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Title: Ubuntu Stakes Desktop Claim

Author: Brooks, Jason Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: eWeek, v24 n17 p40(2) Publication Date: May 14, 2007
  ISSN: 1530-6283
  Illustrations: Screen Layouts
URL of Publication: http://www.eweek.com

Canonical's Ubuntu Linux 7.04 is the Linux desktop that Dell has chosen to push to the mainstream market. Also known as Feisty Fawn, Ubuntu 7.04 can be downloaded for free at Ubuntu.com/products/GetUbuntu. Aside from the standard Live CD Ubuntu installer disk, there is also an alternative installation disk that includes a text version of the installer. Ubuntu 7.04s Network Manager tool, a program that handles the shift from wired to wireless networks and the management of VPN connections, is now a default install, rather than an optional add-on. Ubuntus software management tools continue to be its best feature, along with its well-maintained community and vast collection of ready-to-install free software programs. Feistys software management system also pulls down the correct drivers when installing VMware Server, making it faster and easier to enable virtualization in test machines. Feisty has desktop and server versions. The server version is solid and suitable as a platform for VMware Server, but does not offer much to differentiate itself among the pack of free Linux server operating systems. The Ubuntu desktop version, on the other hand, is worthy of consideration to replace Windows operating systems. But Ubuntus migration tool would be more functional if it were made separate from the installation process, and if it could be run directly on Windows PCs.

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