Since Ubuntu is getting so fantastically popular nowadays I thought this might be useful to some of you.

I personally think Ubuntu is great, the features, ease of installation, stability and especially the work they have done on things like wireless drivers make it a breeze to get up and running.

It is a pretty secure distro by default, but there are a few little things you can do to tighten it up.

If you don’t know what Ubuntu is you can check it out here:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need – a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

If you wan’t to get into Linux I suggest you try this and Mandriva first.

Anyway recently I found a good security guide for Ubuntu, so run through the steps and lock your OS down.

If you’ve recently switched from Windows to the Linux distribution Ubuntu, you’ve probably experienced a decrease in spyware — and malware in general — on your system. But although Ubuntu is billed as the ultra-secure solution, you should know that even though Ubuntu’s default install has its flaws, like every other operating system.

The Big Ol’ Ubuntu Security Resource

Basically Ubuntu Ultimate Edition is Ubuntu Edgy Eft with a whole lot of software pre-added.

Sadly the author had to removed Java, Flash and Acrobat reader due to licensing agreements. But don’t worry as there is a custom repository in the release which includes all of these and much more.

• SMP Support (dual core CPUS) / works with single core as well
• 121 Additional Updates
• New Grub boot screen
• New theme and animated bootscreen
• New GDM theme
• New splash screen & wallpaper
• Updated Beryl
• Capture card support – TVTime / ATI-All-in-wonder
• Gaim Beta 6 – prebuilt with plugins.
• GKRealm – Realtime hardware monitor
• MGM – Moaning Goat Meter
• Newer Amarok then can be obtained from edgy repos
• Hardinfo – System information
• GTKPod – Ipod Sync software
• HTop – Process viewer
• Sysinfo – System information
• IPodder – Ipod sync software
• XSensors – Hardware sensor software
• Addition networking and wireless tools
• Gpixpod – Photo sync software for Ipod
• IPodslave – an iPod IO slave
• Xpenguins – Thanks Maddog

Current version is 1.2 which has a whole bunch of new software and fixed an issues with Dual Core processors.

Please use torrents if you can or mirror first, unfortunately Ubuntu Ultimate 1.2 can not be downloaded locally due to bandwidth consumption, if you have some space to host a mirror please let the authors know.

You can find out more at:

Ubuntu Ultimate Edition

Ubuntu Ultimate 1.2 TORRENT

Ubuntu Ultimate 1.2 Mirror