Isriya PaireepairitTLUG#321 May 2005ICT Learning Center, Bangkok

Based on Benjamin Mako Hill & Tristan Rhodes Presentation© Creative Commons Attribution License 2.0

Introduction to Debian

1993 by Ian Murdock "Debbara" + "Ian" = Debian 100% Free Software 15,000 Packages 1,000 Official Developers

Debian Advantage

Support many CPU architectures Many packages All Free Software Package Management (apt-get) Very Stable for Server

Debian Disadvantage

Difficult to use/install Not for Desktop Very Slow Release Cycle

(Debian 3.0 Woody – July 2002)

What We Want!

Bleeding-Edge Software Predictable Release (For Business) Free Distribution Debian Compatible Commercial Support

Mark Shuttleworth

Multi-Millionaires from Security Industry

First African in Space

Canonical Founder

Ubuntu!

● “Humanity toward others" or● “The belief in a universal bond of sharing that

connects all humanity."● Zulu Word

Ubuntu Policy

Based on Debian Sid 6 Months Release Cycle 18 Months Support Desktop User (Gnome) Chosen Applications (Firefox, OpenOffice.org,

Evolution, etc.) Single CD

Ubuntu Package

Universe(Debian)

(Main)Ubuntu

Multiverse(Not in Debian)

Restricted(Non-Free)

Ubuntu Release

Past 4.10 – Warty Warthog (October 2004)

Current 5.04 – Hoary Hedgehog (April 2005)

Next 5.10 – Breezy Badger (October 2005)

4.10 Warty Warthog

October 2004 First Release i386, AMD64, PowerPC Xfree86 4.3 Gnome 2.8 OpenOffice.org 1.1.2

5.04 Hoary Hedgehog

April 2005 Current Release X.Org 6.8.2 Gnome 2.10 Update Manager

5.10 Breezy Badger

October 2005 Next Release Gnome 2.12 Laptop Support (IBM, Dell, Toshiba, HP) Mono (Beagle, F-Spot, Tomboy) OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta?

Source: http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDownUnder/BreezyGoals

Breezy Badger Mascot

Breezy Badger Mascot (2)

Breezy Badger Mascot (3)

Breezy Badger Mascot (4)

Breezy Badger Mascot (5)

Kubuntu

Ubuntu with KDE Same version number

(5.04) KDE 3.4 www.kubuntu.org

Ubuntu Resources

Ubuntu Sitehttp://www.ubuntulinux.org

Ubuntu FAQhttp://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/

Unofficial Ubuntu Starter Guidehttp://www.ubuntuguide.org/

Ubuntu Forumshttp://www.ubuntuforums.org/

Kitty.in.thhttp://www.kitty.in.th