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Ubuntu 6.06 'Dapper Drake' Released
BBSeXoDuS writes "Ubuntu Dapper Drake has been finally been released. Run on over to the download site while it's still hot. From the announcement: 'Ubuntu 6.06 LTS introduces functionality that simplifies common Linux server deployment processes. For system administrators setting up large numbers of web, mail and related servers, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS offers the fastest and most consistent path to deployment, combined with the availability of global commercial support where needed.' "
You won't miss them, 'cause Edgy Eft (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyEft) is coming fast (October 2006)
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And I'm glad Ubuntu is orange and brown - a very welcome change from that oh-so-2000's blue.
Several others have started using it, I believe Terracotta will be to 2007 what blue was for 2000.
It sounds more likely that you have a hardware problem or incompatibility.
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Simon
Automatix is also highly talked about similar to easyubuntu but if you compare the features in easyubuntu.
Pick for yourself but after trying ubuntu and the multimedia fiasco trust me and WMF, you will want one of these.
Procrastinating life a way at a rapid rate of speed.
ATI Mobility 7500 Graphics Card
.deb package) I end up trying to build and install the source code. This rarely "just works". This is the biggest pain in the ass. I am a software engineer and am quite familar with makefiles and compilers, etc. But sometimes after a long day of solving problems I just want to come home and not have a fight with my Linux box. There are several software apps that looked cool as a moose, but I couldn't get them to build and install from source.
Just could not get the DRI drivers to work right under Breezy 5.10, until about a month ago when Breezy released an Xorg update, then things went smoothly. Under Dapper things are even better, woooo hooo!
Wi-Fi
Wireless and wired networking was flaky. Was constantly dropping to a term session to restart or reconfigure networking. The manual setup for WPA access points sucked. All is forgiven in Dapper, since the new network manager rocks!
Sound
Could not get Breezy to record sound from my line-in at all. This sucked. Haven't tried this yet on Dapper
DVD
Playing DVDs was a bitch to figure out way back when (when I was a real newbie). Ripping DVDs on the other hand still sucks. DVD rip is cool, but combining ripped tracks into one new DVD title then burning back to a disc just doesn't work under linux. DVDAuthor is the best thing I have seen, but it doesn't work and is a pain to use, even the GUI for it, QDVDAuthor, sucks.
Windows Programs
I have several applications in Windows that I just need to run. I bought Crossover Office from codeweavers and this gets me several programs that I need, but falls short. Granted, this is a bit outside the scope, but it gets honorable mention.
Automount
Settings in my fstab file just get ignored. I have a FAT32 partition that I use to share crap between my Windows NTFS boot and my Linux boot. I added all the appropriate settings to fstab, but Gnome (or whoever) still mounts the FAT32 partition as read-only even though I commanded it to allow user mounts and RW mode.
Installing Any Application From Source
Since many applications out there only exist in source code (i.e. no
It is also worth mentioning that I started reacquainting myself with Linux about a year or so ago after abandoning Red Hat in the late 90's. Back in the 90's Linux was a real pain in the ass, hell getting my printer to do anyting back then before CUPS was like brain surgery... So I still have the stigma here and there. I have said this before, and I will say it again. Linux is today what Windows 95/98 was back when it came out, that is, for the most part things work, but every now and then you have to fight with something in a terminal window. I think the next 5 years will bring Linux to level that makes Windows look like a costly alternative to Linux, rahter than the view of Linux as a free alternative to Windows.
Ah, the burn-the-CD yourself argument. People don't for some reason or another, trust blank CDs. I have found most people FAR more enthusiastic to try Ubuntu when they have the packaging and the nice sleeve and what not. It makes it look "respectable" and "safe", plus is has nice instructions on the case.
Nowadays I tend to lug around a bag of Ubuntu CDs every day I go to school because *someone* will end up needing or wanting one. Need to get around to ordering some more soon.
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When I was updating, I had a problem that the update option stopped appearing in update-manager.
There's a bunch of possible reasons. One may be that the mirrors haven't updated yet, in which case you'll have to wait. My problem was that when I rejected the update for the first time, update-manager for some reason stops displaying the update for 24 hours or something. (Devs, this isn't very smart behaviour...)
I found the way to solve this issue on the forums:
Run:
sudo update-manager -d
(I'm not sure what this does, and update-manager shockingly lacks a manpage, but it worked for me.)