Ubuntu 6.06 Reviews
Ubuntu is a desktop-oriented Linux distribution and complete Linux-based operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux which is freely available and downloadable. The special feature of Ubuntu is its focus on usability, including the widespread use of the sudo tool for administrative tasks. Ubuntu 6.06 with codename “Dapper Drake” was released on June 1, 2006, and included GNOME 2.14 (or KDE 3.5.2 in Kubuntu), Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3, OpenOffice 2.0.2, Xorg 7.0, GCC 4.0.3, and version 2.6.15 of the Linux kernel at release time.
FOXNews reviews Ubuntu 6.06 and concludes that “Canonical’s Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is an excellent Linux-based operating system, so excellent, in fact, that it not only earned eWEEK Labs’ Analyst’s Choice designation but has also become our clear favorite among Linux desktop distributions.” Ubuntu also been tested and installed with the x86 desktop version on an IBM Thinkpad T41 and an Althon64 system that custome built. Server version of Ubuntu was put through its paces in a VMware virtual machine, and fount that hardware configuration tasks in Ubuntu rather straightforward, requiring less fiddling than other Linux distributions.
Share and contribute or get technical support and help at My Digital Life Forums.
Related Articles
- Ubuntu 6.10 Reviews
- Ubuntu - Leaping to Linux Operating System
- DELL to Use Ubuntu
- Find Out Linux Orphan Processes
- Digital Camera Reviews
- Cheapest Linux Box Ever
- Freespire Reviews
- Nikon
- Shower with Your iPod?
- Kodak
Entries (RSS)
November 1st, 2006 23:26
[...] Ubuntu 6.10, the latest version and upgrade from Ubuntu 6.06, and code named Edgy Eft, has been released by Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu. Ubuntu version 6.10 features new startup screen of usplash, comes with GNOME 2.16, Tomboy for easy note taking or linking, F-spot photo manager, Evolution 2.8.0, Firefox 2.0, OpenOffice 2.0.4, Gaim 2.0 beta 3.1, Orca as scriptable screenreader, new theme with new login page, new desktop wallpaper, and new sounds, rounded window borders, Upstart as init start-up manager offering faster boot time, new language packs and translations, plus automated problem reports. EXE reviews Ubuntu 6.10 and concludes with overall rating of A- that “it is a painless and easy to use system for basic PC use. I took my system to work and Dave Derington is using it as our development environment for GameRail’s website. I also built a PC for my nephews using Ubuntu loaded up with some free games for them to use. Ubuntu is the first Linux distro I’ve used and I have no plans to go anywhere else. It rivals Windows in ease of use, and comes with a lot of features packed. I couldn’t ask for anything else.” [...]
February 24th, 2007 01:06
[...] Ubuntu 6.06 | Ubuntu [...]