Ubuntu 6.06LTS Released

Finchwizard

Ubuntu, which has become one of the world's most popular Linux distributions in recent years, launched its latest version on June 1 following months of intense testing. The new release is titled Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support), and has a specific emphasis on the needs of large organisations with both desktop and server versions.

Formal Press release here:

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/606released

Release notes here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperReleaseNotes

To download, make full use of the Mirrors.

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/

I will be hopefully, depending on work etc get a new Ubuntu Mini-Review and How To stuff up to replace the aged one in this forum.

Stay tuned.

Morpheous416 · 06-02-2006, 18:50 | posts: 3,526 | Location: U.S.A.

From the previews of what I've seen, this is supposed to blow the earlier versions out of the water.

Finchwizard

I've been playing with it last night, and it's extremely nice, very well done.

Paulus · 06-03-2006, 00:49 | posts: 648 | Location: UK----Nottingham Trent uni/Bristol

yeah, it's excellent. I've been using since alpha 4, and it really is awesome, fantastic features straight out the box. Proving debian is the best. The new version is what i'm excited about: edgy eft. It's gunna have all the bleeding edge bling that i've been waiting for, including XGL.

Go ubuntu!

Dr. Vodka · 06-03-2006, 01:07 | posts: 3,801 | Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

I have a little question.. which one's better? Ubuntu or Kubuntu? I downloaded some time ago Kubuntu 5.10 (KDE, every other linux release I tried was KDE based)... AFAIK Ubuntu's based off Gnome... which I've never tried a release using it.

XGL? The cool GUI? I'm giving it a try now...

Which one should I download? I can leave my rig downloading tonight while I sleep.

Thanks...

Paulus · 06-03-2006, 02:23 | posts: 648 | Location: UK----Nottingham Trent uni/Bristol

XGL + Compiz is the cool GUI, there will be a guide on Ubuntuforums.org somewhere telling you how to set up.

I recommend straight Ubuntu, since gnome is the primarily supported window manager. The great thing about ubuntu (and linux generally), is you can download other window managers like KDE and just select it on login. So it's not really a matter of choosing one or the other, since you can have both.

Good luck, Ubuntu has flattened the learning curve of linux IMO, it's not that daunting anymore

Dr. Vodka · 06-03-2006, 02:41 | posts: 3,801 | Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulus

XGL + Compiz is the cool GUI, there will be a guide on Ubuntuforums.org somewhere telling you how to set up.

I recommend straight Ubuntu, since gnome is the primarily supported window manager. The great thing about ubuntu (and linux generally), is you can download other window managers like KDE and just select it on login. So it's not really a matter of choosing one or the other, since you can have both.

Good luck, Ubuntu has flattened the learning curve of linux IMO, it's not that daunting anymore

So... I made the right choice... I'm downloading ubuntu. Wiiiiii... 6% complete

. Hope this release can get my internet working.

drwngflies · 06-03-2006, 03:10 | posts: 1,119 | Location: Tenneessee

Thanks, Finch,
Will be awaiting the "help topix" when available.
Just Dnld'd both versions: (x32, x64) and will search for guides to instruct me as what I need for my system.
I will install it on a seperate HDD (40GB) and let Acronis OSS give me choice to boot WinXP or Ubuntu.

drwngflies · 06-03-2006, 08:21 | posts: 1,119 | Location: Tenneessee

Ok, just booted into the LiveCD, and typing this on it now.
It's not recognizing any drives, other than my C:\ Windows.
Everything I have is NTFS, including C:\
Do I have to have any DATA partions all in FAT32? not NTFS? for Ubuntu to "see" them?
I have over 200GB of "stuff" on NTFS, and I can't re-do all that just for Linux.

Finchwizard

Type 'df -h'

Find your partition and mount it.

Otherwise, try clicking on "System" > Administration > Disks

Might give you more info.

talsmacg · *Last edited by talsmacg; 06-03-2006 at 15:15.*

Type "cat /proc/partitions" in command line. Some distros dont have the /proc/ info but it can be very helpful at times. It will list all the different partitions it finds. Then you can mount them manually with "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1" or something like that.

If your computer doesnt see your partitions then it probably isnt able to read them from your ide/sata controller try plugging the hdds in a different port. It should be able to see any hdd no matter what file system is on it if it can access your built in controller.

Also a note I would not recommend enabling write to NTFS because it doesnt work (even though they say it does) I did it once and I corrupted my drives. So if you want to see your drives it will only be in read only mode. Side note: FAT32 read and write works perfectly.