Okay so my post before last was also about Ubuntu 7.10 but how can I resist posting again? It was released on Thursday and over the weekend I decided to upgrade my desktop PC. So I had already been using it on my PC at work and my laptop and it had impressed me and sure enough it didn't fail to impress me on my main computer. Another flawless and oh so easy installation.

Ubuntu's default selection of software is pretty much bang on perfection. Previously I was a big fan of the Muine media player. I couldn't stand the default Rhythmbox, but as with every new release was tempted to check out what improvements had been made to it. After checking it out I have now stopped using Muine after about 2 years of devotion to that player meaning that now I have one less app to install to reach my perfect desktop setup. Three extra apps I install are Eclipse, mail-notification and Inkscape then I'm done. That's about a five minute task. Unlike Windows where installing every single piece of software takes up 10% of your lifespan I can type "sudo apt-get install eclipse inkscape mail-notification" and I have all the software I need

Ubuntu 7.10 is also the first version of Ubuntu that I haven't had to edit a text based config file for. Graphics card driver installation and configuration is not all point and click GUI work. Even installing eye candy such as Compiz Fusion is simply a config option away, same goes for video codecs.

Everything works and works so well, another great release



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