October 29th, 2009, 7:10PM in No Category by Marc LequimeView Comments
It’s a very important 2 months for Operating Systems – Snow Leopard’s release just 2 months ago, following with Windows 7’s release a week ago, and Ubuntu 9.10’s release, today – following Kubuntu’s release shortly afterwards.
This release doesn’t just do everything it says on the tin – naturally, it promises the things it strives to work towards – easier to use, easier to navigate, more compatible, faster, and in general, as Kubuntu states, it’s truly now ‘Linux for human beings’.
For those of you who don’t know what Ubuntu or Linux is, it’s mostly about community. It’s an operating system that doesn’t have any money behind it, it’s built by the people who use it. But a brand new feature to Ubuntu is Ubuntu One, a web service that allows you to store 2GB of data, free – syncing contacts and settings across multiple Ubuntu computers is now possible.
Looks like Ubuntu is stepping into the world of Cloud Computing, thus further improving its hold on the Netbook market. What’s more, they’ve sped everything up, notably boot time and shutdown time. Everything loads a little quicker, looks a little nicer. Still that ugly shade of brown, unfortunately.
Ubuntu have made installing programs that much easier – perhaps not as straightforward as Windows (run the installer) or as quick as Mac OS (drag to Applications), but have included an Open Source application installer – free programs, one click away.
Many new features have come to Linux Ubuntu, but could it really be the next big thing?
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