If you haven’t downloaded Ubuntu or Kubuntu’s new Gutsy Gibbon release because of the download rush or just because you can’t or won’t download through ftp or http, there’s allways the usenet.
Over the last few days the Ubuntu iso images have been posted in various usenet binary groups, most notably alt.binaries.cd.image and alt.binaries.ftd.
Not every single possible Ubuntu variant is there but if you want the standard desktop release, the alternate installation release or the server release in both 32 and 64 bits as well as the Kubuntu desktop, those are available –Kubuntu is in another group, alt.binaries.warez.linux. Just in case: Kubuntu is Ubuntu with KDE instead of Gnome and the server installator do not install a GUI.
Those posts are about four days old at the time this text is being typed and if you have a really good usenet service, such as Giganews, you have 200 days before the posts are lost.
Happy download.
Ubuntu Studio’s new release (version 7.10) is now available. It is a non official Ubuntu flavor targeted to the multimedia crowd which makes a point to show what the GNU/Linux world has in store for multimedia enthusiasts.
It’s different from the standard Ubuntu releases in that the default package selection is customized for the multimedia workstation: audio, video and graphics creation and edition. Another important difference is in the default kernel selection: instead of the standard Ubuntu Linux kernel, Ubuntu Studio ships the real-time Linux kernel in order to optimize multimedia performance.
What’s new in Ubuntu Studio 7.10
Among the new features in 7.10 is the first 64-bit version ever (Canonical had a hand on that, according to the release notes) as well as the inclusion of all the Ubuntu Studio packages in the usual Ubuntu
repositories so that upgrades will be easier in the future.
How to get it
Ubuntu studio can be downloaded from the official web site as an .iso image for a DVD –don’t jump, it’s barely too big for a CD-R so it’s not so long a download.
