The developers of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution plan to make a new landmark version of the software widely available this week. Ubuntu's public schedule for releasing the software lists 1 June as the date for the new version, code-named 'Dapper Drake', to be made public. The milestone release will be officially supported by the project for a longer period than previous versions, and will be billed as suitable for enterprise use.
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Member since:2005-12-09
This a one CD distro, it's not like SUSE or Debian, you don't have 5 CDs of programs to choice of. There is one program for each task ... if you want another one you have to download/apt-get it later.
There are many one disc distros out there that still allow you to choose what to install. Yeah there aren't many packages on the default installation, but I have noticed that with Ubuntu I end up with many things I don't want on my system e.g. raid software and vnc.
Member since:2005-07-06
While it's not as convenient as, say, a step by step package selection in the install, you could either
A. Open adept/synaptic and go through all installed packages, removing everything that you don't want. As a plus, apt will remove any uneeded dependancies these programs used
B. Do above in a terminal using apt.
While I don't want to start an RPM vs DEB war, I've been amazed at the strength of apt (it's certainly not perfect, I've needed my share of workarounds and fixes...and yum has worked very well for me as well).
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Member since:2006-01-01
This a one CD distro, it's not like SUSE or Debian, you don't have 5 CDs of programs to choice of. There is one program for each task ... if you want another one you have to download/apt-get it later.
Hmm... you talk about it like this was Ubuntu's asset instead of a shortcoming. But think about it for a minute. If you had a computer with no net connection, would you rather install Ubuntu (with one CD's worth of software) on it or Debian (with 14 CD's worth of software)?
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Simple examples are package selection and network configuration. I prefer choosing only the packages that I need (and their dependencies of course), but you can't do this with Ubuntu. It would be good if there was something like an express install for those that like the current state of things and another option for those wishing to customise the installation.
This a one CD distro, it's not like SUSE or Debian, you don't have 5 CDs of programs to choice of. There is one program for each task ... if you want another one you have to download/apt-get it later.