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| 2009-11-13 |
Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 2.4 |
| Glenn Cady has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 2.4, an Ubuntu-based live DVD with media codecs, eye candy and -- the kitchen sink: "It has been out for about a week, but I have had a lot happening in the meantime. A burnt power supply, a smoked 1 TB drive, painted a house and caught the flu. Ultimate Edition 2.4 was built off Ubuntu 9.10, all upgrades pre-installed as of current. This release is the largest release to date and is absolutely loaded with excellent tools, many new to Ultimate Edition. This distro is lightning quick on boot-up. I must apologize, the usplash does flicker on the screen when live; once installed it works as expected. Please enjoy ladies, and gents, a ton of work went into making this distro, more then any previous." Check out the release announcement and release notes for additional info and screenshots. Download (MD5): ultimate-edition-2.4-x86.iso (2,417MB), ultimate-edition-2.4-x64.iso (2,444MB). |
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| 2009-09-22 |
Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 2.3 "Gamers" |
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| Glenn Cady has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 2.3 "Gamers" edition, an Ubuntu-based distribution for gamers: "Ultimate Edition 2.3 'Gamers' has been released. I am not going to make a huge deal out of this, but it certainly is a nice toy. Especially for you gamers out there. Ultimate Edition 2.3 'Gamers' has the following games pre-installed: 3D chess, Airstrike, Aisleriot Solitaire, Barrage, Blackjack, Boswars, Brutal Chess, BzFlag, Chess, Dream Chess, Five or more, Foo Billiard, Four-in-a-row, Freecell, Gbrainy, Glest, Gnometris, Gridwars, Hearts, Lango, Kslotski.... Play on Linux is included in this distro, which allows playing of Windows games in a nearly seamless manner. Many additional Linux games available though Ultamatix tool are also included in the distro. It uses the Ultimate Edition 2.4 theme pack, but is Jaunty-based." Here is the full release announcement. Download: ultimate-edition-2.3-gamers-x86.iso (3,862MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-06-20 |
Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 2.2 |
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| Glenn Cady has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 2.2, a desktop Linux distribution and live DVD based on Ubuntu, but enhanced with extra software, device drivers and multimedia codecs: "Ultimate Edition 2.2. This release was built from Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty Jackalope' with all the goodies you have come to love in prior Ultimate Edition releases pre-added and all upgrades pre-installed for your convenience. This release has two kernels - 2.6.28-13 and 2.6.28-11, selectable at boot time, increasing your chances of success." Read the rest of the release announcement which contains a number of screenshots. Download (MD5) the installable live DVD images from here: ultimate-edition-2.2-x86.iso (2,033MB, torrent), ultimate-edition-2.2-x64.iso (2,024MB, torrent). |
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| 2008-11-13 |
Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 2.0 |
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| Glenn Cady has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 2.0, a desktop distribution and live DVD based on the recently released Ubuntu 8.10: "Ultimate Edition 2.0 has been released. Ultimate Edition 2.0 is built based on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, it is loaded to the hilt with themes, wallpapers, icon sets, GDM login screens, and usplashes. If you have a 64-bit processor I highly recommend the 64-bit edition. This release has all the goodies you have come to love with previous editions pre-added and a few new ones. It has a newer kernel and all updated as of release date pre-installed for your convenience. Compiz Fusion works right off the live DVD without drivers." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download (MD5) the DVD images from here: ultimate-edition-2.0-x86.iso (1,676MB), ultimate-edition-2.0-x64.iso (1,706MB). |
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| 2008-05-22 |
Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 1.8 |
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| Ultimate Edition 1.8, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring a variety of user-friendly enhancements, has been released: "Ultimate Edition 1.8 is built based on Ubuntu Hardy Heron; unlike the previous builds, which were created by a tool called 'reconstructor', I built this one by hand. I am releasing both a 32-bit and a 64-bit edition. Hotrod is a fitting name for it, if you have a 64-bit processor I highly recommend the 64-bit edition. This release was built from scratch using Ubuntu 'Hardy Heron' LTS with all the goodies you have came to love with previous editions and a few new ones. I would like to point out that the usplash is fully carried through after installation (the dragon)." Read the complete release announcement which includes a number of screenshots. Download: ultimate-edition-1.8-x86.iso (1,340MB, MD5, torrent), ultimate-edition-1.8-x64.iso (1,352MB, MD5, torrent). |
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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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