Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)

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The Array (*) is pleased to announce the second release of Ubuntu!

If you've heard all about Ubuntu and just want to get the Install CD

or test the Live CD, you can download it here immediately:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/

If you want a shrinkwrapped CD we will gladly ship it to you at no

cost. To receive a complimentary copy of the Hoary Hedgehog CD -- or

a handful to give to your friends, your school or LUG, place your

request at:

http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for the desktop or the server that

includes all of Debian as well as most of the packages of apt-get.org,

with a fast and easy install, regular releases (every six months), a

tight selection of excellent packages installed by default and a

commitment to security updates with 18 months of security and

technical support for every release.

Although Ubuntu includes more packages than any other Linux

distribution, only a single CD is required for installation.

Everything else can be selected and installed on demand from the

network. Only the core "main" set of packages receives a guaranteed

level of security review and updates.

Ubuntu gives you a distribution that is:

* absolutely committed to free software, every application on the CD

is free software

* 100% free of charge, and the Ubuntu team is committed to keeping

it that way

* complete with security updates for the distribution at no charge

for at least 18 months after every release

* easily upgradable to the latest desktop and kernel and

infrastructure every six months

* able to run on machines with x86, AMD64 and PowerPC processors,

with additional ports to IA64, SPARC and HPPA under way in the

community

Hoary Hedgehog (5.04) 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. It's a text based installer for

maximum compatibility and speed, we think it's the fastest Linux

install around.

* Live CD's for Intel x86, AMD64 and PPC

Ubuntu is the first distribution to offer Live CDs for all three

architectures simultaneously. The new Live CD is easy to modify and

update for custom Live CDs with your personal selection of

packages.

* GNOME 2.10.1

Ubuntu always includes the very latest stable GNOME and KDE. In

Hoary we have GNOME 2.10.1, which features better performance and

significant theme polish. You might also be interested in Kubuntu

(**), the new community driven KDE-based Ubuntu, that is being

released today.

* Firefox 1.0.2

Ubuntu provides the Wall Street Journal's favourite open source

browser, tightly integrated into the GNOME desktop environment.

* First class productivity software

Evolution 2.2.1.1 and OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 are just two.

* X.org 6.8.2

X autodetection and laptop screen detection have had considerable

updates based on community participation. The binary drivers from

ATI and Nvidia are available and can be installed easily, though

the system will use open source drivers by default.

The complete release notes can be found here:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/ReleaseNotes504/

Hoary can be installed in a minimalist mode designed for servers, or

in full desktop mode. It works well on laptops and desktops. Ubuntu

aims for security by design - there are no network services open to

the net after a default installation, and we have greatly reduced the

number of tools that run with system privileges to enhance security

further.

For more information, you can turn to any of the following resources:

Ubuntu Website: http://www.ubuntulinux.org

The website contains some basic background on Ubuntu, an overview

of the project, information on how to get it, and some

documentation for the software.

Ubuntu Wiki: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/

The wiki is a shared web space used by the Ubuntu community to

develop new ideas for Ubuntu. Anybody is welcome to edit and add

to the wiki.

Ubuntu Mailing Lists:

Ubuntu mailing lists are the heart of our community. In addition

to the announcement list, and lists for users and developers of

Ubuntu, there are now Ubuntu mailing lists for the Dutch, German,

French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian and Israeli

communities as well as lists devoted to Ubuntu security, news,

translation, and the inevitable lighthearted chitchat. To get more

information or to subscribe, visit:

http://lists.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Forums

The forums provide a web interface to the Ubuntu mailing lists

that many people find easier in addition to the providing a large

number of unique web-only forums. The Ubuntu Forums won an Ars

Technica award for the best free software community in 2004.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

Ubuntu IRC Channel: #ubuntu and on irc.freenode.net

The Ubuntu IRC channel is your best place to start 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 all community forums.

Thanks to the team of professional and volunteer maintainers who have

worked so hard to bring The Hoary Hedgehog Release to fruition, and to

members of the Ubuntu community, who have provided bug reports,

documentation and translations.

"Ubuntu" is an ancient African word for "humanity towards others", and

we think it's a perfect name for an open source community project. In

that spirit we invite you to join, to contribute and to share Ubuntu

with your own community. Our next release, the Breezy Badger, is due

in six months time. You can help to shape it by joining the team

and contributing your own expertise. See you at #ubuntu on

irc.freenode.net!

(*) Array (N) A collection of Hedgehogs. Continuing in the fine tradition

of collective nouns established with the 4.10 Warty Warthog

release, we have called the community testing team for Hoary

Hedgehog "The Array".

(**) Kubuntu is being released simultaneously with Ubuntu for the Hoary

release. It includes the complete KDE 3.4 desktop and login

manager, as well as the whole of Ubuntu and all the k-bling you

would expect from the KDE Community. See the Kubuntu home page

at http://www.kubuntu.org/ for details.

Ben

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being someone that casually tests linux distros every few months, in the hopes of finding something that could pull me away from windows, i must say that ubuntu is the most promising distro that i've seen in a looooooooooong time.

it's the only distro i've found that supported my dell wifi card out-of-the-box and the clean, efficient layout of it all (ie, not flooding me with a ton of links - who needs 6 different pdf viewers? thank god someone finally cut out all the junk) left a very, very good impression in my mind.

i'll definitely be paying more attention to this in the future.

Veteran

Mike Frett

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Well, just tested out the LiveCD. This is about the most user friendly Linux I have seen in a while. On the downside, It doesn't know the proper resolution for a 2 year old monitor, and doesn't know what soundcard I have, even though it's an old Audigy 1 card.

Havn't tested it on my newer pc I'm typing this on but, I expect the worse hardware wise. I guess it just hasn't come far enough for a permanent replacement for me yet. Now I'm not saying that it doesn't work, I'm saying that it should have "just worked" especially since it was an old computer.

Unfourtunately for me, we don't live in a perfect world and this particular flavor of linux has a ways to go in the hardware detection department. No doubt with fiddling, it would work. They must not include 3D video drivers because that G4 ti 4400 was running in software mode.

Oh well, guess I'll wait till next year :(

P.S. Don't flame me, this was my experience and most likely would be different for others. It was fun though ;)

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