New Enterprise-Level Ubuntu Due This Week

daria42 writes "According to Ubuntu's official release schedule, the next version of its Linux distribution, code-named "Dapper Drake" is due to be released this week, June 1 to be precise. This landmark release will be supported for 5 years (previous versions were only supported for 18 months) and is being touted as ready for enterprise use." From the article: "Dapper Drake will be supported for three years for the desktop version and five years for servers, compared to 18 months for the current 5.10 'Breezy Badger' version. The code release will come after the development process was extended by six weeks in order to improve the reliability of the software."

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when can I get it?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is this a first post?

Bugs in PPC flight 7

[jdbartlett]

I tried out Flight 7 on my PowerBook when it was released earlier this month, and it was a little buggy. The trackpad response was s-l-o-w and altering the mouse speed and sensitivity accomplished nothing to solve the problem - I had to plug in my USB trackball to make it useable. Any ideas?

I didn't go onto any networks when I tested, but does anyone know if there'll be support for WPA wireless encryption anytime soon? WEP doesn't cut it at my office, and Ubuntu 5.10 (current stable) doesn't offer any other type.

Other than those problems, this is great news! I wasn't expecting a new Ubuntu until August! GNOME's new Spotlight-killer is fantastic (especially since Linux filesystem is *that* much faster than Mac journaled) and the UI looks a lot cleaner.

Re:Just upgraded

[kbahey]

Yes, you are right.

However this machine is a SERVER.

It does not have any GUI stuff on it at all (no Gnome, no KDE). Plain old ssh and command line.

I also don't use sudo on it, and reenabled the root account.