Hi There
Just one question what do you guys think of UBUNTU linux developed by the south africans can I install it and never regret that I even downloaded it.
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Hi There
Just one question what do you guys think of UBUNTU linux developed by the south africans can I install it and never regret that I even downloaded it.
The newest build (5.0.4) is very nice. It has a nice layout, it's stable and they take security into account.
Things like:
* Allowing you to SU to a root terminal only. They have you setup the box in a way that encourages you to stay logged in as a normal user. It will even bitch at you if you attempt an IRC connection as root.
* They now have an update service that works very much like RedHat Linux. A little icon flashes when your updates are ready. It's really nothing more than synaptic that alerts you when updates are ready. Nice and clean.
* It's certainly a desktop OS yet you can add packages to do development and server stuff.
* It's stable as all hell.
* Easy to use installer. This is especially nice.
* The packages are not more than 1 or 2 releases behind on things like NMAP, etc. You can of course compile your own.
An NMAP scan out of the box shows a very tight default config. Impressive for such a new release. You can easily turn on tons of stuff but out of the box, the host is streamlined.
* One CD install. Compare that to some other distros. ;)
Anyway, I use UBUNTU all day long for simple networking tasks. NMAP scans, SMB messages, Evolution (instead of awful Outlook), etc.
I give it 2 thumbs up.
--TH13
Thanks for the info
but what about security can it be hacked or cracked
Anything and everything can get hacked and/or cracked...
You need to keep it up2date just like any other distro..
well thanks alot you guys
see ya'll later
Damn fine distro IMHO.....................I went to the site ordered ten CDs and got them within two weeks..........I have just finished distributing them :D ...........
Well worth a try!
I like ubuntu
what i like even more they even paid the postage :)
I have red hat and suse but i like UBUNTU more
It's replaced the Fedora and RedHat disc's in my 'toolkit' (old battered CD case full of various burned cd's).
I use it exclusively now, unless I have a need for a specific distro due to lamer package requirements i.e. Check Point Secure Remote/Secure Client for RedHat 7.x only.
maddog1, if you have the capability, I'd suggest you download the DVD and try it. TH13 is right, a single CD install is amazing...ESPECIALLY when it can work on my brand-spankin'-new IBM t41 thinkpad with ZERO configuration on my part (that's right skippy...everything, inlcuding sound and wifi worked out-of-the-box.) But the best part of the DVD is it has the full install package set plus it is a Live Linux disc, so you can boot it up and get a feel for it without moving a single bit on the platters.
They only offer it online through bittorrent due to bandwidth, but I believe they'll send you one, if you ask nicely.
<Off Topic but related>
These images really do say it all...I stole them from somewhere, forget exactly where. Heck, I could have gotten the link from here on AO. But look at them and tell me which you would rather have, Debian and it's image, or Ubuntu? ;)
http://www.zencoder.net/despair-linux/
I've done a test with a couple of kids in a local cybercafe.
The ones installing Windows were complaining in the end..
They only had solitaire and waiting for updates (Fresh winXPSP2 install needs how many updates??)..
The ones on Ubuntu could play all kinds of games and install anything realy with a simple interface (instead of having to buy or pirate anything from a word processor to some descent dev. tools)
So the windows guys decided to install Ubuntu (it wasn't their parents PC anyway :D)
Yep, I to got 10 cd's from their site... I hope I won't be disapointed... bah... how could I when they were completely free lol...
I ordered 6 cd's from there site and i will check it out as soon as they arrive and by the why zencoder I love the jpg's as specially the ubuntu one.
Ubuntu..it's ok I like it...what about CentOS? www.centos.org clone of red hat linux enterprise 3 and 4 server.
I've been using centos 3.5 version for testing server, it's stabil too like ubuntu...I've tried to install Centos server for my old sister school and they love it..so far.
Heh, funny you mention. I have CentOS 3.5 running in my lab. I'm still looking for time to upgrade to 4.1.
I'm happy with it thus far. I have quite a bit of tests to run though.
*waits for cds to arrive*
How do you guys find configurability of this OS? Having installed it and played for a brief while it seems the configuration options are limited. Everything looks to be read only when your logged in as a user meaning even trying to change your X11 options is a pain. Plus the update service seems to have a number of broken files which lead to very little being installed overall?
Thoughts?
I'm still waiting for mine too :)
me LIKES freebies :cool:
Well, to configure it extensively, you're going to need to be familiar with Debian, since that is the basis OS for Ubuntu.Quote:
Originally posted here by aCk
How do you guys find configurability of this OS? Having installed it and played for a brief while it seems the configuration options are limited. Everything looks to be read only when your logged in as a user meaning even trying to change your X11 options is a pain. Plus the update service seems to have a number of broken files which lead to very little being installed overall?
Thoughts?
It has a little bit more security than most Linux installs, at least in ideology. By default, it disables the root account (no password, it's given an illegal character in the /etc/shadow file, which disables the account from interactive login.) The first user you setup, during the install process, is automatically given SUDO access to all system resources. The Gnome configuration (not sure about KDE on Kubuntu) is aware of this and uses gnome-sudo for priviledged commands.
As for broken files, I have no idea what your talking about. It uses the very robust apt package management system, and configs a single repository of your installation media type when you start (i.e. install from CD-Rom, it defaults to CD-Rom for repository.) Do some reading and add a few repositories, and you'll see a world of difference. You do have to be a touch careful when adding gnome priviledged applications that are not standard to the Ubuntu distro...many of these want to use gnome-su to verify authorization...this will cause failures in Ubuntu, but is fixed relatively easily if you know how to configure Gnome applications.
It's not perfect, but no Linux distro (or windows, for that matter) is; if you want an alternative to Redhat (not just a derivitive) that is easy to use, this is my first recommendation.
<-- just got back from setting up debconf5 :)
The package issues are caused by one of the default sources being broken right now.
As for the root issue, its easily solved "sudo passwd root".
Even still there are certainly greater limitations to this distro than to a default debian install, having spoken to a couple of debians developers about the distro they seemed to like it, however still felt debain had the best setup (unsupprisingly lol). I will keep plugging away tommorrow when I have had some sleep, currently Ive been running for about 27 hours, things are a little blurry.. *shakes fist at debconf*