Countdown to the next Ubuntu

A modern version of Linux, a free operating system, which makes the ease of use, and the principles of sharing knowledge, its flag. On the site of the Ubuntu community, you can follow the countdown marking the date of issuance of the new version, codenamed Hardy Heron (Heron Bold). Like other Linux distributions, Ubuntu is freely downloadable from the Internet and users are encouraged to use it to study, modify and redistribute it freely, with all the advantages of a simple, functional, safe and stable. Ubuntu shows you full of tools for common tasks: actions such as surf the internet, playing media files, the production of documents, registration of data on a disk, the editing, instant messaging, are handled entirely free software and free. Furthermore, if these tools are not enough, simply click the appropriate heading to find themselves in front of a long list of software, freely downloadable for all needs.

Tools for productivity and leisure are complemented by the well known effects that bring graphics acceleration on the desktop and astonish you simplify the execution of many operations in an entertaining way. This OS is increasingly emerging as a antagonists of the systems best known as Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, gaining the favor and esteem of users around the world.

Hardy Heron will bring a host of improvements to this system, such as reduced boot times, improved hardware support and graphic effects. Thanks to the Windows migration tool, already present in earlier versions and improved here, you can keep settings as bookmarks, contacts, and desktop wallpaper in a completely automatic. It will also install Ubuntu from Windows, using a procedure simple and automatic.

There are three different versions of Ubuntu in addition to the "base": one for teaching (Edubuntu), one with a graphical interface alternative (Kubuntu) and another computer dating (Xubuntu). The different versions are available for download on the community site (http://www.ubuntulinux.org/) and can be ordered free of charge with the service "ShipIt" on the site. For the flight of the Heron was not until 24 April, pending you can use the latest version, downloadable from the Ubuntu site, and to prepare himself for the day when the server farm will be taken by storm.

Vincent Moreno Luna