Have you guys heard of Ubuntu Linux yet? In a nutshell it's a Debian-like distro targeted at end-users. They have releases every 6 months or so and use the Debian unstable tree with their own fixes/patches. Ubuntu basically still uses Debian by building on top of it in every major release and also has its own apt servers though all Debian packages are *fully* compatible with it (according to them).
The biggest feature of Ubuntu is that like the Mac OS X, root is disabled by default and have to be enabled manually. I was told it workds *exactly* like OS X where you can do sys admin using an administrator (not root, they heavily rely on sudo). It's possible to run Ubuntu without ever having to touch root (unless of course you want to run it as a server and need total control). Another feature would be an automatic mount/unmount when media is inserted. Data is written to media when commands are executed (unbuffered) so data isn't lost when you forget to unmount a USB drive. I'm not sure if other distros are doing this already... The Ubuntu Linux development team have spent a lot of time in its development and they've decided to fully follow the principles of Debian. No commercial software! http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ About root http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/root Carlo --- Federico Sevilla III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:53:37AM +0800, Miguel A > Paraz wrote: > > Someone asked me yesterday afternoon to download > Debian Stable, and I > > saw the torrents at > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/torrents/ . > > But when I got home to do the download, they were > gone. Any changes > > going on? > > The third revision of Debian 3.0 "Woody" was just > released. Expect > mirrors to be somewhat in flux. I highly recommend > you use Jigdo to > build your ISOs instead. :) > > --> Jijo > > -- > Federico Sevilla III : jijo.free.net.ph : When we > speak of free software > GNU/Linux Specialist : GnuPG 0x93B746BE : we refer > to freedom, not price. > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go > to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > ===== Carlo Sogono ============ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
