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Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" Released
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.
http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
Not to start a apt vs. rpm flamewar here, but I just wanted to stick in a note in defense of Mandriva, as someone who had tried the last Ubuntu release, and went back. First of all, I haven't put up with rpm dependency hell since learning how to use urpmi. Although I wish Mandriva (and the other rpm-based distros) would just switch to apt as a basis for package management, I do like the Mandriva GUI for urpmi much better than Synaptic. Also, I like the distributions which have central configuration utilities. The Mandriva Control Centre is far more complete and easy to use than either of the KDE or Gnome utilities. Also, WTF is up with Ubuntu not setting up a root password on installation?!? I know that I can do it once I'm up and running with 'sudo passwd' or something like this, but this really screwed with me for a bit. I like the whole 'service servicename start|stop|status' that Mandriva (and I'm sure others) have, which Ubuntu lacks. It does have '/etc/init.d/servicename start|stop', but it's not as consistent, for instance my adsl connection is still turned on and off with 'pon|poff something', if memory serves. Both are Java-friendly, which I like. I can't find the package list, and I can't remember if Ubuntu comes with Eclipse, but the new Mandriva betas come with an extensive list of open-source Java applications (Eclipse, Tomcat, Xerces, Ant, etc.). I could go on, but those are the main points.
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