Say hello to Canonical's new Linux desktop: Ubuntu 12.04 beta review

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 23, 2012 9:59 AM EDT
ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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Canonical’s next long-term support release of its flagship Linux distribution, Ubuntu 12.04 is in late beta. This next release, due out on April 26th, is in beta now. I’ve been using it for several weeks now and so far, so good. Indeed, the new Ubuntu is good enough already that I’ve it on my default Ubuntu system: a 2009-era Gateway DX4710. This PC is powered by a 2.5-GHz Intel Core 2 Quad processor and has 6GBs of RAM and an Intel GMA (Graphics Media Accelerator) 3100 for graphics. No, it’s not fast, but unlike Windows 8’s beta, you don’t need a fast computer for Ubuntu.

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Not fast? Hello, is this thing on? tuxchick 9 1,639 Mar 24, 2012 4:39 PM

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