Some of you may remember us from our previous announcement and
communications related to the website www.no-name-yet.com. Before we get to
the good stuff, I'm pleased to announce that we are nameless no more... the
name of our distribution will be "Ubuntu" (read below for details) and the
company supporting the project is Canonical Ltd.
Ubuntu is a new Linux distribution that brings together the breadth of
Debian with a focused selection of packages, regular releases (every six
months) and a commitment to 18 months of security and technical support for
every release.
This message is to announce Ubuntu's first public release:
Ubuntu 4.10 Preview (codenamed the Warty Warthog -- or just "warty")
If you know all about this and just want to get the CD, you can find out
everything you need to know about getting it here (read on though, as
there's some other good information in this mail including information on
getting Ubuntu CDs shipped to you free of charge):
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/
If you're interested in the code, a standard Debian-style package archive is
available here:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
For more information, you can turn to any of the following resources:
Ubuntu Website: http://www.ubuntulinux.org
The website contains a bunch of basic background on Ubuntu, an
overview of the project, information on how to get it, and some
documentation for the software.
Ubuntu Wiki: http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org
The wiki contains most of the information and documentation on Ubuntu
that the team has written as they've worked up until now, including a FAQ.
Anybody is welcome to edit and add to the wiki although they will need to
log in first. You log in by clicking on UserPreferences in the top right
hand corner of the page.
Ubuntu IRC Channel: #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net
Anyone is welcome to join the Ubuntu IRC channel for help and
discussion about Ubuntu and the Warty Warthog release. We aim to keep the
signal-to-noise ratio as high as possible on that channel and on any mailing
lists in the project.
Ubuntu Mailing Lists:
Follow any of these URLs to subscribe to the list, view archives, or
to change subscription options if you are already subscribed.
Ubuntu Announcement List (Ultra-Low Traffic): http://lists.ubuntulinux.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce
Ubuntu User List: http://lists.ubuntulinux.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
Ubuntu Development List: http://lists.ubuntulinux.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
Last but not least, we will gladly ship you a few CDs of Ubuntu at no cost
when Warty Warthog is released -- we expect that by the end of October. To
receive a complimentary copy of the Warty Warthog release on CD -- or a
handful to give to your friends or LUG register online at:
http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/
Warty Warthog Features
* Simple and FAST Installation
Ubuntu comes on one single CD, with thousands of extra packages
available online. The install is optimised for speed and simplicity. Ubuntu
has excellent support for laptops (both x86 based and Powerbook / iBook PPC
based), and can also be setup in a minimalist server configuration.
* GNOME 2.8
Ubuntu is the first distribution to ship Gnome 2.8, on the day
of its release - be the first on your street to try it out!
* Firefox 0.9
We plan to include Firefox 1.0 for the gold release of Warty
Warthog in October.
* First class productivity software
Evolution 2.0 and OpenOffice.org 1.1.2
* XFree86 4.3 with improved hardware support
Our XFree86 packages have been updated to support plenty of new
hardware. We also have worked hard to detect as much hardware as possible,
simplifying the X install considerably. We plan to ship X.org with our next
release, due in April 2005.
Enjoy!
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- mdz
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