Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Wed Apr 7 09:31:33 CDT 2010
The latest version of the Linux Distro, Ubuntu is arriving shortly, version 10. Whether any version of Linux can reach a competitive position in relationship to that of Mac Snow Leopard or Microsoft Windows 7 is debatable but as an OS system huge sales budgets or any budget for that matter is not a reality. It is a totally a viral sale imitative. (Microsoft is now selling their Windows 7 version on new computers for $50 or less which may in a small part due to Linux competition which is becoming better with every release.) With that said Ubuntu has now produced another excellent product that any person can install. I watched a friend convince his UK mom to install Ubuntu 9.10, on her old computer, which she did and she only needed help with getting Picassa installed. Below is a statement from an Ubuntu representative: "This is a time of change, and we're not afraid to surprise people with a bold move if the opportunity for dramatic improvement presents itself. We want to put Ubuntu and free software on every single consumer PC that ships from a major manufacturer, the ultimate maverick move," Shuttleworth wrote in the announcement. "Meerkats are, of course, light, fast and social-everything we want in a Perfect 10." For more information here are link: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/04/ubuntu-1010-to-be-codenamed- maverick-meerkat.ars ...and a pre-release beta http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04 Jim