[Cialug] RE: UBUNTU

[albus]

If you asking about network time protocol it's there.

And should of installed by default.

But if not go to computer in the top tool bar then to synaptic package 
manager and install it.


Joel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan C. Smith" <smith@ipmvs.com>
To: <cialug@cialug.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: [Cialug] RE: UBUNTU


>I want my NTP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: albus [mailto:albus@iowaconnect.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:53 AM
> To: cialug@cialug.org
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] RE: UBUNTU
>
>
>
> I've played with it now for a couple of days and so far I LOVE it. It even
> has a slick update utility. And it finds any and all deps and
> correctly installs
> them. I havn't yet tried burnig a cdrom or anything fancy, but so far so
> good.
>
>
> Joel
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave J. Hala Jr." <dave@58ghz.net>
> To: "Cialug" <cialug@cialug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] RE: UBUNTU
>
>
>>I just downloaded and ran the Ubuntu live cd.
>>
>> It was nice to run gnome with a nice clean install devoid of all of
>> applications you never run... Wow, looks like they know how to make a
>> first impression... They have my first pick for applications, as the
>> default email client was evolution, browser was firefox and a install
>> of open office. They are some games and the a few basic utilities
>>
>> The 2.6 kernel is nice. My guess is that is why gnome feels so
>> responsive. It sure makes my RHEL WS look "rough", but then again, we
>> are comparing bananas and grapes.
>>
>> :) Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 13:27, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
>>> 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.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > -- 
>>> > > D. Joe Anderson         www.etrumeus.com/~deejoe
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>>> > > a motion detector is to real estate law"  -- Don Marti
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