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"All in all, this release packs some interesting new features and
frameworks, some of which should have been part of any Linux distribution
three years ago. It is quite clearly a beta though, and definitely not
ready yet to be labeled as a 'long term support' release. Let's hope they
take their time to polish the rough edges, and deliver a stable release.
It is needed."
> [url]http://osnews.com/story/19524/Preview-Ubuntu-8.04-Beta[/url][color=blue]
> "All in all, this release packs some interesting new features and
> frameworks, some of which should have been part of any Linux distribution
> three years ago. It is quite clearly a beta though, and definitely not
> ready yet to be labeled as a 'long term support' release. Let's hope they
> take their time to polish the rough edges, and deliver a stable release.[/color]
I tried the built in wubi installer, and it failed at virtually the
first hurdle - the fake hard file was created fine, the machine
rebooted as it should, but one of the first (if not the first)
dialogue boxes wanted to know what I wanted to import from an existing
(correctly identified) user ID / windows user.
The option was to select what you wanted to port across, or just hit
forward to continue, but no matter what I did the option was ghosted
out.
On 2008-03-26, Charlie Wilkes <charlie_wilkes@users.easynews.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> [url]http://osnews.com/story/19524/Preview-Ubuntu-8.04-Beta[/url]
>
> "All in all, this release packs some interesting new features and
> frameworks, some of which should have been part of any Linux distribution
> three years ago. It is quite clearly a beta though, and definitely not
> ready yet to be labeled as a 'long term support' release. Let's hope they
> take their time to polish the rough edges, and deliver a stable release.
> It is needed."
>[/color]
FFS, I have no intention of buying osnews media, for they have lost it.
Really, Linux moves forward, at times it is not at it best, rather like an
artist's/groups CDs. But it keeps moving on. A few glitches every so often
is a small price to pay.
BTW osnews.com grab the code and help them fix it.
Gordon illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:[color=blue]
> On 2008-03-26, Charlie Wilkes <charlie_wilkes@users.easynews.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> [url]http://osnews.com/story/19524/Preview-Ubuntu-8.04-Beta[/url]
>>
>> "All in all, this release packs some interesting new features and
>> frameworks, some of which should have been part of any Linux distribution
>> three years ago. It is quite clearly a beta though, and definitely not
>> ready yet to be labeled as a 'long term support' release. Let's hope they
>> take their time to polish the rough edges, and deliver a stable release.
>> It is needed."
>>[/color]
> FFS, I have no intention of buying osnews media, for they have lost it.
> Really, Linux moves forward, at times it is not at it best, rather like an
> artist's/groups CDs. But it keeps moving on. A few glitches every so often
> is a small price to pay.
>
> BTW osnews.com grab the code and help them fix it.[/color]
Not only that, but there is still a month until release. The last
month, traditionally, is when the polish is actually applied.
--
Moog
"If this is gonna be that kinda party I'm gonna stick my dick in the
mashed potatoes"