Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Review
Everyone knows that I pretty much lost my mind over Ubuntu 9.10, as the Karmic Koala sucked koala nu..well anyway, it wasn’t good for the majority of folks. So, when I saw all the changes that were coming to Ubuntu, I decided to give it another shot (especially since my distro of choice is based off Ubuntu I didn’t want to have to wait for another release to have a usable system) So yes, I was rooting for a good Ubuntu. Needless to say, I was not disappointed.
There are new icons sitting on the top panel. 1. An icon with up and down arrows depicts the internet connection status. Lucid had no problem detecting my wireless connections and my ethernet connection as well.
There is a mail icon that does a few different things. For mail, Ubuntu is now using Evolution, which I think is a great choice. I have always uninstalled Thunderbird in favor of Evolution. It synchs with several services and uses fewer resources as well as being ridiculously easy and convenient to set up.
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I've been a fan of Linux for several years now. But for the past year or so, I haven't really done much with it. Sure, I've had a Wubi installation running inside of Windows that I boot up occasionally, but for daily use I finally succumbed to my wife's insistence that she simply preferred Windows. It's not that she dislikes Linux or Ubuntu, it's just that she is a user, not a geek. I don't mind fighting my computer every once in a while to get it to work. She can't stand it. Lucky for me, Windows XP had a little meltdown a few weeks back, and has been barely functional since then. I spent my requisite two or three evenings to fix it, but with no luck. Tired of fighting Windows, I decide it's time to try Ubuntu again.
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