--- "Raul Martinez, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey, you can even order a CD for FREE here > http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/. I'm waiting for my > order to arrive :)
Hey I didn't know they offered free shipping. Ubuntu by the way was first released on the 20th of October 2004. Their first version is 4.10. Distrowatch.com has them on rank 17 (popularity), just 2 ranks below Redhat and 6 below FreeBSD. Give it a try now! =P Carlo > > > > > 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 > ===== 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
