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."

Comments

Re:six weeks?

[wallyhall]

? what?

dapper has been worked on for a long time, infact since last year (Breezy release), and then was delayed by a few months from it's origional expected release date... just to make it "that little bit extra".

Also, remember much of the software in Dapper is software that's been written, rewritten, improved, rewritten again and lastly rewritten once more, many many times over.

Re:when can I get it?

[wallyhall]

Ty, my bad memory!!

Only 3 years for desktop version

[tom taylor]

It's actually only supported for 3 years for the desktop version - it's the server version which is supported for 5 years. Still, it's a decent length of time, and it's sure to appeal to businesses.

Laptop support?

[bananaendian]

What about support for wireless and ACPI and external monitor output ???

I've got a HP NX6125 with Broadcom 4318, AMD Turion, Radeon XPress 200M...

Anyone tried those?