Ubuntu 6.06 'Dapper Drake' Released 435
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.' "
Oh, the humanity! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Oh, the humanity! (Score:3, Funny)
Kubuntu (Score:4, Informative)
Kubuntu features the latest version of the ever popular and advanced K Desktop Environment [kde.org], which has killer apps such as the AmaroK [kde.org] music player, the Kaffeine [sourceforge.net] movie player, the Konqueror [konqueror.org] file manager and web browser, and the KOffice [koffice.org] suite.
Re:Oh, the humanity! (Score:4, Informative)
And sorta orange. But mostly brown.
Protip: Make your GRUB brown, too!
and you, too can have a colorful GRUB that matches your OS.
Re:Oh, the humanity! (Score:2)
Re:Oh, the humanity! (Score:5, Interesting)
Several others have started using it, I believe Terracotta will be to 2007 what blue was for 2000.
Re:Oh, the humanity! (Score:3, Interesting)
But I have to say that I believe the ubuntu colors to be chosen for warmth, readability & usability, rather then out of some nebulous fashion need.
Other operating systems can have their bling, colors everywhere, metallic nonsense if they like. I think ubuntu's scheme looks great & more importantly, my eyes feel great after working with it for hours.
Been there done that! (Score:3, Informative)
Anyway, I moved to the 6.06 RC from Breezy 5.10 and it was smooth. My laptop is loving the new Network Manager and updated Xorg with Gnome 2.0. It is a very nice package. I think Ubuntu will be on the forefront of competitive alternative OS's to Windows, especially if Vista keeps slipping!
Re:Been there done that! (Score:5, Funny)
From this day forth, all non-Ubuntu operating systems should be referred to as "Non-Canonical OSes".
Re:Been there done that! (Score:4, Insightful)
For most people however, using their email and word processing, photo software, digital cameras, multimedia CD/DVD burning is all they need an Ubuntu works. There is a lot of DVD and CD burning software out there. I just installed Nero for Linux [nero.com] and it's great! The only thing really missing is a good DVD authoring program. QDVD author tries to put a GUI front-end on DVD author, but it sucks.
The next step for Ubuntu is to get application developers to crank out some decent multimedia software packages. At that point I can't see why any "normal" user would want to use Windows.
Re:Been there done that! (Score:3, Interesting)
PAL VCD
mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd -vf scale=352:288,harddup -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:keyint=15:vrc_buf_size=327:vrc_m inrate=1152:vbitrate=1152:vrc_maxrate=1152:acodec= mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 25 -o movie.mpg movie.avi
NTSC VCD
mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd -vf scale=352:240,harddup -srate 44100 -af lav
To convince your friends (Score:5, Informative)
It's live-CD installer style. Will probably impress many.
https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ [ubuntu.com]
Re:To convince your friends (Score:3, Funny)
the logo [servebeer.com]
Now, the problem is that some of your friends may just want to "install" that as their new wallpaper on
Re:To convince your friends (Score:5, Informative)
And a 'keyboard damage alert' (Score:3, Funny)
Re:To convince your friends (Score:3, Interesting)
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.
``Ragnarok
Re:To convince your friends (Score:4, Interesting)
--
Simon
Re:To convince your friends (Score:3, Informative)
I don't know if your problem was real or not but I know that mine was: I requested a stack of 10 CD sets when they did this the first time. I was excited because it was based on debian, implying stability, yet had a LiveCD and a nice set of apps bundled.
Unfortunately, I tried it on three different machines, one of which actually used to run debian, and all of which are capable of CD booting. NONE OF THEM MANAGED TO COMPLETE THE BOOT PROCESS. I promptly threw the CDs away, because they would do far more
Ubuntu's Live CDs DO SUXZ0Rz (Score:3, Interesting)
I love Ubuntu, but this live cd graphical installer, IMHO, is a complete and utter failure. Sham
Software versions? (Score:2, Redundant)
Anyone know of a list?
Re:Software versions? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Software versions? (Score:2)
Seamless Upgrade (Score:5, Informative)
Congrats to the Dapper team.
Re:Seamless Upgrade (Score:5, Funny)
XP ready to be thrown against wall (Score:3, Funny)
At last! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:At last! (Score:2, Informative)
Usability and functionality (Score:2, Insightful)
Careful when Upgrading (Score:5, Informative)
More information can be found in the forums [ubuntuforums.org] and launchpad.net [launchpad.net].
Re: (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Careful when Upgrading (Score:3, Informative)
EasyUbuntu. (Score:5, Informative)
Takes one of the niggles out of ubuntu.
Automatix (Score:3, Interesting)
Pick for yourself but after trying ubuntu and the multimedia fiasco trust me and WMF, you will want one of these.
Re:Automatix (Score:4, Informative)
various commands to say 'yes' to possibly dangerous operations.
The #ubuntu denizens recommend againsy using it.
Re:EasyUbuntu. (Score:5, Informative)
Just checked here [freecontrib.org]:
Get EasyUbuntu!
