Feast your eyes on Ultimate Edition Linux

Ultimate Pride and Pitfalls

Ultimate Edition 5.0 seems to be enjoying some popularity. According to SourceForge, almost 12,000 people downloaded it within the first week of its release, and it enjoyed a four out of five star rating. DistroWatch also ranked it as the 29th most popular distribution that week, beating Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Kali Linux to name a few. Since the release of version 5.0.1, which is a precursor to the full 5.1 update, it has dropped to the 40th most popular distribution. Most of the negative comments on the download page relate to difficulties with getting the Live DVD to boot up in the first place as opposed to the user experience once installed [15].

While Ultimate Edition installs neatly into VirtualBox, OS test drivers should note that the OS defaults to the login screen after a few minutes on the desktop. A quick search of the forums shows the default username is "ultimate" and the password field should be left blank to return to the desktop [16].

TheeMahn claims to have received no negative feedback to date regarding the 5.0.1 release [17]. However, any issues that do arise can be addressed by the community either on the forums [18] or on the dedicated IRC channel run by Freenode [19].

Finally, for those who are interested in testing the OS, there is also a Facebook page for Ultimate Edition [20] where users have posted pictures of their own setup to showcase some of the more advanced graphics features.