Announcing Ubuntu 6.06 LTS server for SUN Sparc64

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS server for SUN Sparc 64bit architecture.

This release is an Ubuntu distribution for your servers, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, and a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default. Other packages and applications are available from a global network of mirrors, and professional, commercial technical support from Canonical Ltd and hundreds of other companies around the world.

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS will be the first Ubuntu release with a long-term support cycle: free security updates and commercial technical support will be available for five years.

To Get Ubuntu 6.06 LTS for Sparc you can download from:

United States:

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

Europe:

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (Sweden)

http://fr.releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (France)

http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (All)

Rest of the World:

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

Netboot/Netinstall image:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/main/installer-sparc/current/images/sparc64/netboot/2.6/

and mirrors.

About Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

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Highlights of this release include:

* New kernels targeted at server platforms. The server kernels are tuned differently than the desktop kernels (providing better performance for server applications).

* Turn-key LAMP installation for this common deployment scenario

* Improved support for clusters and SANs

"Under the hood"

* GCC 4.0.3
* glibc 2.3.6
* Linux kernel 2.6.15.6
* Niagara optimizations for gcc, glibc and kernel available by default
* Greatly improved infrastructure for automatic hardware detection and activation
* The system PATH is now set in exactly one place, /etc/environment, for
convenient administration

As always, Ubuntu includes the very best of the 100% Free / Libre application software world, and each new release incorporates countless new features and bugfixes from the global development community. More detailed release notes are at :

http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperReleaseNotes

Helping Shape Ubuntu

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If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, try asking on the #ubuntu channel on IRC.FreeNode.net, on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

More Information

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http://www.ubuntu.com/

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A special thanks has to go to David S. Miller and for his unbeatable effort to make this release a reality. These few words can't really express the gratitude for his dedication.