Thursday, March 9, 2017
1 day to go for Jaunty!
1 day to go for Jaunty!
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope will be released tomorrow!
Most blogs wrote that no exciting new features are present.
I agree. In 6 months Ubuntu got:
- A newer kernel
- New versions of every application(OO 3 at last, it should be on Ibex repositories all along...)
- New cool notification system
- Faster boot times thanks to optimizations by Canonical and much more if you use ext4 filesystem
Windows 7 on the other hand, after 3 years of hard work, will have faster boot time and less resource consumption than Vista, which I cant say is a big accomplishment. Making it slower than Vista, now THAT WOULD BE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!!!
Oh and a new theme which looks suspiciously similar to KDE 4.2...How times have changed, Windows being accused as a rip-off...
So, I guess I dont totally agree with other bloggers... Although comparing Ubuntus or any other Operating Systems changelog with Fedoras 11, the comparison is simply humiliating. (Remember that Fedora did all those stuff in just 6 months!!!It is simply phenomenal) Moreover, many of those changes could probably be pushed in Ibex repositories and not require a system upgrade.(Hello, we want open office 3 in 8.10 without the need to enable an extra repository!!)
I am starting to lean on the side for yearly upgrade cycles, instead of 6-moths. Giving the programmers/hackers/developers more time to polish their programs will give everyone higher quality products with mush less bugs. Linux has already matured so much, that going into a 6-month cycle frenzy is no longer needed. "Just works" is just so close that simply avoiding regressions will be greatly appreciated by new users that see a much more technologically advanced system in Linux anyway. Another new feature that makes it even better than Windows in no longer required, compared making a system ready to work right after (or even before!!!) the installation with no user intervention at all.
So, enough of my little rant. Download & use Ubuntu yourself and if you have a netbook, the officialy supported Ubuntu Netbook Remix is a great choice!!
Available link for download
