Ubuntu 9.04 is as slick as Windows 7 and Mac OS X
Just like Microsoft has taken the blowtorch to Vista to produce the lightning- quick Windows 7 ... Ubuntu has picked up its own game.
Here's what the official press release won't tell you about Ubuntu 9.04, which formally hit the streets on Friday: Its designers have polished the hell out of its user interface since the last release in October.
So much so, in fact, that I'm starting to prefer using my Ubuntu "Jaunty Jackalope" desktop over the similarly slick Windows 7 beta (which I am currently running full-time on one PC) and Mac OS X Leopard, which I also use regularly.
You won't be able to notice the vast improvement in Ubuntu's desktop experience over the past six months by browsing screenshot galleries of 9.04 or looking at new feature lists. What I'm talking about is that elusive slick-and-speedy feel you get from applications launching fast, windows moving around without jerkiness, and everything simply being where it should be in the user interface.
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