Stable Release
The 3.0 release supports:
* Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu
* Breezy/Dapper
* x86/powerpc/amd64
Release notes (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/releasenotes/606 [ubuntu.com]
Breezy to Dapper quick'n'painless. (Score:3, Informative)
Hot servers? (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks but I plan to let the servers cool down for a few days before I hit them.
BitTorrent (Score:4, Informative)
No need to wait!
Re:Hot servers? (Score:2, Informative)
Here:
http://torrent.ubuntu.com/releases/dapper/release
I'll miss the constant updates... (Score:5, Informative)
So what sucks? SAMBA's graphical configuration is still useless for setting up Linux-Windows shares. The new Gnome Screensaver actually seems a retrograde step, losing RSS, per-screensaver settings and several popular XScreensaver hacks - supposedly in the name of ease-of-use. I can imagine users will fall over themselves with hacks to get XScreensaver working again.
Re:I'll miss the constant updates... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:I'll miss the constant updates... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:I'll miss the constant updates... (Score:3, Funny)
A young peasant. They do get better though.
Re:I'll miss the constant updates... (Score:2, Informative)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt [wikipedia.org]
Re:I'll miss the constant updates... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I'll miss the constant updates... (Score:2, Informative)
You still need to add it to your list to startup programs in Sessions for it to do anything useful. Like I said, not exactly difficult, but might be confusing for some users - a solution which allowed you to switch between the two screensaver packages and activated them would have been better.
Re:I'll miss the constant updates... (Score:3, Informative)
torrents (Score:5, Informative)
Alternate (amd64) [iu.edu]
Alternate (i386) [iu.edu]
Alternate (powerpc) [iu.edu]
Desktop (amd64) [iu.edu]
Desktop (i386) [iu.edu]
Desktop (powerpc) [iu.edu]
Server (amd64) [iu.edu]
Server (i386) [iu.edu]
Server (powerpc) [iu.edu]
Re:torrents (Score:3, Informative)
Re:torrents (Score:4, Informative)
Re:torrents (Score:4, Informative)
Easyubuntu [freecontrib.org] is a better option.
BitTorrent Links (Score:4, Informative)
i386 [task.gda.pl]
amd64 [task.gda.pl]
powerpc [task.gda.pl]
p.s. you're getting the Dekstop version here. Described thus on the download page:
Re: (Score:2)
Where's the DVD release? (Score:2)
Re:Where's the DVD release? (Score:5, Informative)
Good luck!
Re:Where's the DVD release? (Score:2)
Crying Shame! (Score:2)
When is Linux going to be AHEAD of the other OSes? All my average-joe friends would switch now if XGL and compiz came pre-installed!
rhY
Re:Crying Shame! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Crying Shame! (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Crying Shame! (Score:3, Insightful)
Wireless? (Score:2)
First distro that worked with mine (Score:4, Informative)
You might want to verify your card is supported (there is also ndiswrapper to use windows drivers but it is a lot more hands-on) before installing, however. Hey, if they can do Broadcom's, they should be able to figure out anything.
Re:First distro that worked with mine (Score:3, Interesting)
It may not always be supported in linux/freebsd but once it is, it will work in a manner consistent to the system.
Automatix?? (Score:2)
Re:Automatix?? Use BUMPS instead (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Automatix?? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Automatix?? (Score:2)
Back to the good old days (Score:5, Insightful)
Debian is plugging along quietly producing a great, but somewhat difficult to use (for newbies and non-unix geeks) distro. Ubuntu comes along, works closely with the Debian project to produce a polished version. Now, we're back to the good old days of Linux
Red Hat *really* screwed-up, but I'm glad that Debian and Ubuntu have filled the void as they'll never pull a stunt like RH did.
Re:Back to the good old days (Score:3, Informative)
Not quite. Actually, they renamed it "Fedora". But that's too much for some to understand ...
Re:Back to the good old days (Score:3, Insightful)
IMO, Ubuntu would have no traction (may not even exist) if RHL was still available. That's what I mean about screwing-up. Sure, RH is in the 'Enterprise' now along with vicious competitors such as Sun, IBM, MS, etc. Letting go of the grass roots Linux movement is where they screwed-up.
The warts on the Drake... (Score:3, Informative)
This release is the most polished and the nicest version "out of the box" that the Ubuntu team has ever released. It's a fantastic distro and one that has worked amazingly well since the alpha versions with one major glaring exception. The printing subsystem is a giant leap backwards . Cups 1.2 seems to be a large part of the problem, with the Ubuntu/Gnome print manager as the the other part. I've lost my ability to print in duplex mode which worked in Warty, Hoary, and Breezy. Print jobs now print one page at a time (rather than one continuous feed), like it's sending a 30MB per page document to the printer. Some printers don't work at all anymore. We have a Cannon ImageRunner at work that you could identify as a "LaserJet 6". I've tried every which way to get that think to work (including trying different printer models and/or drivers) and print jobs will just spool indefinitely. Right click on a printer and go to properties and it takes 7-8 seconds with 100% CPU utilization before it opens (1-2 seconds with normal load under Breezy). I don't see how this made it out the door with the printing subsystem in this state.
