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Ubuntu 15.10 'Wily Werewolf' Released (omgubuntu.co.uk)
LichtSpektren writes: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" is now released and available, along with its alternative desktop flavors (MATE, Xfce, LXDE, GNOME, KDE, Kylin). This release features Linux 4.2, GCC 5, Python 3.5, and LibreOffice 5. The default version is still using X.org display server and Unity7; Mark Shuttleworth has said that Mir and Unity8 won't arrive until Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial Xerus." Not much has changed beyond package updates, other than replacing the invisible overlay scrollbars in Nautilus with the GNOME 3 scrollbars.
Phoronix brings us the only bit of drama regarding this release: Jonathan Riddell, long time overseer of Kubuntu, has resigned with claims that Canonical has "defrauded donors and broke the copyright licenses." Another reader adds a link to a Q & A session with Riddell.
Phoronix brings us the only bit of drama regarding this release: Jonathan Riddell, long time overseer of Kubuntu, has resigned with claims that Canonical has "defrauded donors and broke the copyright licenses." Another reader adds a link to a Q & A session with Riddell.
The single best feature of Ubuntu is apt-get and that's something that Ubuntu stole from Debian.
Much of the rest is just kernel level stuff and the advent of PnP standards for hardware that make automation a no-brainer. Most of what Ubuntu gets credit for was probably developed by kernel contributors like Redhat (kudzu).
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Ubuntu, in the early days, was Debian made easy. You could download and install an early Ubuntu release in about the same time it took you to decide which Debian CDs you needed, and what you probably wanted to install. Of course, for experienced Debian users, Ubuntu offered little new. However, it made the system accessible to the masses.
I actually ditched Windows completely due to better hardware support on Linux, better install and upgrades, better privacy, better control and better overall experience. Gaming is great on Steam and Netflix is supported on Chrome Browser. The amount of fiddling on Ubuntu is minimal, but still there (still had to download graphics-drivers manually to get it to work), however, is nothing compared to all the fiddling I'd have to do on Windows and still not be happy / in control.
Best of luck, whatever W10 will become. I'll keep my W7 inside VirtualBox, for special applications only use. Works for me. Happy that W10 works for you.
Also Ubuntu was vastly more up to date than Debian, which always was running 2+ years old libraries. Great for long term servers, not great for cutting edge development and deployments.
. Define sqrt(x) as something really evil like (x / rand()), and bury it deep. Watch your coworkers go nuts.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150618010547/http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2015/05/29/community-council-statement-jonathan-riddell/
I'm not taking sides, just providing extra information that's not in the original post.
I have written a truly remarkable program which this sig is too small to contain.
Systemd Will Be Adopted Starting With Linux Mint 18 And LMDE 3
http://linuxg.net/systemd-will-be-adopted-starting-with-linux-mint-18-and-lmde-3/
Still able to avoid that awful crap for another few years.