[Cialug] RE: UBUNTU

[albus]

could be, at least for a newb like me.


Joel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave J. Hala Jr." <dave@58ghz.net>
To: "Cialug" <cialug@cialug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] RE: UBUNTU


> Could this the workstation solution that we've all been looking for?
>
>
> On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 13:23, albus wrote:
>> I hate to say it, but it installs as easy or easier than winders.
>> And it found everything without having to tweak the hell out of it.
>>
>>
>> Joel
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "D. Joe Anderson" <deejoe@raccoon.com>
>> To: <cialug@cialug.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] RE: UBUNTU
>>
>>
>> > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 03:59:17PM -0600, Korver, Aaron wrote:
>> >> What is it's "catch"?  Gentoo's is compile it to optimize it, Knoppix 
>> >> is
>> >> run
>> >> from CD, anything special about UBUNTU?
>> >
>> > It's a commercial distribution.  So, unlike Gentoo, Knoppix, and
>> > Debian, its release engineering isn't entirely up to volunteers.
>> >
>> > It's aimed squarely at the desktop/laptop, newbie,
>> > non-technical, non-server market (though I think they do have a
>> > server version or install set or something, since in the end its
>> > still GNU/Linux underneath).  The disabled root account is just
>> > one example of this--the "right way" to do administrative stuff
>> > is to use sudo rather than to drop into root.  If the install
>> > "just works" no one should *have* to use root, anyway.  I think
>> > the closest comparison here in terms of target market is the
>> > MacOS X desktop market.
>> >
>> > It's a Debian derivative.  So, compare in that regard to Knoppix
>> > or Lindows or <insert a bazillion other Debian derivatives
>> > here>.
>> >
>> > The billionaire astronaut backing is no joke.  The money behind
>> > the company behind Ubuntu comes from the South African moneybags
>> > who paid for a ride on the Soyuz or something like that.  He
>> > started the Thawte commercial certificate authority back in the
>> > days before Network Solutions bought it up.
>> >
>> > That money pays several people who were already participants in
>> > free software development, including some folks from the GNOME
>> > project, I think.
>> >
>> > Release cycle:  Their plan is to follow the same kind of release
>> > schedule as GNOME, which is to have a release every six months
>> > come hell or high water.  This is supposed to help
>> > everybody--developers and users--to plan better, I think.  If
>> > someone wants to make it into the next release, they know what
>> > their timeline is.  If they don't, not such a huge deal, because
>> > the next one is 6 months away.  Contrast this with Debian's
>> > very, uh, deliberate "when its ready" release plan.  Ubuntu's
>> > first 6 month release date isn't until later this spring, so I
>> > guess we'll see how it goes.  Works great for GNOME, or so they
>> > tell me.
>> >
>> >
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