Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 16th Sep 2004 00:28 UTC
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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The display refresh problem is now solved after I changed HorizSync and VertRefresh in XF86Config-4 to my monitor's specification. It was set much too low, so I assume that monitors either aren't automatically detected yet or that my specific monitor can't get detected?
Fedora doesn't detect my monitor either, but it provides a list to chose from (at installation time) which includes a very similar model. My monitor is a "SAMSUNG SyncMaster 950p+".
Now I'll try to get this moved over to my SATA disk.