 A few days ago while dinking with my system, I ran into a snag FUBAR'ing my system. Thankfully I installed backerupper & had set backups of all my documents, or I'd be a bit more upset than I was.
Since I had to reinstall anyways. I had a copy of 8.04 LTS Beta laying around. So I decided to try installing it.
First things first, I noticed that in the last days, there have been updates in almost every 2 hours. Bugs that I discovered in my first days using it, were patched and resolved with in days. The thing that amazes me is how often and how many patches per day. Some even on patches, fixing more patches were dished out overnight!! You have to understand being someone who's worked in IT for 9 1/2 years how impressive this is to appreciate the speedy urgency the Ubuntu development volunteers have done that any commercial grade company would brag about!
The first noticeable update, besides what has been touted already in reviews of alpha's reported by other users is the default welcome website when you launch Firefox. Instead of the local wiki style help page which gave you a general information about Ubuntu, it stayed with more of Ubuntu's main website themed site. The stork designed wallpaper meshes, giving Ubuntu a serious synced look.
Other noticeable things were mini pop-ups that appeared on my first use of it. Example: I was adjusting Firefox out of the way to the right of my screen, when it swapped over to my second desktop display. A Message window popped up and explained I was on Virtual Desktop Display 2, and showed me the shortcut keys on how to get to my first desktop. These sound minor, but for the end user with no Linux experience, these pop-up tips help understand the basic navigating. A + on that!
If you haven't checked the Example folder in awhile, you will now not just find demo's of certain document types and videos, but FACTS! Inside, you will find studies, success stories, & music! This is great information even for those considering applying Ubuntu on a large scale, or those non-profit organizations who are looking on a cost saving alternative.
This is obvious a serious push to grab more on the outside; in! I see tomorrow on release date, many good positives coming out from the tech news wire on this, & hope that even from not just my online favorite tech news sites, but even national television press here in the United States. |
