Its nearly time for the new mainstream release of the Ibex. I always try out the new versions of Ubuntu as they come out and over time it has been an interesting ride. I always seem to switch to Linux for a week or so and then drop back to XP. Anyways… I’ve installed the beta and what do I think? Well I like it - I’m certainly a fan of new Darkroom theme and I have always enjoyed playing around with the graphical effects. That can’t be the only reason that I was tempted right? Well to be honest I think it was but hey there is nothing wrong with eye candy!

Seriously though I think switching operating systems has to be up there on the difficulty scale with quitting smoking… but I managed that so surely I can manage quitting XP / Vista?

The default applications line up is impressive though… Openoffice, Firefox and The Gimp to name but a few. It only takes another few minutes to add some extras such as the restricted extras and VLC to play pretty much any media file you have. I have to admit as well Ubuntu is true to its word it is Linux for Humans. You really don’t have to be a techy to get going and the online community that supports Ubuntu is superb… not sure how todo something just Google it.

Can I make the switch……..? Only time will tell.

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