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Ubuntu 13.10 Finally Released, Big Yawner Choosing A Linux Flavor For Your Datacenter French National Police are Now Running 37,000 Ubuntu Desktops Discussion Continues on the Possible Decline of Ubuntu Ubuntu's Server, Cloud Survey Reflects Trust in Private Clouds, OpenStack ubuntuUbuntu 13.10 is officially released. Of course, it's been in the news so m uch that the official announcement today feels like old news. But at least news o f 14.04 will replace 13.10 next week. Until then, though, Ubuntu 13.10 is release d for "Desktop, Server, Cloud, Phone, and Core products." The announcement says this is t he first release for phones and arm64 chips, but two reviews led with Mir not being ready yet. Terry Relph-Knight at ZDNet says t his release feels "obligatory," in fact he said, "rather than being a stepping-ston e on the way to form-factor convergence with 14.04, seems more like an obligat ory release." Ryan Paul from arstechnica titled his review, "The Linux OS of the f uture remains a year away." He elaborates: Although Saucy Salamander offers some useful improvements, it’s a relatively thin update. XMir, the most notew orthy item on the 13.10 roadmap, was ultimat ely deferred for inclusion in a future release. Canonical’s efforts during the Sauc y development cycle were largely focused on the company’s new display server and upcoming Unity overhaul, but neither is yet ready for the desktop. Of Dash Paul said, "The new D ash concept is intriguing, but its usefulness is a bi t limited. The results are hit and miss and tend to be organized in a really hapha zard way." On the privacy issues associated with Dash he added, "Although I thi nk that a universal Web search has the potential to be useful, I’m not really com fortable with the way Canonical tacks it on to local system searches. In its curre nt form, it strikes me as a bit too invasive." He concludes, "It’s hard to get excite d about the 13.10 release, but there are some major changes on the horizon tha t should make the next few major Ubuntu releases a lot more interesting." See
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Ubuntu 13.10 Finally Released, Big Yawner
Choosing A Linux Flavor For Your Datacenter
French National Police are Now Running 37,000 Ubuntu Desktops
Discussion Continues on the Possible Decline of Ubuntu
Ubuntu's Server, Cloud Survey Reflects Trust in Private Clouds, OpenStack
ubuntuUbuntu 13.10 is officially released. Of course, it's been in the news so m
uch that the official announcement today feels like old news. But at least news o
f 14.04 will replace 13.10 next week. Until then, though, Ubuntu 13.10 is release
d for "Desktop, Server, Cloud, Phone, and Core products."
The announcement says this is the first release for phones and arm64 chips, but
two reviews led with Mir not being ready yet. Terry Relph-Knight at ZDNet says t
his release feels "obligatory," in fact he said, "rather than being a stepping-ston
e on the way to form-factor convergence with 14.04, seems more like an obligat
ory release." Ryan Paul from arstechnica titled his review, "The Linux OS of the f
uture remains a year away." He elaborates:
Although Saucy Salamander offers some useful improvements, it’s a relatively
thin update. XMir, the most noteworthy item on the 13.10 roadmap, was ultimat
ely deferred for inclusion in a future release. Canonical’s efforts during the Sauc
y development cycle were largely focused on the company’s new display server
and upcoming Unity overhaul, but neither is yet ready for the desktop.
Of Dash Paul said, "The new Dash concept is intriguing, but its usefulness is a bi
t limited. The results are hit and miss and tend to be organized in a really haphazard way." On the privacy issues associated with Dash he added, "Although I thi
nk that a universal Web search has the potential to be useful, I’m not really com
fortable with the way Canonical tacks it on to local system searches. In its curre
nt form, it strikes me as a bit too invasive." He concludes, "It’s hard to get excite
d about the 13.10 release, but there are some major changes on the horizon tha
t should make the next few major Ubuntu releases a lot more interesting." See
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Paul's full review at arstechnica.com.
Jim Lynch of Desktop Linux Reviews and Itworld.com said, "Ubuntu has become
a bit boring to review. I had hoped that Ubuntu 13.10 would fix that, and that there would be some terrific new features to comment on. Alas, Ubuntu 13.10 foll
ows in the footsteps of Ubuntu 13.04. Canonical really should rename this relea
se to 'Snoozing Salamander.'"
See Canonical's official announcement for download links and more informatio
n.
