[ Thanks to Jim
Lynch for this link. ]
“Some Linux distros sell themselves by being
minimalistic. They only come with a limited range of apps and
everything is geared toward keeping the file size and hardware
requirements absolutely minimal. Then there’s Ultimate Edition 2.5.
Ultimate Edition leans the other way and throws in everything
including the kitchen sink.“Ultimate Edition 2.5 is based on Ubuntu 9.10 and it weighs in
at a chunky 3.1GB. Clearly this is a distro you won’t be able to
fit onto a CD. But that’s fine as long as you have a DVD and DVD
burner available. This larger size is due to the fact that it comes
with a lot of software (more on that in the software section).“Ultimate Edition 2.5 includes GNOME, KDE 4.3.2 and XFCE. You
can choose which desktop environment you want to work in when you
login.“What’s New In This Release
One of the things I hate about reviewing certain distros is when
the folks who make the distro don’t have a “What’s New” page on
their site or a file in the distro itself. It makes it hard for
reviewers to know which new features are included in the
distribution. I have to go running around trying to figure out what
the significant new features are so I can include them in the
review.”
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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