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OSNews: Interview with Jeff Waugh On Ubuntu Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 17, 2004

“The Debian-based Ubuntu Linux was unveiled today and a preview
release is available for download. Ubuntu uses Gnome 2.8, kernel
2.6.8.1, OOo 1.1.2 and comes with a text-based, but dead-easy,
installation procedure. Ubuntu has disabled the root user (sudo is
used, same way as OSX does it) and it endorses the “less is more”
philosophy. There are still bugs on the preview release, but the
team welcomes feedback via their mailing list. Read more for an
interview with team member Jeff Waugh (also of Debian and Gnome
fame)…”

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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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