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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. Something to do while downloading the ISO by cciRRus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You might wanna read the review on Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger, while you download the ISO.

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  2. Upgrade working? by B5_geek · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Will apt-get dist-upgrade update me to breezy or do I need to adjust my repos?
    OR is a fresh install needed because of the gcc4.0 update?

    what command can I type to see exactly what 'version' I am using right now?

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  3. Re:Why do we love Ubuntu by cloudmaster · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It should be noted that "stuff" includes a nice, functional desktop with programs and associations and sound and a whole bunch of "just use it" kind of feel. On most hardware, it's really impressive how well it manages to just make everything work - especially when one's used to "the old days" (I first installed Slackware circa 1995 - things like X and sound didn't really "just work"). Even today, though, it does a better job of post-install stuff working on more machines than Windows, IMHO.

  4. Positioned for Education and Enterprise by stevenprentice · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think Ubuntu has a good future and now run it on my development workstation, laptop and server. But, what is more interesting are two big feature they added for Breezy that will make it easier for me to get my clients to consider switching over (including many commercial entities and a pro bono private school.)

    # Thin Client Integration: Ubuntu is the first distribution in the world to include deeply-integrated thin client technology. This allows you to deploy Ubuntu in large scale networked environments or, for example, in classrooms, with a lightweight Ubuntu image booting over the network. All Ubuntu management tools work for the thin client image as well as for the server.

    # OEM Installer Support This release of Ubuntu has special support for OEM hardware vendors. Ubuntu can be pre-installed and tested without configuring end user information. The user will be asked to complete that configuration (name, timezone and password) upon first startup.

    Think about it. If Canonical is successful in getting Ubuntu OEM'd with one of the bigger OEMs, this could be a huge success.