Night and day difference 3.0 v/s 3.01. Hopefully after the admin, mods and testers run it through the ringers we will have a release.

TheeMahn,

Ultimate Edition 3.0 is unlike any previous release. Ultimate Edition 3.0 was built from Linux Mint 11 "Katya", which in itself was built from Ubuntu Natty 11.04. I hope I did not lose anyone there A slew of issues have been resolved. I have dubbed this release ULTAMINT. It is a real piece of eye-candy & has a comprehensive software package. I have included repositories from Getdeb, Ubuntu and Linuxmint. If there is something missing you just can’t live without, just a few clicks of a mouse away. On behalf of the UE Dev team please enjoy Ultimate Edition 3.0.

TheeMahn,

Good luck
Meister

Downloaded and installed like a dream….0 issues…I LOVED being able to listen to some USA radio while installing…The Mrs was also impressed…after I told her that usually all the drivers and set up needs to be done before trying to find a station to listen to.

Top marks once again, TheeMahn…I can only wonder at what we have in store if you can dropkick Unity into space….

Cheers

A little update on Ultimate Edition 3.0 progress, one of the things that was holding me back is Natty uses GTK3, so a new theme was in order:

Nothing is set in stone at this point. Please stay tuned. Only local beta testers have it at this time.

Without further a do. Enjoy Ultimate Edition 2.6.3, you can read more there.

I know I too am like a kid in a candy store, where is Ultimate Edition 3.0 already? Well same goes hand in hand, you will not have Repomaster in 3.0. I have had literally a ton of obstacles in my path on Ultimate Edition 3.0′s production. I have re-opened Donations, I do not want to openly explain why I shut them down in the first place for the past 4 or 5 months. I thank all those that have donated & would appreciate a continuation in this department. I have my work cut out for me. Non lite x86, x64 and gamers as such. I am hoping to have Repomaster integrated in Ultimate Edition 3.1, then you will understand what all the “HOOP LAH” was for. Well you deserve a peek right? JohnnyG’s work @ least wallpaper all is subject to change ignore my current theme. Cowboy has some nice graphical handywork also being considered, so all may change:

TheeMahn,

This has been around long enough to have been downloaded ~ 4,000 times (forum users). I felt since Ubuntu drops maintenance releases. IE 10.04.1, it is Long Term Support (LTS), for us to to do likewise. I do not look for there to be a Ultimate Edition 2.6.2, for a lack of a better word I feel is perfect. For my perceivable future I intend to run this O/S, not that there is anything wrong with Ultimate Edition 2.8 or 2.9. Amazing how many bugs get squashed shortly after a “final release”, a few I have personally implemented. I am thinking Ultimate Edition 2.9 only to run momentarily as I build it. Why some may ask? I am not a KDE mahn and prefer stability

If I was currently running Ultimate Edition 2.6, would I run out and snag 2.6.1? If I was happy with my current O/S absolutely not, the only real gain would be the “fixes”, updates and upgrades, which you have probably already downloaded & installed through your update manager. If I somehow managed to whack my O/S 2.6.1 would be the logical answer. I now take this back, after seeing what it now does. Ultimate Edition 2.6.1 was built off 10.04.1 a total re-build. It will be my main O/S until at the very minimum Ultimate Edition 3.0.

I unleashed the below on the forum users & many loved it, however what we have now is a multitude better. A complete re-build from the ground up & why the great delay. I can not stress how much better Ultimate Edition 2.6.1 is over 2.6.

Well on to the details, what is Ultimate Edition 2.6.1? Ultimate Edition 2.6.1 is a Long Term Supported (LTS) release. Changes in Ultimate Edition 2.6.1 v/s Ultimate Edition 2.6 are as follows:

Updates / Upgrades:

• 10.04.1 is the base of the build, many fixes and upgrades pre and post applied.
• Kernel 2.6.32-27 (rebuild of vmlinuz and initrd.lz & purged all older kernels)
• All UE based themes rebuilt and replaced (this will add gigs of additional free space to the O/S in the future)

Bug Fixes:

• Cursor / Compiz issue
• Broken repository removed
• Removed wine-doors (broken)
• Fixed metapackage
• Fixed progress bar going beyond 100%

Additional Software:

• Ailurus
• Imagination
• Cairo clock
• Miro
• Moovida
• Exaile
• Conky script
• Samba
• Gphpedit
• Chromium browser
• Sound juicer
• Rip off
• Ultimate Edition 2.8 theme (Ultimate Edition 2.6 theme remains default)

Release Name: Ultimate Edition 2.6.1 LTS
Architecture: x86 (32 bit)
Codebase: Ultimate Edition 2.6 (Ubuntu 10.04.1 Lucid Lynx)
Environment(s): Gnome
Filesize: 2.4 GB (2,558,748,672 bytes)
MD5SUM: 947f14befc0aaaf61512667529ac69cb

Download:

Release Name: Ultimate Edition 2.6.1 LTS
Architecture: x64 (64 bit)
Codebase: Ultimate Edition 2.6 (Ubuntu 10.04.1 Lucid Lynx)
Environment(s): Gnome
Filesize: 2.5 GB (2,656,546,816 bytes)
MD5SUM: ab45af36f8969acd8714b0b7a440acdb

Download:

I have also re-wrote the conky-builder it executes on bootup and generates as per your hardware (does not autorun conky itself, I leave that up to the end user). I love eyecandy:

I would have to say this is the flagship of all UE releases in my personal opinion (provided you have the hardware, otherwise I suggest Ultimate Edition Lite). I have had beta testers calling me telling me to ship it. I have spent months perfecting it. You will feel the love. Please try and take it easy on the servers until it is fully mirrored.

