The last time I tried and willingly installed Ubuntu on my machine was (maybe) a year ago. I’ve always wanted to stick to Ubuntu because of its being open-source and the huge community that supports it. But my college life then really required me to stick my ass on Windows. Plus when the latest Windows 7 was released, we students got free authentic licenses. Windows 7 is absolutely cool (since Vista’s doomsday) but I grew tired of it already. It was time to make the big switch. Yesterday, I wiped clean my laptop of its Windows 7 ascendancy and replaced it with Lucid Lynx, technically known as Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Part of being back in the Ubuntu world are some improvements I have noticed (now, and since using Ubuntu at work). Some of it are:
- faster boot-up time – always been the priority of Ubuntu devs I guess
- Ubuntu One – it’s something new but I haven’t explored the full of it yet
- Me Menu and social apps – I didn’t know it was called the “Me Menu” until I read it today; Gwibber is very useful for sneaking in my tweets at work
- overall speed – I noticed an increase in overall speed, not much, but enough to call it increase
- Ubuntu Software Center – is like the Ubuntu software catalog; sleek and useful
A screen shot of my current desktop with the Ubuntu Software Center and Gwibber open.
