[plug] Drink it in the Congo (Friday Night Fun)

[Senectus .]

On 02/06/06, Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 23:32 +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> > Gavin Chester wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 23:16 +0800, Davyd Madeley wrote:
> > > > We apologise for the late announcement, but the Ubuntu-lovers of the UCC
> > > > have decided to organise a bit of light Friday evening entertainment to
> > > > celebrate the release of Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 LTS (it support you long
> > > > time).
> > >
> > > I have not been watching release updates, so tell me: do the LTS
> > > initials indicate that Ubuntu is now releasing with (L)inux (T)erminal
> > > (S)erver integration as was much talked about last year?
> >
> > As Davyd's parenthetical alluded to, it stands for Long Term Support.
> >
> > Cameron
>
> Yeh, okay :-) I guess I was ignoring that allusion in the hope that LTSP
> had been integrated into the latest Ubuntu, as has been talked about in
> other quarters.  But really, isn't Ubuntu and long-term support a bit of
> an oxymoron since it is comparatively young as a distro and has such
> rapid release cycles ;-)
>
> Anyway, I hope that the new Ubuntu is enjoyed by many!  Vive FOSS!
>

It has to a certain extent, from the mailing list:


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jani Monoses <jani.monoses at gmail.com>
Date: 01-Jun-2006 20:33
Subject: Announcing Xubuntu 6.06
To: ubuntu-announce at lists.ubuntu.com


Xubuntu is the newest official Ubuntu derivative distribution, using the
Xfce desktop environment and a selection of GTK2 applications.  Its
lightweight footprint is well suited for low-end hardware and thin
clients.  Xubuntu builds on the solid foundation of Ubuntu, with
world-class hardware support and access to a vast repository of
additional software.

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=== Thin clients ===

  * The alternate CD includes an option to automatically install an LTSP
server environment for quick and painless deployment of thin client
networks.
  * Xfce and a selection of lightweight applications are provided, to
minimize network overhead and maximize the number of thin clients which
can be served by a single server

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