Ubuntu Weekly Report: 11th - 17th November

What happened this week in the Ubuntu world? The greatest thing ever, as Wal-Mart sold about 10,000 units of a Linux-based PC at the incredible price of $200. The computer was called Everex TC2502 Green gPC and it was sold out in no more than 2 weeks! The system specs were low, VIA C7-D Processor running at 1.5 Ghz, 512MB of RAM and 80GB hard drive, compared to most computers today. And here's what the buyers think about this low-end Linux PC that runs Ubuntu operating system with the Enlightenment window manager:

￭ Greatest $200 I have ever spend: By Anonymous - After setting up, I have been greeted to a nonstop computing fest. I had never imagined a computer could be so easy to use! I was use to my Windows XP computer at work, so I had held high hopes for this 'Linux' computer. You have to see, use, and experience this computer. It is worth 10x the price in terms of ease-of-use, speed, security, and pleasantness. It's so intuitive, quiet, inexpensive, efficient, etc. It is the best possible deal for a person looking to use a computer for anything except 3D games.
￭ Very good cheap computer: By helenericson - I was looking for a cheap computer to do some basic stuff like surfing, sending email and listening to music, the main things most people use their computer for. I decided to try this one out, and was pleasantly surprised. Having never used anything but Windows before, I was afraid it'd be hard to use anything else, but it wasn't at all. I really like how the system is made and works, and I'd even go so far to say I like it better than windows.
￭ A nice surprise: By mictester - This is NOT a computer to run Windows of any type on. It's ideally suited for the gOS Linux that's pre-installed, but if you want a little more bang for your buck, install Ubuntu. You can download Ubuntu free, and it's easier than Windoze to install. I installed Ubuntu as soon as this machine was out of the packaging, and put in more RAM. You can double the RAM in this machine for ~$45 if you shop around. It now really flies and embarrasses any Windows machine I've ever seen for speed, facilities, security and even eye-candy!
￭ Great for most people nowadays: By nelfer - I work on computers and my friends are always asking for help to set them up with computers. I noticed that most people just use the computer to browse the web and do things on the internet. This computer is a great bargain. It helps debunk the myth that "Linux is hard", as everything in the computer is very easy to use and almost self-explanatory.
￭ Excellent!: By tekwerx - For what it is, it does a SUPERB job. It runs a very lightweight derivative of Ubuntu, and runs it well. This machine is geared towards people who need something cheap that does the basics - surfing the net, email, IM's, and some light word processing. For the price, you can't beat it.

Later edit: Starting with 20 November, Everex TC2502 Green gPC is back in stock at Wal-Mart. Go get it now from here!

Let's move on now to the updates and fixes for all Ubuntu releases. As always, here's some important common security updates:

￭ [USN-540-1] flac vulnerability
￭ [USN-541-1] Emacs vulnerability
￭ [USN-542-1] poppler vulnerabilities
￭ [USN-542-2] KOffice vulnerabilities
￭ [USN-543-1] VMWare vulnerabilities
￭ [USN-544-1] Samba vulnerabilities
￭ [USN-544-2] Samba regression

The updates for 6.06 LTS:

￭ debian-installer 20051026ubuntu36.11
￭ pcre3 7.4-0ubuntu0.6.06

The updates for Ubuntu 6.10 are:

￭ gnome-system-tools 2.15.5-0ubuntu6
￭ pcre3 7.4-0ubuntu0.6.10

Here are the updates for Ubuntu 7.04:

￭ vmware-server 1.0.4-1feisty1
￭ gnome-system-tools 2.18.1-0ubuntu2
￭ pcre3 7.4-0ubuntu0.7.04
￭ vmware-server 1.0.4-1feisty2
￭ ggz-gtk-games 0.0.13-4ubuntu0.1

And finally, the updates for Ubuntu 7.10:

￭ gnome-system-tools 2.20.0-0ubuntu2
￭ pcre3 7.4-0ubuntu0.7.10
￭ cryptmount 2.0-1ubuntu1
￭ apturl 0.1ubuntu2
￭ ubufox 0.4~beta1-0ubuntu5
￭ python-qt4 4.3-2ubuntu7.1

This being said, see you again next week for another Ubuntu weekly newsletter!

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