J_K9 @ Linux

Ubuntu 7.10—Up To Standards

October 21, 2007 on 9:55 am | In Linux, Ubuntu |

As always, Ubuntu’s latest release doesn’t fail to disappoint. In fact, I’m severely taken aback by some of the background improvements which perhaps have not earned as much credit as they ought to have.

One such improvement is font rendering. Even with sub-pixel font smoothing on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), the font rendering still wasn’t great. Now, it’s on par with Mac OS X—yes, the font rendering really has improved that much!

There are also many other improvements in Bluetooth support, Compiz (which is now enabled by default), desktop graphics, usability and much more, but instead of repeating the same spiel I’ll just point you to some existing articles, including some about the Release Candidate (spoil-sports!).

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Ubuntu never fails to impress. They do a lot of work to polish the distro both on the surface and in the background. I have used it and Kubuntu a few times as it’s perfect if you need an OS on your system quickly and with minimal fuss.

Comment by ray — October 21, 2007 #
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Oh, amd welcome back

Comment by ray — October 21, 2007 #
Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 on Linux
Thanks for the wb Ray! Ubuntu’s great if you don’t want to spend a lot of time configuring your system - it simply works out of the box, which is its best feature.

I’m still very partial to Slackware but I no longer use it as my main OS/distro on either the desktop or the server, which is a shame as it really is a great distro.

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