Ubuntu 9.10 Boot Up Screen
I was pretty damn giddy for the release of Windows 7 a couple weeks ago, and honestly I have to admit it was hella geeky trying to explain to my friends that Windows 7 is good. But now I am officially a board-certified Nerd. On October 29, Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) came out as a final release. For those that have no idea what Ubuntu is, it is basically a variant Linux Operating System. So yes, I’ve installed Linux on my Dell netbook. And yes, I have completed the Operating System Trifecta of Windows, Mac OS-X, and Linux.
To be honest, I know nothing about Ubuntu/Linux. What I do know is that it is completely open-source and it is free. The installation process was fairly easy as I used my trusty USB key to install Ubuntu on my Dell netbook. The process was pretty fast and in less than 30 minutes I had it up and running. I was pretty skeptical about trying Linux because I have no clue how to use it, but I gotta say Ubuntu made it fairly easy and straightforward to get cozy with. In fact it was so easy to get used that I got bored with it in about an hour. I did run across some problems as Ubuntu did crash on me a couple times, and I had an extremely difficult time trying to get my wireless card drivers to work. It maybe me just getting used to Linux. Really, I have no idea why I installed Ubuntu on my netbook but I do like that it takes up just 2 GBs to run and it is a pretty fast OS (booting up and shutting down). Also I like that OpenOffice was included along with some other useful apps, and there is a simple interface to search for more free applications. I downloaded my favorite media player – VLC – with ease. Out of the box, it is not a flashy OS like Windows or OS-X but for a netbook it is excellent. I hated how slow and bloated Windows XP was on the netbook (THANKS DELL!). Honestly, I wouldn’t install it on my main computer but for a netbook Ubuntu just gets the job done. All I know is right now is perhaps the best time for consumers to pick and choose their OS of choice – Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 9.10 are all good.
This isn’t the first time I’ve tried installing Linux. WAAAY back in like 1996 my friend Phil tried to install Linux Red Hat on my other friend’s HP Windows 95 computer because we were curious little kids back then. Lets just say it was a complete and utter disaster and never dabbled with it until now. Boy, have times changed…I guess I did it for the nerds.
The UI is like the bastard child of Windows and Mac. Or maybe Windows and Mac got their UI design from Linux. Hmmm...
Log-In Screen
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