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As someone pointed out when this just appeared on Slashdot, if you go to http://ubuntu.com http://ubuntu.com you'll see in big letters "Coming Soon!" EDIT: Nev

As someone pointed out when this just appeared on Slashdot, if you go to http://ubuntu.com http://ubuntu.com you'll see in big letters "Coming Soon!" EDIT: Nevermind, the website just changed.

barnaby 17y ago
Yeah, but it's coming out today, and it's going to get like a gazillion upvotes... so somebody wanted to earn the points by being the first to post. I've been using the beta for a while now, it is B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. It's competing with OSX now (having surpassed Windows long long ago)
- daleharvey 17y ago
  is it really a big jump from 9.04? the last few releases havent changed a whole lot in terms of ui polish, which I always thought was really nice until I used osx. and to be fair to the original poster, the link is available now, the site was in the middle of updating
  - windsurfer 17y ago
    I think it is. Pulseaudio, for example, has become sane and actually better than any other sound system I've used. It even streams to apple airports and other computers.
    - dimarco 17y ago
      Finally! I'm sick of my roommate hogging the airport sound system!
- megaman821 17y ago
  Actually, with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard out Ubuntu feels even further away from becoming mainstream. I want to like Linux on the desktop but looking at it objectively Win 7 and Snow Leopard are better.
  - daleharvey 17y ago
    I genuinely believe (ignoring vendor support) that ubuntu is by far the easiest to use operating system, ahead of windows and osx for the basic operations of installing and using new applications, I would rather use gnome over leapords window manager any day. but the polish has always been lacking
    - tortilla 17y ago
      Since I installed Ubuntu on my mom's computer, she hasn't called me for really any support. The computer boots up faster and isn't slowed down by virus software.
  - svetlins 17y ago
    i don't think Win7 is better. to me, it is a slight improvement over vista but still annoying and ugly. osx is the clear winner among UIs and ubuntu is nice enough for most people.
  - rsheridan6 17y ago
    I spend almost all of my time in firefox, emacs and a few other programs, which are the same on every platform. It really doesn't make much of a difference to me what desktop OS I use as long as it's cheap and it works with my hardware. I use Ubuntu on an HTPC because it's free and it (usually) works. I can't imagine what MS or Apple could do to improve on free + works. To me Linux is a lot closer now than it was in the past because you can pop a Ubuntu CD into a computer and 9 times out of time it you have a working computer with sound and everything half an hour later. 7 years ago, when I first installed linux, that would have been more like 1 time out of 10.
    - bd 17y ago
      Firefox experience in Ubuntu is inferior to Firefox experience in Vista (at least on my Thinkpad). It's noticeably slower and fonts are uglier (even after installing exactly the same TrueType fonts as on Windows).

As someone pointed out when this just appeared on Slashdot, if you go to http://ubuntu.com http://ubuntu.com you'll see in big letters "Coming Soon!" EDIT: Nevermind, the website just changed.

barnaby 17y ago

Yeah, but it's coming out today, and it's going to get like a gazillion upvotes... so somebody wanted to earn the points by being the first to post. I've been using the beta for a while now, it is B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. It's competing with OSX now (having surpassed Windows long long ago)

daleharvey 17y ago
is it really a big jump from 9.04? the last few releases havent changed a whole lot in terms of ui polish, which I always thought was really nice until I used osx. and to be fair to the original poster, the link is available now, the site was in the middle of updating
- windsurfer 17y ago
  I think it is. Pulseaudio, for example, has become sane and actually better than any other sound system I've used. It even streams to apple airports and other computers.
  - dimarco 17y ago
    Finally! I'm sick of my roommate hogging the airport sound system!
megaman821 17y ago
Actually, with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard out Ubuntu feels even further away from becoming mainstream. I want to like Linux on the desktop but looking at it objectively Win 7 and Snow Leopard are better.
- daleharvey 17y ago
  I genuinely believe (ignoring vendor support) that ubuntu is by far the easiest to use operating system, ahead of windows and osx for the basic operations of installing and using new applications, I would rather use gnome over leapords window manager any day. but the polish has always been lacking
  - tortilla 17y ago
    Since I installed Ubuntu on my mom's computer, she hasn't called me for really any support. The computer boots up faster and isn't slowed down by virus software.
- svetlins 17y ago
  i don't think Win7 is better. to me, it is a slight improvement over vista but still annoying and ugly. osx is the clear winner among UIs and ubuntu is nice enough for most people.
- rsheridan6 17y ago
  I spend almost all of my time in firefox, emacs and a few other programs, which are the same on every platform. It really doesn't make much of a difference to me what desktop OS I use as long as it's cheap and it works with my hardware. I use Ubuntu on an HTPC because it's free and it (usually) works. I can't imagine what MS or Apple could do to improve on free + works. To me Linux is a lot closer now than it was in the past because you can pop a Ubuntu CD into a computer and 9 times out of time it you have a working computer with sound and everything half an hour later. 7 years ago, when I first installed linux, that would have been more like 1 time out of 10.
  - bd 17y ago
    Firefox experience in Ubuntu is inferior to Firefox experience in Vista (at least on my Thinkpad). It's noticeably slower and fonts are uglier (even after installing exactly the same TrueType fonts as on Windows).