[LUAU] Ubuntu

[Hawaii Linux Institute]

Thanx.  Please see my private mail.  Wayne

On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 12:58 -0700, Julian Yap wrote:
> --- Hawaii Linux Institute <wp at hawaiilinux.us> wrote:
> > Ubuntu 6.06 is officially released today.  (As I was told, it
> > runs
> > Niagara better than Solaris.)  I tried its beta some time ago
> > but must
> > admit that I was not impressed.
> 
> Yes, it not only runs better but it also officially supported.
> http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2006-05/sunflash.20060530.1.xml
> 
> Which Beta did you try?  I've been running the latest Beta 6.06
> since late April when it was released.  Ubuntu has a 6 month
> release cycle (so was originally intended to ship in April). 
> The scope of this release as it involves Long Term Support
> (hence Ubuntu 6.06 LTS) meant that it was intentionally pushed
> back 6 weeks to add further polish and a further push for other
> aspects.
> 
> So yes, I've been running the Beta since April and there have
> been at least 25 updates per day
> (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2006-May/thread.html).
>  Updates only began slowing down about a week ago when updates
> were frozen (no feature updates).  This was also a similar
> situation when I ran Beta for the 5.10 release.
> 
> So the Beta is _NOT an accurate indication.  For Ubuntu there is
> a huge difference between the Beta release and final releases.
> 
> We are in the process of updating the Ubuntu mirror so check
> here for a local mirror or download via BitTorrent:
> http://mirrors.hosef.org/ubuntu-cd/releases/6.06/
>  
> > Is there anyone locally who has devoted some time in Ubuntu
> > and is
> > willing to show me why you like it?  
> 
> I'm planning on writing a review for Ubuntu 6.06 on my laptop.
> 
> Here's what I wrote for 5.10:
> http://www.julianyap.com/wiki/Ubuntu_5.10_%22Breezy_Badger%22_on_a_Dell_Inspiron_6000
> 
> You can also check here for compatibility with your laptop:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/
> 
> ~ Julian
> 
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