Here is some stats for you this site’s traffic 2010:
Unique Users: 1,507,045
Number of Visits: 9,490,858
Page views: 33,997,354
Hits: 66,028,220
Transfer: 2711.20 GB (nothing but webpages & images here)

I like to see the rise in the graph:

The repository is chillin, we have tons of unused bandwidth thanks to Sourceforge. The graphs below are 2009 and 2010 respectively, Sept 2009 we stopped hosting Ultimate Edition:

Sourceforge has ate Petabytes for us, I do not know what we would do with out them. We do have an admin that has volunteered to take over one of the sites I have neglected. None of the above listed, more on that later. We have 10 sites total, 9 more volunteers (actually 8 I am going to drop our urban terror server). A vacation for me lol.

I have way too much on my plate. I have written a script I call repomaster that will handle much of my work automously. It is not perfect yet. When complete all UE users will get a slew of new packages, it will not allow a package to have an error. If something is screwed up then point the finger at Lintian or the dev and yes this includes me. I am 1 Mahn & if I can use my knowledge to automate, so be it More on that later, when I get it to 100%.

Enjoy UE 2.6.1,

TheeMahn

P.S. Ultimate Edition 2.9 is just around the corner.

As said there, I want to at least provide you a xmas theme. You guys have no idea how hard I work, but will show through on our next release.

99.81% done, estimate finish Sat Dec 25 01:48:42 2010
Total translation table size: 2048
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 27520
Total directory bytes: 126976
Path table size(bytes): 790
Max brk space used 3c000
1292441 extents written (2524 MB)
root@SledgeHammer:/home/theemahn/wip/extract-cd#

I do not stop working even on Xmas. I would to love to tell you what I was building. I have a new toy that says a Netbook Edition of Ultimate Edition is also coming. I have probably 10 computers in house 0 were laptops / tablet based pc’s. Local testers provide feedback before I even consider uploading. The notebook issue a new fish to fry. This will open new doors. I have one of these to work magic on. Toshiba M750.

Eventually, I may drop a video of it. I am here for your best interest. Sleep tight in knowing I will not prematurely release what you deserve. I am not about releasing an O/S every other day, but to release stability. All I ask in return is to give me the time to ensure you get the best. The survey would be a plus, but I do not require it.

Releasing an O/S every other day would shove us up the chain as far as distrowatch. I have a large ego, but prefer to sit down the list. Do you feel I am wrong for that mode of thinking? Sorry, I could not give you a better Xmas present.

Many feel I should just take over by storm, yes we can. I personally do not want to be remembered for such. I honestly care. Do you think any of the top 10 do?

TheeMahn,

Ultimate Edition 2.8 lite is dedicated to those with low system resources, it is also lightning fast on machines that have the resources. There are no bells and whistles here, no office, no compiz; just the pure essentials. Ultimate Edition 2.8 lite was built off Lubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat updated and upgraded, which is based on the LXDE environment. Many applications were ripped from the operating system before I even started to build. This is "lite" there will not be a 64 bit edition.

This is the first time a lite edition has been released from us, not that it has not been asked for by many for some time. I do have 2 other "specialty" releases coming, one I hope to have dropped in time for Christmas. This one may cause a ruckus in the Linux community. Please stay tuned for that one, no promises. Ultimate Edition 2.8 lite will fit on a CD. On to the details.

The following applications were removed prior to build:

• abiword
• ace-of-penguins
• lxterminal
• leafpad
• aqualung
• gnumeric
• elementary-icon-theme
• lubuntu-icon-theme
• mplayer
• chromium-browser
• xpad
• cheese
• hardinfo
• simple-scan
• osmo

Replaced by with thought and reason:

• Blue deck theme pack – Lightweight theme with scalable icons
• Terminator – Lightweight and supports splitting, better then loading a second instance.
• Gedit – Lightweight when considering the number of formats supported.
• Vlc – All in one app, video and audio are covered.
• Firefox – I know there are lighter browsers, however this one is hard to beat.
• Ultamatix – in case you want to install additional software, flash etc.

Release Name: Ultimate Edition 2.8 lite
Release Base: Lubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10
Architecture: x86 (32 bit)
Filesize: 579.0 MB (578,992,128 bytes)
MD5SUM: f993c00e45bec84ddfd384f73bc0cdc8

Download: x86 – 32 bit

I would like to give credit where credit is due. The theme was created by jameshardy88, modified by JohnnyG. Wallpaper by Cowboy. A thanks also goes out to my admin, mods and beta testers for putting up with my BS Any feedback is appreciated, enjoy.

TheeMahn

Enjoy, TheeMahn