go through a wizard to install printer drivers, another for scanner drivers, reboot, and *then* plug in the MP730 for it to be "automatically" detected. I know this because I did it so many times, the memories are seared into my brain.My wolverine hard drive pops open a file browser on Ubuntu when plugged in, and it's added to the convenience list on the left (and to the desktop) for easy future reference. On Win XP, the &%*^ OS insists on inventorying the entire drive every single time, so it can offer me an interminable laundry list of things it can do with those files, like an over-eager 3 year old - "Print pictures!" "Play videos!" "Back up!" Sorry, I endure this with my XP-based laptop just a bit too often - makes me grumpy.However, if you *like* the way that Windows 2000 treats you, by all means keep using it. Open source advocates like me are all about choice. Besides, one day you'll be forced to buy Vista - and *then* you'll be looking for a usable alternative! See you then! ;-)
Closed AccountNov 8, 2007
Works for me. I plug in my MP3 player, drag stuff to it, and I'm done. Just did it to listen to Diggnation on a walk.
efinitiNov 8, 2007
Why bother with rapidshare? You have to have a paid for account to download all those part files in one day... You could just point the browser to ubuntu's download page and download the iso from a lightning fast mirror. Hell, downloading through Bit Torrent would be a better approach.<a class="user" href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/">http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/</a>
ricegfNov 12, 2007
I agree with ratrip - let's keep X. The technology is rock solid and *much* more flexible than its competitors. It's biggest problem, difficulty in configuring, is being addressed rather quickly now - 7.10 shows *great* progress, both in a usable config dialog and intelligent fall-back in case of failure. By 8.04, I wouldn't be surprised to see X doing things that Windows can only dream of (e.g., using dual/multi-monitor modes on monitors connected to *different* Linux computers - the underlying tech is already there...). Well, ok, maybe not by 8.04... ;-)
ricegfNov 12, 2007
I don't have much experience with Suse (the Yast2 poster child), but on Ubuntu, everything I've plugged into a USB port has received prompt *and appropriate* attention from the machine. My MP730 printer / scanner was installed as a printer and a scanner in a few seconds with Ubuntu 7.10, with no action at all on my part. On Win 2000, I would have had to hunt down a driver CD, insert it, go through a wizard to install printer drivers, another for scanner drivers, reboot, and *then* plug in the MP730 for it to be "automatically" detected. I know this because I did it so many times, the memories are seared into my brain.My wolverine hard drive pops open a file browser on Ubuntu when plugged in, and it's added to the convenience list on the left (and to the desktop) for easy future reference. On Win XP, the &%*^ OS insists on inventorying the entire drive every single time, so it can offer me an interminable laundry list of things it can do with those files, like an over-eager 3 year old - "Print pictures!" "Play videos!" "Back up!" Sorry, I endure this with my XP-based laptop just a bit too often - makes me grumpy.However, if you *like* the way that Windows 2000 treats you, by all means keep using it. Open source advocates like me are all about choice. Besides, one day you'll be forced to buy Vista - and *then* you'll be looking for a usable alternative! See you then! ;-)
nandohNov 22, 2007
how can join all parts after download...i need any software??