A small article about how CheckInstall ensures that Hoary Hedgehog works fine with a Thinkpad.
From the small article on Eweek.com:Quote:

Ubuntu Linux 5.04, aka Hoary Hedgehog, initially won my heart when I discovered that it could send my ThinkPad T41 into hibernation without the extensive tinkering that my previously most-favored distribution (Fedora Core) required. However, the [...]

If you'd like to have a look at the current status of all requirements going into the next version of Ubuntu, there's a page for it.
On Ubuntu downunder/Breezy Goals you can see how work on the next release is progressing.
They are currently working on 152 requirements, and it's good thing that there are still some [...]

Another derivative of Ubuntu, Ubuntu Lite, attempts to make Linux life on older machines easier.
Distrowatch mentions it, but you find more information on it's home page:Quote:

The primary purpose of this page is to develop a useable linux distribution that can run on legacy hardware. The project has been developed for the purposes of computer recycling [...]

As a kind of review Ubuntu has been installed for the reviewers Dad to see what happends!
The result is satisfactory – Quote:

My chief complaint involves packages, and it's not necessarily a Ubuntu-specific problem. I tend to be fairly anal about updating software, and the packages in some of the repositories, especially unofficial packages, tend to [...]

A winter-school starting today in South-Africa with the aim of encouraging the use of open software for math and science researchers. Naturally they use Ubuntu!
Quote:

Groenewald says the course will begin with each attendee installing a copy of Ubuntu Linux with a variety of open source mathematical and scientific applications that they will then be taught [...]

“Ubuntu Foundation” has been created with US$10m to help support Ubuntu and employ core Ubuntu developers, help distinguish the commercial support and certification from the community-based nature of much of Ubuntu's work and has the introduction of longer-term supported releases.
It is commented at eweek.com,,Tectonic, /. and OSDir.
The original press release:LAUNCH OF $10m UBUNTU FOUNDATION
08 [...]

Tumachines has tried to install Ubuntu on both a Mac and a PC – and the installation for Mac was the easiest and most flawless!
From the review:Quote:

In conclusion, Ubuntu is a great all-around version of linux. It is easy to load and configure, has many useful business applications, seems to understand just about any type [...]

Colony CD2 is released. This is the second in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Breezy development cycle.
Colony CD 2 is ready. This is the second in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Breezy development cycle, as images that are known to be [...]