Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 7th Dec 2006 10:14 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Gael Duval has announced the first test release of Ulteo, a new distribution started by Mandrake-founder Gael Duval. From the release announcement: "Here is the first public version of Ulteo! Its codename is 'Sirius' because we want to make it a star." From the release notes: "This installable live CD is based on Debian and Ubuntu packages. It's installed on the hard-drive using 'Yuch'. A daemon, called UGD (Ulteo General Daemon), is always connecting to Ulteo servers to see if a newer, more up to date system is available. It can then upgrade to this new system." Ulteo is based on Ubuntu 6.06 and uses kernel 2.6.15, X.Org 7.0, KDE 3.5.2, and Firefox 1.5.0.8. The CD image is available for download. Update: Screenshot tour. Rejoice, boys and girls.
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2006-01-08
Mandrake was for some years my distro of choice. Had a lot of packages, urpmi worked well. Any installation usually worked well without major effort after installed. Although it had the tools for any power user need, it was referred as the distro of choice for new Linux users.
I kept using it when the Mandriva thing happened, but by the time started looking for alternatives, a change to Debian maybe, or something else. I felt that Mandriva was getting too corporate, and loosing connection to the users. When Gaël was laid off it was the water drop for me to go look for alternatives, and Ubuntu, which had been rising in popularity for some months, become a natural choice: Debian on the inside, the great apt tools, lots of packages, and an easy setup, focused on having a usable desktop installation (which is all you need when you want to get your work done). If something is missing you can always apt-get it.
Gaël created Mandrake, he surely had a vision for it, and that usually changes with time, development, etc. The reason he was laid off could well have been related to this vision that was out of sync with what the new "owners" of Mandriva had in mind. It was best for him so he can now work on creating a new product based on what he thinks the user experience should be. People can say "oh, another distro? who needs _another_ distro?", but if you remember, Mandrake had it's value, introduced many people to Linux for many years for it's simplicity, and was one of the big distros, we can assume some, if not all of it was because of Gaël's work and vision.
I hope this new project of his has as many success Mdk had, it's IMO good for the community.
Anyone else stop using Mandrake after Mandriva lost Gaël?
Edited 2006-12-07 14:51