Comments on: Ubuntu's new Linux sports debugging tool

'Feisty Fawn' version of Ubuntu, due April 19, can automatically report crashes to help programmers stamp out bugs.

[feranick]

Errata: Ubuntu 6.06 is Long-Term-Support

The article states Ubuntu 6.04 is long term support. Such version does not exist, is 6.06 instead (codename: Dapper Drake).

Usually Ubuntu version scheme follows a x.04 (April release) and x.10 (October release), where xx is the year. However this rule was broken in 2006 for the release of Dapper Drake 6.06. The developers delayed the release to June (so the moniker 06..), to be able to polish that release further, so that it could sport the "long-time-support" label.

[Dachi]

Correct

Dapper Drake (which I am running) is version 6.06

And for people that have not figured out the versioning from your post already, the first number (6) is the year and the second number (04) is the month of the release.

The next version (Feisty Fawn) will be released in April of 2007, so it will be 7.04

[xcgeek]

Need to report on Ubuntu install crashes

I've tried 5 times to install Ubuntu on my standard dell desktop and the install has crashed every time (and always at different places) so hopefully this reporting tool tells someone what the heck is going on. It's too bad because I'd really like to try out Ubuntu.

[Dachi]

Install

The current install will boot you to a live CD and give you a chance to use it from CD before commiting to an install.

This is nice because you can still use the live CD while the distro installs in the backround.

If your system is failing to get that far I would check the md5sum of the .iso image you burned against one of the mirrors to make sure it isn't corrupt or something.

After that there is always the support forrums, but the good news is that if it is a bug in 6.10 then 7.04 is only a week away anyway.

Ignoring the 7.04 release, you could probably install 6.04, make /etc/apt/sources.list look like the following:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe

and then:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


6.10 users should be able to upgrade to 7.04 with basicially the same method without needing to install from CD again. (this will be posted to ubuntuguide.org some time after 7.04 is released)

[wzellars]

Unbuntu

I have Unbutu and Fedora Core 6 running on my dell XPS laptop inside a VM (virtual Machine) and it runs fine. Maybe you should to try running this in a vm. You can get the Microsoft version for free, just google for it. I believe it cimes free with Vista. Good luck.

[acrider]

Have you verified your memory?

I've encountered problems before installing Linux on systems that were able to run MS Windows, only to discover that some of the memory was bad. The Memtest option on the Ubuntu install CD is quite good for detecting such problems. That is the next thing I would check after verifying that the CD is correct.

[m7sang7]

Should be

Really, for the interaction of different factors, I should think that the date 07/04 will become historic, since it would be the beginning of the end of MS's dominance of the desktop.

[Razzl]

Admire your spirit...

But I think the release of Apple's Leopard OS around June will be a more serious threat. My sense of Ubuntu as a Win/Ubuntu double-booter is that Ubuntu is about 2 years away from being stable and easy enough for the general public to take to. Being able to easily configure their favorite Windows softwares to work virtually in Ubuntu and effortless wireless connectivity will be the nuts to be cracked before the masses will jump on it.

It will be interesting to see how much market share Microsoft would have to lose to make investing analysts take notice. I think doubling Apple's numbers to about 10% of the market would be a stunning success over the next 12 months, but might not sound like a lot in the great scheme of things. Doubling Ubuntu's usership might be more of a problem than a help if the users are all end-users with no programming skills.

In any event I sense people are ready for change and open to anything that will take them out of our depressing Bush/Microsoft world...

[swhit3]

Linus

wonder what he'd have to say about this

[Ngallendou]

Been using Ubuntu for a couple of years ...

... because it is free, most of it works out-of-the-box, and it found and activated my wireless card without my having to download (the wrong) drivers. Feisty Fawn will already install via a version 6 update. One caveat, Ubuntu does not seem to install on the newer laptops using the new Intel video chips, apparently because Intel has not provided free Linux drivers.

[JJMacey]

Ubuntu's new Linux sports debugging tool

Gotta' luv Ubuntu, I do.

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Phoenix, Arizona
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