[SGVLUG] Edubuntu vs. "just ubuntu"

[Alex Roston]

I put it on my kid's computer. It's wonderful. But don't use the nightly 
build. Just download the current stable.

Alex



Emerson, Tom (*IC) wrote:
> I have an opportunity to "ressurect" a computer for a 6-year old -- her
> mom has lost the windows 98 "certificate" with the 25-digit key, and
> "the dang thing never worked right anyway..."  [or words to that
> effect...]
>
> So I'm thinking of putting on "Edubuntu" -- for those of you familiar
> with Ubuntu/Edubuntu, was there a problem (or is there?) recently with
> the "nightly build" page?  Over the weekend, I tried to download the
> .iso, and instead of the expected 4-gig file, I got something that was a
> little over 7 megabytes.  (OK, admittedly this was also really early in
> the morning -- 2:00 am or so -- could the rebuild have been "in the
> process of building"?)  
>
> Also, it wasn't entirely clear if what I was downloading was "just the
> regular Ubuntu" iso or "the edubuntu specific variation" -- how can I
> tell the difference between these?
>
> Tom Emerson
> 818-977-8828 
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