Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" Released

An anonymous reader writes "Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" has been released! Direct links for the US install iso or the US install torrent file." Update: 10/13 18:08 GMT by Z : Linux.com has a look at the release, in-depth.

Why do we love Ubuntu

[Your Anus]

OK. I give. What is so amazing about Ubuntu? Do they compile thier stuff with special options or have some whiz-bang installation program?

Something to do while downloading the ISO

[cciRRus]

You might wanna read the review [linux.com] on Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger, while you download the ISO.

Upgrade working?

[B5_geek]

Will apt-get dist-upgrade update me to breezy or do I need to adjust my repos?
OR is a fresh install needed because of the gcc4.0 update?

what command can I type to see exactly what 'version' I am using right now?

this rocks

[fak3r]

Ubuntu has become my main desktop and laptop (iBook) distro of choice, beating out Gentoo last year. I just did a fresh install of 5.10 Monday on the iBook, and it's just so nice. On the workstation we've been tracking Breezy for about a month now, and the polish just keeps coming. Can't wait till they move on Daper, an am especially excited about it being supported for so many years; you can just feel the momentium.

Use whatever Linux distro you like, but if you're looking for one to change to, give this a shot, there's a reason there's so much good press about this company.

Cool....

[Chanc_Gorkon]

Will I be able to just continue from the point I have been with the preview release? Anyone ran dist-upgrade and have it work yet??

Ubuntu by FAR has been the BEST Linux distro for me. I just want to work on it I don't want to have to compile a bunch of crap (Gentoo anyone) or put up with RPM dependencies (SuSe, Fedora, Red Hat and Madriva). RPM based distros may have yum and apt now, but Debian based distros do it right.

Re:Why do we love Ubuntu

[cloudmaster]

It should be noted that "stuff" includes a nice, functional desktop with programs and associations and sound and a whole bunch of "just use it" kind of feel. On most hardware, it's really impressive how well it manages to just make everything work - especially when one's used to "the old days" (I first installed Slackware circa 1995 - things like X and sound didn't really "just work"). Even today, though, it does a better job of post-install stuff working on more machines than Windows, IMHO.

Positioned for Education and Enterprise

[stevenprentice]

I think Ubuntu has a good future and now run it on my development workstation, laptop and server. But, what is more interesting are two big feature they added for Breezy that will make it easier for me to get my clients to consider switching over (including many commercial entities and a pro bono private school.)

# Thin Client Integration: Ubuntu is the first distribution in the world to include deeply-integrated thin client technology. This allows you to deploy Ubuntu in large scale networked environments or, for example, in classrooms, with a lightweight Ubuntu image booting over the network. All Ubuntu management tools work for the thin client image as well as for the server.

# OEM Installer Support This release of Ubuntu has special support for OEM hardware vendors. Ubuntu can be pre-installed and tested without configuring end user information. The user will be asked to complete that configuration (name, timezone and password) upon first startup.

Think about it. If Canonical is successful in getting Ubuntu OEM'd with one of the bigger OEMs, this could be a huge success.

Re:Why do we love Ubuntu

[SnowDeath]

People are much better off with ubuntu for transgaming IMHO. Things just work. That's nice. I futzed around with Gentoo on the desktop for months and even have it on a server. I wont be doing that again. It's always nice when you emerge -u system and networking completely breaks on a production server :/ Of course it was fixed in 10 minutes, but still very uncool.

Gentoo *can* offer much better performance, however, most people that install Gentoo will never get a system more optimized or even as optimized as the default Ubuntu install will - or, if they do, they spent *huge* amounts of time trying to get things to work. Gentoo was a fun learning experience, but it is not a serious desktop or server distro.

Do I need to upgrade

[CKnight]

or does my daily "apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade" cron job bring me in line with the new release?

Re:Pay attention to Ubuntu

[rtrifts]

I very much agree with this. Let me tell you why.

I'm not a linux fan. At all. I know the rest of you are and that's fine - but I like and use Windows XP. Linux is simply just not for me.

That said, my wife got a Ubuntu disc (live and install duo) at her university and brought it home.

We were having some dificulty on a system and as a rescue disc, we fired up Ubuntu the live CD.

We were impressed. My wife ran it as her OS for a few months, but ultimately relented and switched back to windows. We simply run and play too many windows games for linux to be a real solution for us.

We have installed it on an older laptop and have been impressed with it. We have passed on the discs to relatives who have difficulty retrieving files or who have "lost" their Windows XP install codes.

So, coming from somone who really *doesn't like linux at all* - Ubuntu was easy to install, atractive, mostly easy to use and quite powerful out of the box with OpenOffice installed via default.

I still don't use linux on my machines as there are too many Windows game dev issues I deal with on a daily basis. But if game dev was not a part of my life, I might be tempted to try it.

So... hell yes - pay close attnetion to Ubuntu.

Another resounding YES!

[UncleRage]

I keep a Compaq Deskpro EN (1 GHz PIII, 512 MB, 20 GB HD) in the front of my shop as an open, public net device (well, with a donation jar on the SFF case ;) ). Two things I can tell you:

1. It runs quick.

2. It runs solid.

On any given day, I get a host of questions (From How did you make Windows look like that? To How much does it cost?) and I've sold quite a few of them because of it (six to be exact). Almost everyone that's played with it loves it. And no one has ever said, "It feels sluggish."

