So it’s that time of year again when I get to whore Ubuntu to the limited number of readers I have on this blog. Seems like a lot of fancy new features in this release. My favourite feature which is going to be a lot easier convincing people to convert from Windows to Ubuntu is this one. Hopefully people give this a shot and try it out. I haven’t tried the beta yet, but am quietly waiting for the final release to upgrade. Am rather excited. My previous posts  and discussions on Ubuntu and peoples conversion stories can be found here.

Computer World says this,

If there is a single complaint that is laid at the feet of Linux time and time again, it’s that the operating system is too complicated and arcane for casual computer users to tolerate. You can’t ask newbies to install device drivers or recompile the kernel, naysayers argue.

Of course, many of those criticisms date back to the bad old days, but Ubuntu, the user-friendly distribution sponsored by Mark Shuttleworth‘s Canonical Ltd., has made a mission out of dispelling such complaints entirely.

You can now download a beta of Ubuntu‘s 8.04 release, more commonly and affectionately known as Hardy Heron (the follow-up to Gutsy Gibbon and Feisty Fawn). Final release is set for April 24.