Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 16th Sep 2004 00:28 UTC
Original OSNews Interviews The Debian-based Ubuntu Linux was unveiled today and a preview release is available for download. Ubuntu uses Gnome 2.8, kernel 2.6.8.1, OOo 1.1.2 and comes with a text-based, but dead-easy, installation procedure. Ubuntu has disabled the root user (sudo is used, same way as OSX does it) and it endorses the "less is more" philosophy. There are still bugs on the preview release, but the team welcomes feedback via their mailing list. Read more for an interview with team member Jeff Waugh (also of Debian and Gnome fame). Screenshots also included, and more are here to be found.
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fun fun fun!
by janeiro on Thu 16th Sep 2004 01:37 UTC

i originally switched to gentoo because i liked their style (and fell in love with their package management).

now comes ubuntu which looks put together really well... it's a good think i have an extra computer in times like this.