Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is finally here! And after a bit of grub trouble, and a lot of work by the release team re-spinning the ISOs, it is available for download on the Ubuntu website, as well as the websites of official derivatives such as Edubuntu and Kubuntu. A guide explaining the upgrading process can be found here.
I am very excited about this release for a number of reasons, partly of course, because its an LTS (long term support) release, but mainly because of all the awesome new features that are included (not to mention the cool new themes!). Ubuntu has come a very, very long way since the last LTS release (8.04), but don’t just take my word for it! Here is the feature page for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, and Here is the feature page for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS – see what I mean?
And it isn’t just Ubuntu that I am excited about – I am pretty confident that this is the best Edubuntu release so far. Check out this long list of new features and then look me in the eye and tell me you aren’t excited! Community-wise Edubuntu is doing great at the moment also. There is more and more contributors joining the project, and more and more people are showing interest.
The time of the Heron is over, the age of Lynx upon us, and as the 10.10 developmental cycle kicks off with UDS in a few weeks, the Meerkat will be welcomed into our community as well.