All that being said, I'm generally a Gentoo guy, but Ubuntu makes a great selling point for the newbie linux crowd (easy fellas, I'm not calling it a kiddie distro)-- easy install, simple (and timely) updates, fantastic device detection and a perfect mix of apps (even includes Krita w/ the Kubuntu desktop package). It's exactly what a novice PC user expects -- insert disk, reboot box, answer some basic questions and then use your computer.

In fact, I'm picking up another lot of these little Deskpro ENs to sit below my gaming stations. Next month, I'll be hosting Linux "classes" so people realize that Linux can be a viable alternative.

Sorry so long winded an answer for a simple question... but allow me to recap: Yes, a 1GHz PIII is more than enough muscle for 5.10.

Re:Why do we love Ubuntu

[Orgazmus]

I run a couple of low cost webservers on gentoo, and its really nice when you get it right. Steep learning curve tho.
I also use it on my primary desktop and on my work-laptop, and it is a joy compared to many other distros. But im leaning towards trying ubuntu on my laptop now. If gentoo didnt take so much time to get right, it would be easier to just try it.
If you are willing to spend some extra time working with your system instead of using all your time working on it, gentoo is really nice.
If you want a good, stable and featureful linuxdesktop RIGHT NOW!!(+!!x10^25), ubuntu is a fine choice.

Everyone have their preferences, but blowing off gentoo as a unusable desktop distro because you did not like it is a bit rude. There are many people who use it that way, and we like it :)

Why not games?

[drgonzo59]

I have been developing, playing games and writing papers on Ubuntu since their first release. It seems to do a nice job with that. All you have to do is to get the backports repository access then you have the access to all the Debian packages that includes many games.

The obvious question of the grand(grand?)prent post as to why Ubuntu is so great, is not an easy one to explain, I guess one just has to try it. I have used Mandriva, SuSE, Fedora, Gentoo (waited 2 days for it to install!) Lycoris (before it was bought by Mandriva) and finally settled with Ubuntu. I guess things just seemed to work right out of the box or perhaps I like the openess and the message behind Ubuntu, or maybe both...

Re:Why do we love Ubuntu

[Ashish Kulkarni]

Check out Automatix (Automated GUI installation script) [ubuntuforums.org] posted on the EasyUbuntu forum. It installs all the nice-to-have extra software automatically. It's been updated to this release, and the number of posts has increased dramatically since I downloaded it this morning!! A list of what it does (copied from the post): Capabilities: 1) Installs multimedia codecs 2) Installs all Firefox plugins (java, flash, etc) (except Adobe reader and mplayer) 3) Modifies ALSA, OSS and ESD confs for duplex sound (solves most audio related probs on Ubuntu) 4) Adds midi capability to your Ubuntu box (NEW) 5) Installs RAR and ACE archive support 6) Installs skype 7) Installs Acrobat reader 7 and firefox plugin for the same. 8) Installs Gnomebaker (CD/DVD burning s/w for GNOME) 9) Installs gftp (FTP client for GNOME with ssh capability) 10) Configures Ctrl-Alt-Del to start up Gnome System Monitor (aka Windows) 11) Disables powernowd on laptops when they are plugged in 12) Installs DC++ and Limewire (file sharing progs) 13) Installs multimedia editors (Audacity (audio), Kino (video), EasyTag (ID3)) 14) Installs CD (goobox) and DVD (dvdrip) rippers 15) Installs Mplayer and mplayerplug-in version 3.05 for Firefox 16) Installs totem-xine, VLC and Beep Media Player (with docklet) 17) Installs Opera Browser 18) Installs Debian Menu (shows all installed applications) 19) Installs Bittornado and Azureus (Bittorrent clients) 20) Installs Avidemux 21) Enables Prelinking 22) Enables Numlock on (turns numlock on Gnome startup) 23) Installs Programming Tools (Anjuta (C/C++ IDE), Bluefish (HTML editor) and Screem (Web Development Env.)) 24) Gamepads (Makes USB gamepads work) 25) Totem and Mozplugger (Totem embedded with mozplugger) 26) GnomePPP (Graphical Dial up connection tool) (NEW)

Re:Why do we love Ubuntu

[nutshell42]

Is there finally a way to change your monitor settings without using a text editor? Every Ubuntu I've tried set my monitor to some safe settings which meant unusable 60Hz (WinXP OTOH auto-detects the correct settings, SuSE gives me a dialog where I can choose vendor and model).

Re:Why do we love Ubuntu

[kabz]

Installing Windows is a total pain in the ass. Especially trying to get drivers installed. Don't get me started on the antics I had to get a wireless card running in an old Duron machine with XP Pro. Literally, it wouldn't work until you got the driver to blue screen. Then you had to reboot and 'race' to switch off the driver before it could bluescreen, and let windows start managing the card.

People use Windows because it COMES PRE-INSTALLED.

If people had to install a retail version of Windows, then install net card drivers, scanner drivers etc., GNU/Linux would have a much better chance on the desktop.