Preview Release of Ubuntu 5.10
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 09/09/2005 05:07 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ] · 981 views
The Preview Release of Ubuntu 5.10 - codenamed "Breezy Badger" has been released. "To see it all, you'll need to try the CD, but the highlights include:
* GNOME 2.12 -- Very fresh... Released yesterday!!
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta 2
* X.org 6.8.2 with wider hardware support
* An enhanced tool for easily installing new applications (see "Add/Remove Programs" in the System Administration menu)
* A new tool which makes it easy to install support for multiple languages (Language Selector)
* Editable GNOME menus
* Applications are now linked into the Launchpad infrastructure (new entries on the Help menus for translation and support)
* Support for writing audio CDs (Serpentine)
* Graphical boot process with progress bar (USplash) "
Ubuntu 5.10
* GNOME 2.12 -- Very fresh... Released yesterday!!
* OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta 2
* X.org 6.8.2 with wider hardware support
* An enhanced tool for easily installing new applications (see "Add/Remove Programs" in the System Administration menu)
* A new tool which makes it easy to install support for multiple languages (Language Selector)
* Editable GNOME menus
* Applications are now linked into the Launchpad infrastructure (new entries on the Help menus for translation and support)
* Support for writing audio CDs (Serpentine)
* Graphical boot process with progress bar (USplash) "
Ubuntu 5.10
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Mmm_Beefy Member Posts: 51 Joined: 2002-12-17 |
#62357 Posted on: 09/11/2005 07:50 AM
i just installed Ubuntu hoary hedgehog a couple weeks ago. i gotta say.. i friggin love it.. a Debian based linux distro, it was a dream to set up (your milage may vary). in the last two weeks, i can count on half a hand how many times i've seen my windows desktop.. and tbh, dont care if i do again for a long long time. cheers. |
