There are plenty of great things about Ubuntu Operating System besides its being an open source product. Ubuntu recently announced about its new version 9.04 which is set to be released on April 23, 2009.

Of course they have implemented some new features and applications into Ubuntu. You can refer it to Ubuntu’s web site to learn more about these new features.

Here are some of them.

• Latest version of  Gnome, 2.26. This includes a CD Burning Application.
• Better Boot Performance. They have also changed the design of log-on screen. Instead of brown (ish) color scheme, they have chosen a darker tone close to black.
• New Style for notifications on desktop.

I upgraded my previous version of ubuntu to 9.04 beta.  The problem I had with Ubuntu 8.10 was that wireless manager was not working properly and it took me a while to figure it out.  The process of getting it working was frustrating.  But it didn’t happen with this new beta version.   Maybe it was because of my laptop, which I have to say that Ubuntu looks a lot nicer with good graphics.

Ubuntu has its advantages and disadvantages. All products may not function as they are supposed for all the time and when people encounter problems with Ubuntu, they got discouraged and switch back to Windows. The reason is that it’s not hard to resolve the problems but they think that it is.  That’s simply they are not familiar with the product and they don’t know how to get around.  It’s going to take some time for people to get used to this great product.

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