Hopefully for others sakes, I'm just surrounded by the 4 or 5 models of HP and Cannon printers that suck with this version of Ubuntu and it's not a widespread issue. It's a huge disappointment and one that I hope they can fix in the coming months. Since this is my work machine, I was very excited about the 3 years of support on the desktop and I wanted to stick with this version of Linux for quite some time. Without a fix to these printing issues, it's going to be painful.
Re:The warts on the Drake... (Score:3, Funny)
Arrr.... (Score:2, Funny)
Prematurely released :( ? (Score:3, Interesting)
I was pretty excited since this is the first Linux distro that I could just boot and it gives me internet connectivity, nice true color desktop, firefox, irc and so on and so on right out of the box, without me touching anything.
It was relatively intuitive to use too.
Now however I downloaded the 6.06 ISO and it won't even run here anymore. It just run it, it shows the cursor and get stuck there forever.
I hope the next releases work better
(my system btw: Celeron 3GHz, 1GB RAM, Audigy 2, GeForce 4MX)
Re:Prematurely released :( ? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Prematurely released :( ? (Score:3, Interesting)
Thanks I'll try. Thing is it locks up after it boots to desktop (wallpaper shows, cursor shows, moves) and freezes there, not at the setup screen.
Ubuntu Logo (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Blast (Score:5, Informative)
I've been tracking Dapper since flight 3, its as easy as:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -yqq dist-upgrade
(and wait)
Alternatively, you could just boot & wait - the updater will update everything in the background for you
Re:Blast (Score:3, Funny)
As easy as that, huh?
I just don't understand why Linux has not caught on with non-technical folks.
Re:Blast (Score:3, Informative)
I gave technical advice for a technical forum. Here's how you do it if you're non-techie:
1) Boot.
2) Go to update manager. It will tell you there's a new release.
3) Choose upgrade.
Can you tell me any other operating system that's easier to upgrade between major releases? I seriously fucking doubt it.
Looking over your comments history, I'd say you deserve my nickname more then I do (have you read my diary yet?)
Re:Blast (Score:3, Interesting)
Yes, I will - 'cause you didn't finish reading my post:
Alternatively, you could just boot & wait - the updater will update everything in the background for you
Oh, and upgrading between major releases of windows has always needed physical media as far as I can tell, no updating via windows update for you!
Re:You have to update your sources 1st (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Blast (Score:2)
However, I'm sure the upgrade process is pretty smooth for people who haven't mucked around in things yet. =)
I'm quite happy about this upgrade, because I hear that there is greatly increased Mac PPC support (wifi, sound, etc.) Maybe it'll help with the heat issue I'm having as well...
Re:Blast (Score:3, Insightful)
interested to know what things prevent you from having a "smooth" experience with
Linux.
Care to embellish your original post?
Re:Blast (Score:3, Interesting)
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
Re:Upgrade Procedure? (Score:5, Informative)
If the upgrade option isn't appearing... (Score:4, Interesting)
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.)
Re:Upgrade Procedure? (Score:4, Informative)
If you're running a 6.06 beta, you don't have to do anything. Boot up, log in & wait for the update manager to let you know its finished updating.
If you're running 5.10 (or earlier), the short, easy instructions are available here [ubuntu.com] - cli instructions are:
Re:Upgrade Procedure? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:it's great (Score:2)
Re:Why I don't use it (Score:2, Informative)
There's no harm in removing that package (even though it's not very user friendly and doesn't tell you)
On the plus side though, Firefox 1.5.0.3 is already installed!
Re:Why I don't use it (Score:2, Informative)
Ubuntu Desktop is just a placeholder (Score:2)
Re:Why I don't use it (Score:4, Informative)
Also, one particularly useful feature I've found with ubuntu/debian package handling is in cases where you need/want a slightly newer version of an application that's not yet available in the repositories with the version you want, you can do "sudo apt-get build-dep foobar" and then very easily compile your foobar yourself without having to worry about finding every header package that you need for compiling the app (something I find incredibly annoying on e.g. RHEL). Also, you can for most of the time install debian unstable packages as well if you're very impatient with getting packages not yet available for ubuntu.
Re:Why I don't use it (Score:2)
Nice rant, anyway.
Re:Why I don't use it (Score:2)
I have removed apps several times on my Ubuntu-machine, and I haven't seen this problem you describe. Am I missing something here?
Re:Why I don't use it (Score:2)
I do recall a time once when Ximian Red Carpet (remember that, RPM fans?) decided to remove libc and everything that depended on it when I ugraded Galeon.
That wasn't fun.
Re:version numbering schemes (Score:4, Informative)
The previous Ubuntu version was released in 2005 October and its version was
(wait for it)
"5.10"!
Re:The Death of Fedora (Score:5, Insightful)
Both can co-exist, and it's only childish coments such as these that encourage the rabid fanboyism that this community suffers from.