Today, the most of the users and clients use LINUX operation systems. Nowadays, a lot and lot of LINUX flavours has been developed and released by different companies but still the development of the OS is still in progress. Even, most of the users and clients(as of now) use LINUX, still in the corner of their minds, they think that WINDOWS is better than LINUX. This feel comes to mind only when he/she fails to use a software in the LINUX or feel difficulty in using the command lines or the user interfacing criteria's. This is the foremost feel/think which the user gets when he/she suffers or find difficult in using LINUX. So, the development/upgradation of the LINUX OS's is more essential to make sure that none of the user finds difficult in using LINUX. Same thing is being done by a famous LINUX OS developing company named UBUNTU.
Currently, this company has a UBUNTU 9.10(Karmic Koala) as its current stable version of LINUX. And the upcoming version named UBUNTU 10.04(Lucid Lynx) has a greater development/enhancement of the OS.
- Schedule for release on 29 April 2010.
- We have a Gnome version-2 as the default environment for Ubuntu 9.10, we still have Gnome2.x only as the default environment in LUCID LYNX too.
- Gnome 3 will be developed for a stable use and will be released as a Long Term Support version(LTS) or in the next version of Ubuntu. But as of now, Ubuntu 10.04 has sticked with Gnome2.x as its Long Term Support version since the Gnome 3 is under development and testing.
- Working on the enhanced version of GTK+ that will include RGBA support.(A=Alpha , meaning Transparency). This means, there might be inclusion of Transparency or a high quality desktop viewing as that of WINDOWS 7. Right now, an application named ADVANCED DESKTOP EFFECTS is used as a tool for improvement in the effects of the desktop but we didn't have a transparency effect in that. May be GTK+ includes transparency effect.(Have to wait and explore after its stable release).
- Installation time will be reduced since downloads and installation will happen in parallels and hence a great shorting of the installation time. In Ubuntu 9.10, first the download of installation files will happen and then the installation will be carried out. So, apparently, the time needed for the installation by LUCID LYNX is pretty much lesser than that of earlier versions.
- PIDGIN(IM[Internet Messenger] client) may be removed from 10.04 and they might upgrade and setup the EMPATHY as the default IM client.
- The most worrying part in 10.04 is, it might not contain GIMP(Same as that of ADOBE PHOTOSHOP). This is a major loss to Ubuntu users. I really dont know why, Ubuntu developers are going to take out GIMP.
Well, these are some features which will be included in UBUNTU 10.04 LUCID LYNX. Till the stable version is released, all the things should be considered as tentative.
