Ubuntus Dapper Drake Is One Impressive Linux Distro

 
 
By Steven Vaughan-Nichols  |  Posted 2006-06-02 Email Print this article Print
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Review: Great for home or small business users, it still needs a bit more maturity before it will be ready for enterprise offices. (Linux-Watch)

Perhaps the most widely anticipated Linux distribution of the year finally arrived on June 1: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Service), aka Dapper Drake.

Already number one on DistroWatchs latest seven-day download tracker, the Dapper Drake runs the GNOME 2.14 desktop environment on top of the X.org 7.0 window system and a Linux 2.6.15.6 kernel.

The operating system is available for download for x86, AMD64, and PowerPC architectures. A beta version for Suns T1 UltraSPARC will also be made available as soon as T1000 and T2000 certifications are complete.
Ubuntu 6.06 downloads are in ISO files that must be burned to a CD or a DVD before you can either try it or install it. Youre given three main installation choices. The first is the "Desktop." This gives you the options of either running Ubuntu off a bootable "live CD" or installing it permanently with an integrated graphical installer. Read the full story on Linux-Watch: Ubuntus Dapper Drake Is One Impressive Linux Distro
 
 
 
 
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is editor at large for Ziff Davis Enterprise. Prior to becoming a technology journalist, Vaughan-Nichols worked at NASA and the Department of Defense on numerous major technological projects. Since then, he's focused on covering the technology and business issues that make a real difference to the people in the industry.
 
 
 
 
 
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