InformationWeek Assesses Ubuntu 9.04

InformationWeek has posted an in-depth guide to help readers explore, install, and use the latest version of Ubuntu, which is a wildly popular version of the Linux open-source operating system.

Written by InformationWeek senior editor and Linux guru Serdar Yegulalp, Inside Ubuntu 9.04 (http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleI D=217200717) uncovers the software's pitfalls and gotchas, as well as its hidden delights.

"With each release, Ubuntu shapes up all the more as the Linux distribution for the end user," writes Yegulalp. "Critics are calling it as slick and seamless as the Mac's OS X, and it's come that much closer to being a one-for-one replacement for the Windows operating system as anything yet seen."

To read the full article, please visit: Inside Ubuntu 9.04 (http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleI D=217200717)

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