Die beliebte Linux-Distribution Ubuntu, welche wir in der ersten Ausgabe des Linux-RoundUps unter die Lupe genommen haben, soll vorraussichtlich am 13. dieses Monats in der neusten Auflage 5.10 (Breezy Badger) als offizielles Final erscheinen. Wer jetzt schon neugierig ist und sich das neuste Werk der Programmierer um Mark Shuttleworth anschauen will, der kann sich das aktuelle Preview Release von der Ubuntu Homepage herunterladen.
Der Ubuntu 5.10 Release Candidate 1 liegt wie immer als CD-Image für die x86-, AMD64/EM64T sowie PowerPC-Architektur auf den Ubuntu-Servern zum Download bereit.
Die neuste Version von Ubuntu bietet folgende Features:
Desktop
GNOME 2.12.1
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 Applications" on the Applications 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 startup process with progress bar (USplash)
New documentation (Ubuntu 5.10 Quick Tour and Ubuntu 5.10 FAQ Guide)
Language packs with updates from the Rosetta translation platform, which makes contributing translations easy for everybody
Server
The Content Managment System Plone 2.1 & Zope 2.8.1
PHP5
Support for automatic storage allocation into LVM volumes
Built-in thin client functionality produced in cooperation with the LTSP project (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinClientHowto)
Simple NFS root setup with automatic hardware detection through initramfs-tools
Support for up to 4 gigabytes of RAM by default on 32-bit architectures
Kernel support for cluster filesystems (OCFS2 and GFS)
Hardware Support Improvements
Linux 2.6.12.6 with many updated drivers from third parties
Further enhancements to laptop support (hot keys, and working suspend/resume on more models)
HP all-in-one printer/scanner devices are supported out of the box
Bluetooth input devices (such as keyboards and mice) are supported out of the box
Multiple audio devices are handled more gracefully (and one can easily select the default device)
64-bit PowerPC kernel available
Installation
A new OEM mode to simplify the process of preinstalling Ubuntu on computers for resale or redistribution
Automatically makes existing hard drive partitions available to the desktop
Simple "dual boot" configuration with automatic resizing of an existing installed OS
The second stage of the installation now has a progress bar
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