Ubuntu
Thursday, November 17th, 2005
Linux for Human Beings
ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others". Ubuntu also means
"I am what I am because of who we all are". The Ubuntu Linux
distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.
Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available
with both community and professional support. It is developed by a
large community and we invite you to participate too!
The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu
Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that
software tools should be usable by people in their local language and
despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to
customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.
These freedoms make Ubuntu fundamentally different from traditional
proprietary software: not only are the tools you need available free of
charge, you have the right to modify your software until it works the
way you want it to.
The team behind Ubuntu makes the following public commitment to its users:
- Ubuntu will always be free of charge, and there is no extra
fee for the "enterprise edition", we make our very best work available
to everyone on the same Free terms. - Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from hundreds of companies around the world. Ubuntu is released regularly and predictably; a new release is made every six months. Each release is supported with free security updates and fixes for at least 18 months.
- Ubuntu will include the very best in translations and accessibility infrastructure
that the Free Software community has to offer, to make Ubuntu usable by
as many people as possible. We collaborate as widely as possible on bug fixing and code sharing. - Ubuntu is entirely committed to the principles of free software development; we encourage people to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on.
Ubuntu is suitable for both desktop and server use. The current
Ubuntu release supports PC (Intel x86), 64-bit PC (AMD64) and PowerPC
(Apple iBook and Powerbook, G4 and G5) architectures.
Ubuntu includes more than 16,000 pieces of software, but the core
desktop installation fits on a single CD. Ubuntu covers every standard
desktop application from word processing and spreadsheet applications
to internet access applications, web server software, email software,
programming languages and tools and of course several games.
Ubuntu 5.1o Breezy Badgers Features :
* Release Date : October 13, 2005
* Price : FREE
* CDs : 1 CD/DVD
* Free Download : ISO
* Installation : Text mode
* Default Desktop : GNOME
* Package Management : DEB
* Office Suite : GNOME Office, OpenOffice
* Processor Architecture : amd64, i386, ppc
* Journaled File Systems : ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
* Multilingual : Yes
Distribution Release: Ubuntu Linux 5.10 Server
Distribution Release: Ubuntu Linux 5.10
Review: First Look at Ubuntu 5.10 Preview
Live and installation CD/DVD ISO images for the i386, PowerPC and AMD64 architectures are available here (MD5).