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Footnotes

I added a footnote to clarify support for SPARC. This contrasts with the {{cite}} refrences used throughout the article, but it seemed like a good idea to keep such pedantry outside of the main article text. Does this look alright to everyone? If the clashing of different reference styles isn't so bad, I suggest we add more footnotes to explain minor details without cluttering up the main text too much, as this featured article does. Twinxor t 07:06, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

My impression is that the information is outdated. See recent LugRadio interview w/ Mark Shuttleworth and someone from Sun. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 10:52, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Look here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2006-June/000087.html - Samsara (talk • contribs) 10:57, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

What, so the recently written releases page is completely wrong on the matter? Even if you don't believe that the SPARC release is unofficial, as the page claims, it's obvious that only the server edition is available for SPARC, and it seems silly to list two similar, relatively obscure Sun architectures when the same release covers both of them. Twinxor t 15:55, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

The release page could well be wrong. Wanna contact them about this and see what they say? - Samsara (talk • contribs) 10:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Release name: Edgy Eft

In response to an anon edit, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyEft to convince yourself that the name is intended to be "Edgy Eft", not "The Edgy Eft". - Samsara (talk • contribs) 16:06, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

LOL

I think we should start a collection of diffs here for all the times that people have reverted between including the (oo-BOON-too) pronunciation help and removing it. Here goes the most recent one:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ubuntu_%28Linux_distribution%29&diff=66063462&oldid=65951925

Samsara (talk • contribs) 11:26, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

couldn't you record an ogg or flac file with you speaking the word? then upload to commons? ;-) Tobias Conradi (Talk) 14:08, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for the suggestion. That would probably be the best idea. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 15:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

ViperSnake's edit

Referring to [1]:

Unfortunately, the Ubuntu website provides potentially conflicting information. This page:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/

states

You will need at least 192MB of RAM to install from this CD.

Seeing that [2] says that 256MB are needed, the above could be interpreted to mean that 192MB are needed to install, but 256MB to run it from the hard disk. In any case, 256MB is a more standard size than 192MB (how many machines will actually have 192MB exactly?), so I suggest we stick with the previous, less confusing version. We can, however, make a mention of the debian-installer based version of the CD. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 11:29, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Pronouncing words

Could someone let me know how to pronounce certain words in this article?

• Canonical - I'm trying to figure out where to split that. Is it Canon-ical, Can-o-nickle or...? Ka-non-e-cal
• ubuntu - oo-bun-two (I'm basing that on the video, so I'm pretty certain I know how to say that) Oo-bun-two
• Xubuntu - Say the letter X then say ubuntu? Or is it one word?
• Kubuntu - Say the letter K then ubuntu? Or is it one word?
• Edubuntu - Say 'Ed' the ubuntu? Or is it one word?
• MEPIS - Err... I hesitate to ask. Meppis
• Progeny - Pro-jen-e? pro-jen-e
• Xandros - San-dross? (to rhyme with floss)
• Linux - Li (to rhyme with fly) nux (to rhyme with books) Lee-nux
• nUbuntu - Say the letter N then say ubuntu? Or is it one word?
• zUbuntu - Say the letter Z then say ubuntu? Or is it one word?
• fluxbuntu - Say the 'flux' then 'bun-two'?

Thanks in advance. I'd like to record a spoken verison of this before it hits the main page on August 5th. Provided I don't get too nervous and my cat stays quiet for a few hours. Icey 20:10, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

There will probably be a pronunciation of "Ubuntu" provided as an audiofile at some point. As for the others, they are not the subject of this article. As these names are mostly passed on in written rather than spoken form, pronunciations vary a lot. Pronunciations I'm familiar with are ex-ubuntu and meppis. Canonical is actually an English word, as is progeny; consult a dictionary. It's Leenux. Read the articles. Most of them say. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 20:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Samsara, I've crossed out a few and I'll find out the others. I've got Linux from here. Icey 20:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

It looks like I'm not going to have enough time to make the spoken version before it hits the main page, but maybe I'll make it in the future. Icey 19:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

The best thing (IMHO) would be to have a isiXhosa speaker pronouncing the name. If people don't agree, I could come up with a pronunciation file of my own. Should I say it with a British accent or should I try to imitate Nelson Mandela as faithfully as I can? --Kjoonlee 08:04, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

System requirements?

What are the system requirements for x86 desktop installations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.236.216.252 (talk • contribs)

Why not read the article? That's what we wrote it for. :) - Samsara (talk • contribs) 21:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I see a reference to the HD & RAM requirements, but was curious if there was more to it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.236.216.252 (talk • contribs)

No, your processor speed only determines how slowly it will run, but not whether it will run at all. Ubuntu is not a video game. ;) - Samsara (talk • contribs) 09:31, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, other OSes do have processor limits, so that's why I asked. BTW, could an older box w/ < 256MB RAM still work with a minimal install?