Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: ValuSoft
EAN: 0755142716851
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Valusoft
Manufacturer: Valusoft
Model: 71685
Packaged Height: 120 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 750 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 30 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 540 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows Vista
Platform: Linux
Platform: Windows XP
Platform: Mac OS X
Publisher: Valusoft
Release Date: 2008-05-06
Studio: Valusoft
Feature:
- Getting Started Technical Support ¿ 60 days of unlimited customer support
- FireFox - Safe, Easy and Tabbed Web Browsing, OpenOffice - A Complete Productivity Suite, Evolution - Simple Email & Calendaring
- Gaim -Instant Messaging Compatible with AOL, Yahoo, MSN and others, F-spot - Easy Editing and Uploading of Photos, Gimp ¿ A Powerful Graphics Program
- Rhythmbox - Media Player for Music & Videos, Ubuntu-Firewall Program, Avast Anti-Virus Program, Auto Updater Program
- Compatible with Intel-based MACs and PCs.
Customer Reviews:
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
 What version? Not Complete!!, 2008-07-18
Okay, this is not a bad review of Ubuntu Linux as I have been using it for a while now and like it. Rather this is a poor review of this particular offering and it's description (lack thereof).
Like any software (operating systems in particular) Ubuntu has ongoing releases with version numbers. Ubuntu releases a new updated version every six months and as of this review the latest release is v8.04.
This listing does not mention what version of Ubuntu is being sold! They could be selling the latest version OR they could be selling 3 versions ago. Who knows? That is strike one.
Additionally, while the all of the functional bits of the operating system can be burned to a single CD-ROM (as this listing indicates) it is not "complete". Additional software and updates are located in the Ubuntu Repositories. Repositories are centralized software locations where you can obtain additional features and programs that are not installed on a "default" system. The Ubuntu Repositories are hosted online but there is a an official version where the Repositories have been burned to disc, but this is not it.
For that you need the DVD-ROM which has both the complete OS AND the Ubuntu Repositories. Additionally, to save enough space to squeeze v8.04 onto a CD, quite a few "whiz bang" features were left in the repositories.
Rather than this product I would highly recommend purchasing the official DVD package from Canonical (the actual distro supporter). It is both more complete and less expensive!
Ubuntu 8.04 DVD
If you are not sure about using Ubuntu Linux and want some sort of "personal helpline" visit Canonical's offical site to purchase support or visit the Ubuntu Forums for free.
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