Ubuntu sneak preview

[Sivan Green]

Hi everybody!

Is this is the approved version? 

Can I start using it to invite people? 

Sivan

P.S.  i have a sloga proposal for soem artwork:
"UBUNTU: Going Back To Nature, Welcome."


Cheers everyone and keep up the amazingly good work!


Sivan Green


On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:08:09 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth <mark at hbd.com> wrote:
> 
> OK, so here's a version of the invitation mail that is going to be more
> robust over time. I've changed the URL's to refer to the current daily
> CD burn, and put some explanation of the difference between Sounder CD's
> and the daily's.
> 
> I think you might be interested in this:
> 
> ===
> Ubuntu, a new Linux distribution that brings together the breadth of Debian
> with a focused selection of packages, regular releases (every six months)
> and a commitment to security updates with 18 months of support for every
> release, will go into beta testing this week. A core "sounder" team of
> testers has quietly been working on the distribution, and this invitation
> entitles you to join that community before the public beta kicks in.
> 
> Ubuntu is in its final development stages before public release, so you'll
> see some placeholders for themes and artwork, and maybe a few bugs if you
> look hard enough  ;-) . Please join the mailing list or IRC channel listed
> below if you have any questions.
> 
> Of course, there are plenty of Ubuntu resources available to whet your
> appetite...
> 
>   See our teaser website for an introduction:
>     http://www.no-name-yet.com/
> 
> Note that our first release is codenamed "The Warty Warthog", hence the
> many references to "warty" on the list.
> 
>   Read our development wiki to learn all about Ubuntu:
>     http://wiki.ubuntu.com/
> 
> Feel free to edit pages in keeping with the spirit of the wiki. You'll
> need to log in to the Wiki (click on UserPreferences) before editing
> any page.
> 
>   Join the Ubuntu 'sounder' team mailing list:
>     http://lists.no-name-yet.com/mailman/listinfo/sounder
> 
>   Join the #ubuntu channel on irc.freenode.net for help and discussion about
>   Ubuntu and the Warty Warthog release.
> 
> We are making daily builds of our CD image available. We also make "Sounder CD"
> releases (the latest as of 13 September 2004 was Sounder 8). The Sounder CD's
> are more tested, the daily CD image might break in some way. YMMV.
> 
>   Download the latest Sounder Test CD (not the very latest, but less likely
>   to have an accidental glitch):
>     http://archive.ubuntu.com/cdimage/sounder-test/current/
> 
>   Download the daily i386, PowerPC and amd64 installation CD images (also
>   available via rsync):
>     http://archive.ubuntu.com/cdimage/daily/current/
> 
>   Download the daily i386 LiveCD - try Ubuntu before you install!
>     http://archive.ubuntu.com/cdimage/morphix/current/
> 
>   File bugs in our bug tracking system:
>     https://bugzilla.no-name-yet.com/
> 
> And last but not least, we will gladly ship you a few CD's of Ubuntu at no
> cost when Warty Warthog is finally released, expected by the end of October.
> To receive a complimentary copy of the Warty Warthog release on CD, please
> register at http://shipit.no-name-yet.com/
> 
> Enjoy!
> The Warty Team
> ===
> 
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-- 
Best Regards,
     Sivan Green