hey, you can even order a CD for FREE here http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/. I'm waiting for my order to arrive :)
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:24:50 +1000 (EST), Carlo Sogono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you guys heard of Ubuntu Linux yet? In a nutshell > it's a Debian-like distro targeted at end-users. They > have releases every 6 months or so and use the Debian > unstable tree with their own fixes/patches. Ubuntu > basically still uses Debian by building on top of it > in every major release and also has its own apt > servers though all Debian packages are *fully* > compatible with it (according to them). > > The biggest feature of Ubuntu is that like the Mac OS > X, root is disabled by default and have to be enabled > manually. I was told it workds *exactly* like OS X > where you can do sys admin using an administrator (not > root, they heavily rely on sudo). It's possible to run > Ubuntu without ever having to touch root (unless of > course you want to run it as a server and need total > control). > > Another feature would be an automatic mount/unmount > when media is inserted. Data is written to media when > commands are executed (unbuffered) so data isn't lost > when you forget to unmount a USB drive. I'm not sure > if other distros are doing this already... > > The Ubuntu Linux development team have spent a lot of > time in its development and they've decided to fully > follow the principles of Debian. No commercial > software! > > http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ > > About root > http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/root > > Carlo > > --- Federico Sevilla III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:53:37AM +0800, Miguel A > > Paraz wrote: > > > Someone asked me yesterday afternoon to download > > Debian Stable, and I > > > saw the torrents at > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/torrents/ . > > > But when I got home to do the download, they were > > gone. Any changes > > > going on? > > > > The third revision of Debian 3.0 "Woody" was just > > released. Expect > > mirrors to be somewhat in flux. I highly recommend > > you use Jigdo to > > build your ISOs instead. :) > > > > --> Jijo > > > > -- > > Federico Sevilla III : jijo.free.net.ph : When we > > speak of free software > > GNU/Linux Specialist : GnuPG 0x93B746BE : we refer > > to freedom, not price. > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > > . > > To leave, go to > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > . > > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go > > to > > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > > > ===== > Carlo Sogono > ============ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. > http://au.movies.yahoo.com > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
