Ubuntu 8.10 is here! Neil Bothwick takes it for an early test run, looking at the new netbook version and installer updates...
The clocks went back last weekend, which means that the nights are darker, the days are colder and it's only a few days before children start banging on our front door expecting chocolate. It also means that another Ubuntu release is due, since their releases always take place in April and October. In anticipation of this, we thought we would address a few pertinent questions: like is it any good, what has changed since the last release and what artificially alliterative name will they use this time?
The answer to the last question is the easiest: Ubuntu 8.10 is Intrepid Ibex. There isn't a great deal of difference between the Ibex and the Heron (the Ubuntu versions, that is), but that can be seen as a positive. Ubuntu has matured now, and as a product matures, improvements become more incremental - it's only washing powder that shows such immense improvements with each new release (or advertising campaign).
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