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Why Is The Ubuntu Hoary Beta Release A Milestone?

Posted by timothy on from the it-doesn't-weigh-enough-to-be-a-planet dept.

Mayank Sharma writes "As reported earlier on /., Ubuntu released the "beta" Live CD of their next version, Hoary Hedgehog. While, there have been several Ubuntu reviews after that, no one seems to have covered why the release was an important one. Here I review the CD and, based on a irc conversation with Jeff Waugh, try to explain why this CD is a milestone for the Ubuntu project."

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  1. Re:But why is it a milestone? by bVork · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's easy - its FAR more compatible. My case is a good example. I have a laptop with some rather, er, odd hardware, like my Radeon 320M IGP.

    The old Warty Warthog LiveCD didn't even boot - I got a black screen.

    This new LiveCD worked perfectly and even detected my touchpad's on/off button! (Something no other distro I've tried has ever done.)

    It worked so flawlessly, in fact, that I decided to install Ubuntu. I'm using it right now, in fact. Its just so... perfect. The default configuration is so wonderful that I've barely changed anything. (Though I did mess with the theme to make it look more like OSX and less... brown.)

    I've never used a Linux distro as my main OS before. The new Ubuntu LiveCD is the only reason I've started. That's the milestone.