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| 2008-10-28 |
Development Release: Ulteo Application System 2.00 Alpha |
| Gaël Duval has announced the availability of the first public development release of Ulteo Application System 2.00, a Kubuntu-based distribution with mobility tools, content synchronisation features and hundreds of desktop applications: "The new Ulteo Application System 'Polaris' is available for download as alpha software. Many applications are provided with the base-install (CD-R size) which includes Firefox and OpenOffice.org. Additional 'application balls' (desktop applications, games, etc.) can be added from the Ulteo panel once authenticated. They will download automatically from Ulteo servers. Extra language support can be added this way as well. Do not install the system with a separate /home or /boot partitions or it won't work." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: ulteo-polaris-2.00alpha-2-install-i386.iso (694MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-07-23 |
Distribution Release: Ulteo Applications System 1.02 |
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| Gaël Duval announced the availability of Ulteo Application System 1.02, code name "Sirius" Stable: "The Ulteo Application System is a FREE installable version of Ulteo, that ships with hundreds applications and innovative features that include: Global Ulteo authentication; Automatic data backup/synchronization to/from the Ulteo Online Desktop; "My Digital Life" panel to organize your digital life easier and better; Automatic system and application incremental upgrade; Very fast to install, very easy to use." "Sirius" Stable is an installable liveCD that offers a Windows alternative; it comes with a lot of applications by default, including Firefox 2.0 and OpenOffice.org 2.3. Learn more here. Download (MD5): ulteo-sirius-1.02-install-i386.iso (692MB). Also announced is Ulteo Virtual Desktop Beta3: "It allows you to use the best Linux applications on the Windows(TM) operating system. It's been designed for individuals and corporate users who want to have Linux and Windows applications together on the same desktop without the hassles of dual booting or virtualization. It already got great feedback from the IT press during the past three months. If you would enjoy Ulteo Virtual Desktop on a preloaded USB key that wouldn't require any installation, please let us know!" Learn more here. |
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| 2008-03-18 |
Development Release: Ulteo Applications System Beta 1 |
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| Gaël Duval has announced the availability of the first beta release of Ulteo Application System, a Linux distribution with the goal of simplifying the use of computers by bypassing installation of applications, and bringing mobility features: "After the recent success we had at providing OpenOffice.org in a web browser, we're proud to deliver the first beta of nearly two years of work: Ulteo Application System 'Sirius' is now ready for download on several mirrors. It was the needed 'client' brick to the Ulteo framework that is made of several online services, and provides, among others, automatic personal data (and forthcoming user environment) synchronising. In this release, you will also be able to test the first version of the 'My Digital Life' panel which is a new way to organise your documents and applications, and manage your system installations." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (MD5): ulteo-08.00beta-install-i386.iso (656MB). |
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| 2006-12-07 |
Development Release: Ulteo Sirius Alpha 1 |
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| Gaël Duval has announced the first test release of Ulteo, a new distribution that promises to introduce revolutionary concepts in managing and updating an operating system and applications. From the release announcement: "Here is the first public version of Ulteo! Its codename is 'Sirius' because we want to make it a star." The brief release notes explain some of the ideas behind Ulteo: "This installable live CD is based on Debian and Ubuntu packages. It's installed on the hard-drive using "Yuch". A daemon, called UGD (Ulteo General Daemon), is always connecting to Ulteo servers to see if a newer, more up to date system is available. It can then upgrade to this new system." This release of Ulteo is based on Ubuntu 6.06 and uses kernel 2.6.15, X.Org 7.0, KDE 3.5.2 and Firefox 1.5.0.8. The CD image is available for download from here: ulteo-kde-i386-sirius-20061206-1.iso (622MB, MD5) and via BitTorrent. |
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| September 2009 |
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At one point or another gamers can hit the wall when using other OS systems such as Linux and Mac, as Windows has always been renowned as the OS of choice for the gaming community. In a lot of cases this has changed somewhat over the last few years with the use of virtualization software that helps to bridge that gap, and it can be quite successful to a point. Of course, when you virtualize another OS you can lose some of the performance, than say running a game natively, and with slowdowns and bugs comes frustration. We have listed a few resources that we think are worth a mention for different types of gamers, both online multiplayer and single player, see what you think:
- World of Goo. This is a great puzzle game that will keep you busy for hours, there's also a free playable demo version.
- If you're a online poker enthusiast we can recommend you check out the pokerlistings.com Linux poker page, it has a list of poker apps that are compatible with your OS.
- For the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) crowds you could always take a look at Vendetta online, "thousands of people can play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe", sounds great!
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