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Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the meet-the-new-linux-star dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" has been released! Direct links for the US install iso or the US install torrent file." Update: 10/13 18:08 GMT by Z : Linux.com has a look at the release, in-depth.

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  1. Kubuntu is also out. by JabberWokky · · Score: 5, Informative
    It would be nice to amend the post to note that this means that Kubuntu "Breezy Badger" is also available. They are, after all, a matched set:

    http://www.kubuntu.org/download.php

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  2. Re:Why do we love Ubuntu by shadowknot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nothing really special about it when compared to Debian except that it seems to form a more focused and complete desktop installation. I must admit though, whenever I have installed it it's been perfect for use as a desktop machine for just browsing the web/checking email etc. Wouldn't install it for development though. On the subject of the install it's just a (very very) slightly streamlined version of the stock Debian NCURSES installer.

  3. Don't like brown? by Marc+D.M. · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you're not a big fan of the Ubuntu brown default theme, check out the Blended metacity theme and the nuoveXT icon set. They definetly add a 2005.10 (modern day) feel to the system.

    Go Ubuntu!
  4. Re:Live cd ? USB/Flash stick version ? by Swampy0007 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, if you insist on the livecds... Here is the x86 livecd or torrent. Here is the PowerPC livecd or torrent. Here is the AMD64 version and the torrent. Happy now?

  5. List of Mirrors by Znarl · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a list of updated mirrors as the main site is very slow.

  6. Re:Upgrade working? by gers0667 · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you apt.sources file is fairly stock, then just change every reference of "hoary" to "breezy"...

    Then, just run sudo apt-get update, followed by sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. This takes a while, but once it is done, reboot to the new kernel and you are at breezy.

  7. Um, released. Some impressions on the changes by a.different.perspect · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm using it right now, and apart from a new splash screen that resembles the forums theme and the replacement of the GNOME foot with the Ubuntu logo in the top left corner, the most immediately obvious changes to the end user are the features introduced by GNOME 2.12. Namely, the menu editor, disks manager, clipboard daemon, Evince document viewer, drag-and-drop preview, type-ahead-find for Epiphany and GNOME's help browser, and so on. That stupid gedit focus bug is fixed. The switch from OpenOffice 1.1.3 to OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Beta 2) is a substantial one as well; xine 1.1 and AbiWord 1.1, unfortunately, were released too late Breezy's dev cycle and aren't included. Similarly, 5.10 has shipped with GStreamer 0.8, which is still unusable for video, so you'll want to install totem-xine over totem-gstreamer as soon as possible. Under the hood, Ubuntu is now using the 2.6.12 kernel, modular X.org and GCC 4.0.1. Ubuntu has also updated their ATI fglrx drivers to 8.16.20, which gives a significant performance boost (from crap to less crap) for those cursed with ATI cards.
     
    Overall, my end user impressions are that this is a worthy and welcome upgrade to my distribution of choice, but apparently I'm only really scratching the surface. According to the release notes, the major features of 5.10 are advanced thin client integration, an OEM installer, the Edubuntu project for deploying Ubuntu in schools, and Launchpad integration ("Launchpad.net is the new infrastructure that Ubuntu and its derivatives use for translation, bug tracking, sharing code patches, fixes and technical support."). So, in short, I like what I'm seeing, but what I haven't seen looks even better.

  8. Why is it so good? by xutopia · · Score: 5, Informative
    We always get that question whenever some story about Ubuntu comes out.

    • 1 CD (Freely sent to you by snail mail)
    • Most things are more stable than many other distributions yet is cutting edge
    • It is debian based which means that you can just send off one command to update everything
    • It looks nice

    Anything else you'd like to add?

  9. Re:Why do we love Ubuntu by elebrin · · Score: 5, Informative

    - Ubuntu is nice due it's quick install.
      - Features also tend to work immidately: I spent three months trying to get a TV tuner working in various Redhat/Fedora Core releases and it never worked properly.
      - The ubuntuguide is another great plus: it is possible to know very little about setting up a linux box, and get Ubuntu doing what you want it to quickly.
      - Debian package management (no more difficult then gentoo package management, without having to wait for it to compile)
      - 1 install CD instead of 3 to 6
      - A great community that makes this a distro one that anyone can eisily download, install, and set up; it is ideal for people who want to migrate, or even for more experenced people who don't want to spend 65% of their time maintaining the computer and the rest actually using it for work or play or whatever.

    Now, if they had mplayer packaged such that it installed, and played DVDs correctly without as much effort (i.e. getting the source from the developers and manually compiling it, not that this is difficult, but it should be unneccessary), I would be happier.

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  10. Re:Also just released... by niteware · · Score: 5, Informative

    And is it pronounced OOBOONTOO (orangutan for overhyped) or YOU-BUNT-TOO (a veiled baseball reference)?

    Ubuntu, an African word from Zulu and Xhosa, is pronounced "oo-BOON-too".