Ubuntu 8.04 LTS!

It's been a couple of years since the last time I ran Linux. Already back around 1997 me and my friends used to fool around with shell accounts, running Slackware on our own desktops, mostly 'cuz it was considered teh most l33t of operating systems around the time being.

However, since the dependence of ordinary [non multi-platform] Windoze software eventually took over my heart and soul, so now I've been strictly into Windows for a couple of years, apart from a short period when I tried the Mandrake plus Redhat distributions.


However, it's said that the best and most user-friendly distribution out there right now is Ubuntu Linux, so I really felt I need to try it out. I've actually had ~10 gigabytes of non allocated partition space for the last two years or so, cluster space that has just been lying there; waiting for a chance to operate over ext3/reiserfs. Now it's finally come off.

Yesterday I downloaded the latest Ubuntu install ISO package from their official site. Burned it on a CD and installed it the very same evening. So, I've not looked upon even half of the - most visible - features yet. But it looks really awsome.

So, bigups on this one!

Oh guys, you think Linux is really just a command prompt for geeks, with no actual graphical interface to speak about? Then think again!

My next step may be to download and install Ultimate Edition, which (watch some screenshots on the site) looks awsome. I hope it'll not be too heavy for my system.