Ultimate Edition 2.6.1 – more then a maintenance release.

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)

 

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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:

 

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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:

 

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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.

I am not writing this to make myself feel more at home, this is a screenshot from about 1 year ago. I want you to pay attention to the day May 11th. Then dual monitors. I really want you to look below the cursor to know that 2.6.1 was already produced.

Have I released it? (sure it is there for those that know)
I have allot of issues for one I am using my girlfriends computer, which she offered to give back to me. I gave to her, I am indian, but not a indian giver & does not hold a candle, I hope you find out later.

I may quit my job. She has level 3 cancer, my job may dimish. Please understand why I am not here. I have been with her 11 years. Does not take me long to weight the balances of life.

I would love to tell you Ultimate Edition 2.9 is here. I am going through some times, sad when I have to use my better halfs machine to do so. My machine does not have inet more on that later. I am working to resolve. I have software coming I have wrote that may open a eye or 2. I am going to try to not talk about that now, I have been offered to be copywritten free. This is not being written for Joe Blow, but the Big boys.

Let’s leave that, UE 2.9×64 my understanding is good, x86 will now have to wait until I have inet. I have inbound, what I pray to fix.

I have built 100’s of computers, this one has me stumped. It does make me wonder. What I am writing will have a huge impact, did they take out my inet? I will soon know. Drop the house next time 😉

I was hoping to have a nice gift for you xmas level, minty wise. I have failed.

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.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nidcf7x1pPk
I would love to show you compiz on a tablet pc. I have shocked many.

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,

I wish I could tell you it is coming (will shock even the most avid user), each day goes by the doors closes. I said I was done neglecting this site. I want you to see what I have in store for you. I probably should not show that until it is in place. I attempt not hide things. I am torn, I have been writing a survey, my local admin tell me #1 question should be How knowledgeable are you in Linux / Ultimate Edition? Thinks we have a ton of noobs here, this is o.k. I told him throughout the survey I would provide info. What is Unity, what is Gnome 3? I want to provide those answerers unbiased. He feels 100 questions is too much what is your thoughts? Major changes are coming and I want to get to the bottom of it. I have the ability to build your O/S. Think of it this way:
Your IP is 64.24.36.119. It appears that you are currently running Ultimate Edition 2.6 (this can be inaccurate, but will be recorded). Only one vote is allowed by each user. According to our database this IP has not voted yet. I would like to thank you for taking the time to help me, help you to make a better operating system. Your username if you have registered here or on the forum is optional, however the weight in which decisions will be finalized will be based on a formula which allows registered users a higher percentage on the outcome.

How many questions are appropriate. He said 100 from a guest, is not going to happen. I said 1% votes as a guest @ 100,000+ a day? I am not here to speculate. What is your thoughts before I delve into Surveyville.

As promised, have the latest and the last release in the 2.8 series of Ultimate Edition. I decided against releasing the Netbook edition; insufficient testers and no official way of testing locally.

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.

 

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Screenshots:

 

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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.

 

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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

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For me that is 😉 I intend to make a survey and build Ultimate Edition 3.0 based off the answers provided by the end users. I am going to take into account both registered and non registered users. Registered users will have the most weight in the survey. The survey is incomplete, so don’t bother trying to answer the following, just providing a sample.

Question #1:

What Operating system do you currently use?

Ultimate EditionUbuntuDebianWindowsOther

Question #2:

Do you dual boot (run more then one O/S)?

Yes
No

Which media player do you find yourself using the most?

AmarokRhythmboxAudaciousBansheeOther

Question #3:

I am going to try and work things in your way. I am sure most of you do not know what Unity is as well as Gnome 3. These are things the higher up feels needs to be your default enviornment.

I am saying no I want you to understand and will provide information here to let you make the decision.

When I am done 100 questions. You will have built your O/S, however I have been asked to allow guests as well as UE users to make decisions. Taking into point each. I have the ability to make it off the hook. I hate to say this UE based users will rule the roost. I will have to take into point all stats. Bare with me 120,000+ ppl a day view just this site. I am somewhat looking at it that way. Any UE user has heavier weight. Who do I work for?

I will be the first to take the time to worry about people and build your O/S based upon the same. Ultimate Edition 3.0 will be based off this principle.

