Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 24th Apr 2008 15:42 UTC, submitted by M-Saunders
The Hardy Heron has taken flight: it's the second LTS (Long Term Support) release of the world's most popular distro. New features include the Wubi Windows installer and Firefox 3 beta 5. Grab a copy here, and check out Linux Format's overview of the release.
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Member since:2005-07-06
One thing is that I can download Kubuntu or Xubuntu and get a fully functional fast or faster desktop without any mono dependencies or libraries installed by default.
Ubuntu still bundles Mono and it's likely that you will see it installed at some point on your system. Indeed, Mark Shuttleworth has come out and said they see no problem with it.
Still, "Mono doesn't get installed on your system!" isn't a reason to start using Ubuntu.
Member since:2007-02-17
"One thing is that I can download Kubuntu or Xubuntu and get a fully functional fast or faster desktop without any mono dependencies or libraries installed by default.
Ubuntu still bundles Mono and it's likely that you will see it installed at some point on your system. Indeed, Mark Shuttleworth has come out and said they see no problem with it.
Still, "Mono doesn't get installed on your system!" isn't a reason to start using Ubuntu. "
I didn't say Ubuntu ... I said Kubuntu or Xubuntu. No Mono there, nor any programs that use Mono. The ones to watch out for are FSpot, Muine, Tomboy notes & Beagle serach. None of thos are distributed with Kubuntu or Xubuntu.
Or alternatively you could go with Mandriva or Fedora if you don't like Ubuntu's "no problem with mono" stance.
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2007-02-17
Sigh........ The emperor is indeed naked, you know? I have never encountered one person who can name me one thing that Ubuntu is doing differently that matters. "
One thing is that I can download Kubuntu or Xubuntu and get a fully functional fast or faster desktop without any mono dependencies or libraries installed by default.
No Novell encumber-ware at all.
Lots off nice GPL v3 protected independent software that Microsoft can't get its hooks into.