April 20th 2007
Tech
4 comments
Normally I don’t care for tech news and releases but I felt I had to mention about the latest release of Ubuntu Linux. I’ve given Hoary Hedgehog (5.04) and Dapper Drake (6.06) a try in the past and while I was impressed I still felt it wasn’t a fully polished package and combined with the hard work it took to get it set up even remotely how I wanted it, I decided to leave it for a while.
This new release, however, shows how far Ubuntu has come. I can now see myself using it in the near future, maybe one or two more releases down the line. I was able to set up my wireless network on it relatively easily (compared to not be able to do it all with the previous release) and I was able to access my Windows shared folders straightaway too. Having Ubuntu and using the Google apps (Gmail, Docs, Calendar etc) through Firefox would be quite an interesting approach which I may have to try when I get the chance. Any readers out there take a similar approach with Ubuntu (or Linux in general?)
If you are interested in giving Ubuntu a try then you can visit their site and download the relevant file. There is an excellent, huge guide to using it here.
Graeme Stevenson:
April 20th, 2007 at 9:56 pm