Please work with me. They do not care, I do. This was to show what I am working with, your 100 answers means everything. A survey is coming.

Lite is about to drop. I am sitting on the bomb, lets ride this out. UE 2.6.1 does not exist right. Happy for #4 os o/s our planet. Let’s see where that puts us. I intend to wake that up. This is personal merry Xmas,

Recently I adjusted permission rights on our servers and caused mass chaos & deeply apologize. Admin / mods have had issues in the past gaining access to their perspective accounts. I took it upon myself to try and fix them, I won’t do that again. I contacted Hostgator to resolve the issue & to pay to have a full server restoration. When it did not happen within the 24 hr period as they said, I recontacted them and a service technician wanting to be known as Robert H. fixed all issues and would not accept the fee I was more then willing to pay.

I am sorry for the downtime & thanks Hostgator.

First update in almost 6 months, I need to get off the posting side and just do my job. http://www.themelinux.com/. A gift for you all, I have 2 more just do not have the time to provide.

Welcome aboard Ultimate Edition 2.8 Gamers

Happy Thanksgiving.  Please be forewarned at time of posting Ultimate Edition 2.8 Gamers it is not fully mirrored so expect slower download speeds.  Typically it takes 5 hrs or more to mirror across all 31 servers & sorry for the redundant screenshots.

Description:

Ultimate Edition 2.8 Gamers is unlike any other gamers edition built in the past.  Beyond the updates / upgrades many tools have been ripped out of Ultimate Edition 2.8 (the base of the release), prior to build to maximize room for additional games.  In Ultimate Edition 2.8 Gamers you will not find Openoffice, we are here to play games right? This does not mean you will not have a media player, just the very basics & a vast quantity of high quality games.  Hand picked by bnjamin_breeg & I.  The newest PlayOnLinux (at time of build) is also included to allow installation of ® Windows based games and applications as seen above.  What games have been pre-installed?

Games:

• Urbanterror
• Armagetronad
• Gunroar
• Hedgewars
• Kobo deluxe
• Pingus
• Bzflag
• Chromium-bsu
• Gridwars 2
• Criticalmass
• Defendguin
• Assaultcube
• Frozen-bubble
• Kapman
• Kblocks
• Fretsonfire
• Vgacard games (4 card games)
• Gtkboard games (32 board games)
• Warzone 2100
• Glest
• Barrage
• Enemy-territory
• Scorched3d
• Performous
• Boswars
• Orbital-eunuchs-sniper
• Warsow

You can only fit so much on a DVD and some games are huge, we understand this.  A new repository filled to the hilt with games has also been pre-added to allow the end user to install additional games if so desired.  Many of these games are unavailable in ® Ubuntu’s repository.  Ultamatix, is also available with 48 games at your disposal.

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Downloads

Release Name: Ultimate Edition 2.8 Gamers
Architecture: 32 bit
Build Base: Ultimate Edition 2.8 (Ubuntu 10.10 – Maverick Meerkat)
Environments: Gnome
Size: 3.9 GB (4,206,417,920 bytes)
MD5SUM: c7b214de3c0e2b3d94718b09931dbe38

Download: X86 – 32bit

Release Name: Ultimate Edition 2.8 Gamers
Architecture: 64 bit
Build Base: Ultimate Edition 2.8 (Ubuntu 10.10 – Maverick Meerkat)
Environments: Gnome
Size: 3.9 GB (4,215,861,248 bytes)
MD5SUM: 0697cfe81259c3009b610f0d63f5b990

Download: X64 – 64 bit

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I am going to let the storm settle before the release of Ultimate Edition 2.8 Lite. Please feel free to send me a slab of turkey 😉

You can check out the review of Ultimate Edition 2.8 gamers here. There is also a video based review Thanks, Jim:

 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLh0jdDPXJ0

 

Enjoy,

TheeMahn

I thought a few shots of upcoming releases to get the blood flowing 😉

Gamers is in testing phase, please ignore the theme in the last shot I am working on Ultimate Edition 2.9.

Ultimate Edition 2.8 Lite? Well as promised also being tested based on Lubuntu 10.10:

I will drop additional details on release. Stay tuned.

TheeMahn,