Ubuntu / Kubuntu Final Release - Version 7.04 Fiesty Fawn
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Holding true to their word the folks at Ubuntu have posted the final release of Ubuntu/Kubuntu version 7.04 aka Feisty Fawn. The computer GODS must of been looking out for me, because I had no trouble downloading the Kubuntu version from a site in the Netherlands. I was actually pleasantly surprised that the download was fairly quick, since I had read that the servers were jammed with downloaders.
Just like the beta version, the final release also found all of my hardware including my wi-fi card and I was up and running on the Internet in no time. I’m a Firefox user and downloading Firefox using Adept was simple. I must say that Adept works very well and is intuitive to use. I was even able to download and install all of the games from KDE as well with basically no user intervention. The system just flat out works.
I’ll be playing around with Kubuntu this week to get the system tweaked to my liking. I have some toys, plus bells and whistles that I will be downloading to get the system setup for my needs. Oh yes, installation was uneventful. This is the best Linux distribution I have used IMHO. I think that anyone who is interested in giving Linux a try can’t go wrong with this release.
Installation is not necessary and this can be used as a live CD.
More to come. 
4 Comments
marc klink
April 23rd, 2007
at 11:19am
It requires less knowledge of the user, and less user intervention than XP…almost completely idiot proof. I could see letting almost anyone set this up on thier machine without incident.
Ron Schenone
April 23rd, 2007
at 12:00pm
Hi Marc,
Agree. I’m still setting up some stuff but this puppy just flat out works. It is a joy to use.
Thanks for the comment, Ron
Tim Hodkinson
April 23rd, 2007
at 6:26pm
I upgraded to Ubuntu 7.04 and couldn’t really see much difference until I tried out some strange new System/Preferences/Desktop Effects thing. Now I’ve got Window Wobble and a four-sided revolving cube desktop just like in the video links that Ron posted a month or two ago. And that’s in addition to all the rest of the wonderful stuff on Ubuntu. I’ve put Ubuntu on my new P4 2.2Ghz computer instead of just trying it out on my old P2 450mhz one. I’ve only got 512mb of Ram, but everything seems to work just fine.
I can’t really see people having any more trouble getting used to Ubuntu than they would with Xp. It took me a few weeks to get used to finding stuff on Xp after upgrading from W98.
Ron Schenone
April 23rd, 2007
at 7:19pm
Hi Tim,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I don’t think the learning curve is bad at all. You just have to spend some time playing with it.
Ron