Welcome Intrepid Ibex ! - Ubuntu 8.10 LTS Released

The Intrepid Ibex release planing stated the next:

A particular focus for us will be pervasive internet access, the
ability to tap into bandwidth whenever and wherever you happen to
be. No longer will you need to be a tethered, domesticated animal -
you'll be able to roam (and goats do roam!) the wild lands and
access the web through a variety of wireless technologies. We want
you to be able to move from the office, to the train, and home,
staying connected all the way.

For the needs I have Linux is getting the development platform of preference. Before I have always having to do some tricks to have everything working, but as of each release of Ubuntu, to install software is getting similar to what we do in Windows, click here, now here, now you are done ! :D

I know this is not the spirit of primitive linux users, but what you would normally expect for a development desktop is just to have everything working without worrying about architecture, packages, versions, platforms, I was used to waste a LOT of time installing a full working system everithing integrated. I liked before what Gentoo is for the concept to have everithing compiled for your needs and the portage system was very nice for me, but it is a lot of time waste I don't have.

Of course, no virus on Linux :D, you'll always have a stable system, no matter how much time you have running your sistem, no defrag needed...

Wine is also getting better, so a lot of windows applications are already working in linux without much effort. How much time do you think will pass untill most of us will say a definitive goodbye to Windows ?

In the meantime, go and check to download the new Ubuntu 8.10 LTS