Tectonic: Dapper Beta Due Tomorrow | Linux Today

Tectonic: Dapper Beta Due Tomorrow

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 19, 2006

“Ubuntu Dapper Drake, originally set for release [Thursday] 20
April until it was postponed to 1 June, will instead be released as
a beta tomorrow. Tectonic has a look at what to expect from the
world’s most popular desktop Linux distribution.

“The first change is the combination of the live CD and install
CD. Not only does this cut down on downloading both CDs, it also
introduces the first graphical installer for
Ubuntu–Espresso…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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