Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex is raring to go, 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope already in the works
By Paul Miller 
posted September 10th 2008 9:15AM
posted September 10th 2008 9:15AM
We can't say enough about the joys of a 6 month product release cycle. We put Ubuntu through its paces on personal computers with every refresh, and while it never seems to do everything we need it to, it's so tantalizingly close that we just can't help trying it out 6 months later. This October we're getting 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" to play with, which is supposed to bring performance gains and a much-improved Network Manager for working with 3G connections and such -- it's currently in Alpha 5 state. Meanwhile, Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope," due for April of next year, is already being sketched up, and will make boot / resume times and the integration of web apps priorities for the OS. Both are bound to suck up valuable hours of our lives, installing and then uninstalling, and will be worth every minute of it.
This is a proprietary video driver issue, not an ubuntu issue, fyi. Usually nvidia-related.
Ubuntu? Worst. Game. EVER!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gl2/2554310312/sizes/o/
Funniest thing I'v ever seen
@Broadcom complainers. Review this:http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Gutsy.
Works for Hardy, too.
OMG>LAWLZ!one
That's frikkin' amazing if I ever did see it!
JJJEEEZZZZ
That was supposed to be a reply to anon and their pic link.
I'll stick to calling it Jurassic Jaguar, thankyou very much.
I'm just absolutely STUNNED that people STILL argue about Windows vs. Linux. Talk about boring. Arguing about Windows vs. Linux and whether Linux is "for everyone" or "easier to use" or not is sooooo 2005.
I was going to write a really long post about how easy my latest install of Ubuntu was, but I decided to delete it, and write this instead.
I agree with the premise of the article. Everyone who is even a little bit geeky should install Linux at least once a year, until they find that it does everything that they need it to do. Sooner or later, it is going to stick. For me, the last Ubuntu release did the trick. Just don't sell it short. Don't throw it on some old junker PC sitting in the corner of your room. Evaluate it on a level playing field.
I've done the same thing actually. I've installed Ubuntu but then went back to windows after awhile. However when my HD got corrupted and my windows install disc didn't work, I fired up ubuntu. Now I wonder how I've lived without it. Sure windows has some advantages, but Linux is smaller, faster, and the software packages make installing decent software a breeze. Plus I like being able to get extremely techincal if I need to be. Just the geek in me. lol
if windows was free nobody would care about linux.
Wrong.
Opera is a great, free browser. But there are many people who don't use it (myself included) because it is closed source. The idealism behind the open-source community is powerful, and although not present in the majority, it still exists.
That's not even addressing the fact that Microsoft would not be what it is today if Windows was "free".
I'm excited about 8.10. :) 8.04 kept me for the longest time Linux ever has. I hope 8.10 will keep me.
i'm still a mint fan.
Installing programs isn't that difficult if it isn't in .deb format. Also, ubuntu has a HUGE community, so if you have a problem, just ask.
But yeah, GNOME is pretty barebones. KDE is a lot better. Dolphin, KDE's version of Nautilis, has a "open as root" button which is pretty useful. I've found Linux to be easier to use than windows in a lot of areas.
apt -get seems to get 90% of what I want.
Ubuntu has certainly improved over the years, but still not there. I faced a few issues with multimedia/flash on ubuntu but other than that it seems to be pretty good.
I however do miss a few things on ubuntu:
a) Opening multiple sites with flash/audio content blocks the audio device with Firefox.
b) Watching video on hulu (480p) run so slow that it actually jerks in motion. (Using 1900x1200 resolution, lesser resolution works fine.) This however runs so smoothly on Win XP.
c) 64 bit applications still not ready (Example flash: using Flash 9 and waiting for 10 which is supposed to be 64 bit) (Also waiting for native 64 bit Picassa)
d) Missing out on the sites that use silverlight technology
e) Even Veoh is not straightforward to get on ubuntu. You probably need to do it through wine.
f) Miss Google Talk with Voice or Yahoo messenger with Video/Voice
g) Netflix is still so IE dependent.
Anyways hopefully 9.04 brings more stuff/stability and hopefully by then more software providers have their software built for linux and with 64 bit capability. Till then probably will keep swaping between Ubunut/XP for different purposes.