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A Review of Ubuntu Warty Release

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the joe-don-danny-donny-jordan dept.

JL writes "Recent news about Ubuntu had peaked my interest. Debian based, good development team, the Ubuntu philosophy and an active community. I lurked about on Freenode's #ubuntu channel and got a feel for the community. I found them to be helpful and a valuable asset to Ubuntu. I decided to give it a go on my laptop. "

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  1. Re:Missing KDE by bhirsch · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is not GNOME-based. You can still add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list:

    deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty main restricted universe

    This will include non-free/contrib-type packages as well as just about everything in Debian main, including KDE. You just won't necessarily get any security updates.

  2. I've been using Ubuntu... by fmerenda · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been using Ubuntu since it's first public preview release a few weeks ago. It's based on Debian unstable. If you are looking for a distribution based on Debian that's easy to install, solid, and Gnome based, check out Ubuntu. And yes, you can install K3B if you want to. You've got access to all the Debian unstable packages, but they are the Ubuntu repostories, which are a snapshot of the Debian repositories. You should not mix the main Debian repositories with the Ubuntu repositories.

    The company that sponsors it employs several Debian developers, which is a good thing. The distribution *just works*, and is a true pleasure to use.

    Yes, it's another Debian-based distribution. But this one is truly different than the others. I suggest that you check it out if you're at all curious about it.

    The mailing lists have been exceptionally helpful with all the problems that have been posted, and everyone on the lists are very friendly and courteous. I feel like this is going to be one of the best distributions out there.

    If you are sick of all the new distributions out there, that's fine, don't check out Ubuntu. But I'm telling you, from my experience, it may be your loss.

    You can find out more about Ubuntu at http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

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  3. Re:KDE Debian Distributions by tigerflag · · Score: 5, Informative

    Someone else did it. It's called Simply Mepis. It's a lovely thing.
    (After lurking for years, this is my first ./ post.)