Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)

The date October 10, 2010 is believed to be a lucky day because it comes with a triple 10 in it. And making this day even special is the released of the Ubuntu’s latest 10.10 version. For those who haven’t heard of Ubuntu, well, Ubuntu is a free, secure and intuitive operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux that powers desktops, netbooks, laptops and servers.

This operating system usually makes two releases in a year and simply makes use of the year and month of its release as its version number. As a matter of fact, the first Ubuntu was released back in October 2004 thus, carrying the version name Ubuntu 4.10. Aside from this, Ubuntu releases are usually accompanied by code names using an adjective and an animal with the same first letter. The Ubuntu 10.10 version was given the code name “Maverick Meerkat.”

 It was given the codename “Maverick Meerkat” because just like the meerkats, the Ubuntu 10.10 is light, fast and socially inclined. Meerkats are also clever; they teach new things and help each other just like the Ubuntu community. Meerkats are also family oriented as well, and the Ubuntu 10.10 version also intends to become the most efficient solution on all the family netbooks.

The Ubuntu 10.10 version basically includes the following features:

• Speed- comes with a more streamlined boot process and a sparky new kernel that is based on the 2.6.35 thus, bringing with it an improved hardware support making it absolutely fast
• Style- this new version features new themes, icons as well as new system font collection designed especially for Ubuntu
• Features- the Software Center comes with new sections Features and What’s new as well as an improved look that’s more pleasant to browse and a new package installation history
• Applications- come with Gnome 2.32, OpenOffice 2.3.1, Transmission 2.04, and the latest Firefox 3.6.10 among other updates. Photos can also be directly published to FaceBook and Flickr.
• Cloud- pushes cloud computing with both the desktop and server editions of Ubuntu

Ubuntu was created by the best open-source experts from all over the world and comes in 24 languages. With the efforts of these experts, Ubuntu keeps on improving and gets even better and better thus, bringing major improvements in every release. Based on the above-mentioned features, the Ubuntu 10.10 version seems to come up with worthy upgrade.

To download the Ubuntu 10.10 all you need to do is to click the big orange button at its website www.ubuntu.com . Once you’re finished you will be instructed to create a USB drive or burn a CD so that you can try it without affecting your current system. When your CD or USB is ready all you have to do is just run it, restart your computer and follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

The Ubuntu 10.10 is a free download, so why don’t you try it now.

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