As was to be expected, a flurry of reviews of Ubuntu Dapper Drake, released yesterday. LinuxForums reviews Ubuntu and Edubuntu/Kubuntu, while ReviewLinux sticks to just plain Ubuntu: "Dapper Drake is a huge step forward since Breezy Badger. I was impressed in many ways. The package management got even better than before. The artwork is fantastic. The networking features are great. Gnome is fast and responsive, and the desktop is full of little applets, applications and shortcuts which make it very easy to do most common things."
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Member since:2005-07-08
"It's a LIVE CD. I can't edit anything and save."
Yes, you can!! Try it (using sudo since it's obviously a system file) and see. You can use Synaptic or the even simpler application installer to install new software while running the LiveCD. There's not many things you can't do on the LiveCD. You can even save your settings to a USB key and issue the "persistent" option at the boot prompt to save your settings across LiveCD sessions.
That said, it is a shame that the LiveCD won't work out of the box on your system. I know there was a very late (two days before release) regression bug having to do with Radeon 7500 support, but I'm not completely sure if that particular problem has anything to do with your experience.
Anyways, Linux-based LiveCDs have come a long way since the early days of Knoppix. Things like unionfs and improved initramfs have made them a lot more usable. If you don't mind the occasional latency of your optical drive spinning up when starting applications, the Ubuntu LiveCD is an acceptable OS in its own right.
Member since:
2005-07-08
It's a LIVE CD. I can't edit anything and save.