Ubuntu is a predominantly desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, and sponsored by Canonical Ltd. It is released roughly every six months — more frequently than Debian — shortly after each new GNOME version. The sudo utility is used for administrator access, and the Ubiquity install tool included with the Live CD makes it possible for users to install Ubuntu straight to the hard disk without the need for a restart or change of CDs. Ubuntu version 6.06 LTS, codenamed "Dapper Drake", was released on June 1, 2006, and will be supported for three years on the desktop and five years on the server, instead of the usual 18 months. Ubuntu aims to use only free software to provide an up-to-date yet stable operating system for the average user. Kubuntu and Xubuntu are official subprojects of the Ubuntu project, aiming to bring the KDE and Xfce desktop environments to the Ubuntu core, respectively. Edubuntu is an official subproject "designed for school environments, and should be equally suitable for kids to use at home." (More...)

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

642: Penda of Mercia defeated and killed Oswald of Northumbria in the Battle of Maserfield, becoming the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon rulers of the time. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda_of_Mercia)

1100: Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_England)

1858: Cyrus West Field (pictured) and colleagues completed the first transatlantic telegraph cable. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/transatlantic_telegraph_cable)

1861: The U.S. government issued its first income tax: 3% of all incomes over 800 dollars (later rescinded in 1872). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/income_tax)

1995: Operation Storm: Croatian forces recovered the town of Knin from the Republic of Serbian Krajina. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knin)

_____________________ Wikiquote of the day:

"Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread..." -- Conrad Aiken |Year=2006}} (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Conrad_Aiken)