Ubuntu 10.04

Sweet Ubuntu 10.04 finally came out a few days ago. And you would not believe the wonders I have experience since trying it out! You HAVE to try it out for yourself, I’m sure you’ll love it just as much I do.

That said, I have already downloaded the 64 bit edition and I am currently running it under virtualization. I encourage all of you to try this out. I have been rather busy the last few days and will be even more busy in the next few days but the earliest chance I get, I will write a series of reviews and tutorials on how to take advantage of the newest features of Ubuntu 10.04 as well as its brother Kubuntu 10.04 (which FINALLY came out at as a long term support edition!).

Well, here is a few things I am excited about:

• the new software/application center! It’s really easy to browse through, really comprehensive, and well organized. I found software for Ubuntu I did not know existed. And I’m not talking about office and developmental tools. I found Point of Sale software, multi-dimensional graphic calculator (up to 6th dimension), TONS of open source games including Train Tycoon, a clone of SimCity, open sourced version of Unreal Tournament (several of those actually), and many other games, even MMOs! I also found education software I did not know was available for Ubuntu that teaches BASIC (I’ve been considering learning new programming languages so there we go!). The list goes on. I’ll definitely write an article on how to browse the “app store” equivalent (everything is free!) and show you my favorites!
• new theme! A completely new theme that takes you out of that “ugly brown” era. Don’t get me wrong, Ubuntu “human” theme always made me feel right at home but this…this is something else.
• Ubuntu One, I’ve already made an account, so I’ll go over how it works, what it can be used for and how to best manage. It’s exciting to have such a feature implemented directly into the OS for free.

I’ll tell you about all the other features too. Check out the Ubuntu Homepage for support and other stuff.

One last thing, I’ll write up a guide to teach about virtualization. It’s going to be awesome, just to let you know: