Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex is the new release of the ever popular Operating system. Intrepid Ibex looks to be the best yet and offers some great new features that I think is sending it in the right direction to gaining new users.

Microsoft have been releasing new BETA builds of Windows 7 in hopes of showing customers it is listening to the unhappy users of its outcast child called Vista. But while Microsoft are happily building new versions we see Ubuntu sending out new updates of their 8.x editions at rapid rates.

Linux operating systems have always had a Stigma about them and it has put many people of using them. A lot of loyal Microsoft users think they are very hard to use, and they just do not want to get used to something new. Ubuntu is a sort of in-between operating system now, it is built using v2.6.27 of the Linux Kernel and Gnome 2.24 as a Desktop… This may confuse people even more as different desktops and all the other options Linux has to offer just sends the loyal MS users minds spinning… But it should on the other hand give them more reason to switch… It offers more options and costs exactly $0 or for us Brits £0.00p.

Ubuntu even offer a FREE CD which they will send you for FREE. This CD has what is called a LiveCD which lets you boot Ubuntu without having to install anything. If you decide you like it you can install it next to your Microsoft Windows without deleting anything. This will give you a good chance in testing it at full speed and may give some people a nice toy to play around with.

To get your Ubuntu free CD sent to you look down this page for the link. For me it took about 1 week as I think it was sent from the US. You can also download Ubuntu for FREE and burn it onto a CD. As Ubuntu is Open Source you have nothing to worry about as you are breaking no laws in downloading this full operating system (Like you would with WIndows) it has no CD Keys or anything… and Updates are 100% free forever.

Ubuntu comes in a whole range of packages. You have the normal Ubuntu version which will work on all modern computers (i386), you then have the Ubuntu 64bit version which will work on computers with a 64bit processor (Like AMD64). Both of these Ubuntu versions also come in “Alternate” versions which gets rid of the LiveCD option. This Ubuntu version is great for people who know that they wish to install Ubuntu and want to get rid of booting the LiveCD to install it. instead of the LiveCD you have a text based installation which runs in DOS, this makes things much quicker and us very very easy to use.

I predict that Ubuntu and other Linux based operating systems will grow and by the year 2015 will hold a strong userbase.All Ubuntu needs is a new advertising campaign. If it had the chance to show normal Users how easy it was to use I am sure people will switch with ease… It would also be great for small buisnesses which just do not want to pay the crazy prices Microsoft ask for their system.

This being said, i dont  think Ubuntu just needs the fact it is free being its key point. If it focused to much on this people would see it as a cheap system and not see its other features.

Please makes sure you check out Ubuntu and see what your missing!

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OpenOffice which is the 100% free fully featured alternative to Microsoft Office released its long awaited version 3 today. It is either the fact that they never knew how high the demand was or they are using the same server that Entrecard is using…. Me thinks its the first one.

The 120MB file size download has had some great reviews as it now supports the new Microsoft new XML formats docx, xlsx and pptx. It also has opened up its calcs 256 column limit and expanded it to over 1,000 which is big news for many of its users wishing to switch from M$ to a better free program.

This is what is now greeting OpenOffice new users

A bit plain? I think so to…. As you see its just a plain old html file with some links on it. The servers are still very speedy for downloads (I was getting 700+KBS) but I guess the server with the website files could not handle all the requests.

I love OpenSource software and believe that it is the future of the everything software related. I do not think it will be long until you see M$ pulling down their $499+ pro version and making it a more realistic price for the people to scared to try something new. A lot of people still believe that you do not get anything for free and think that for some reason OpenOffice must have some bad evil code in it some place (Which Microsoft Office has).

Anyone who has not switched yet will see that it is not such a scary switch over. It is so easy to use and now has a 99% n00b friendly interface and does FAR more than M$ Office can. Not only that it is much less of a memory hog and you can get 1000s of Plugins for FREE.

OpenOffice unlike Microsoft Office works with close to all Operating Systems:

Linux (Using the infamous Deb format)
Linux (RPM Format)
Solaris x86
Solaris SPARC
Mac OSX Intel
Mac OSX PPC
Oh and Windows

So now we get to the scary part of making a decision…. I think its simple, but for many people this could be the sweaty palms part where you waiver on clicking the download link…. Then you have the all mighty part of installing this questionable FREE bit of software that boggles your mind of how it could be truly free!

So here I come to make it simple. Ill make as simple as ABC:

If you have $500 (£300 for my country friends) in you pocket would you:

A: Spend it on Microsoft Office and feel better of making Bilbo Gates richer
B: Keep all of the $500 (Or send it to me) and get a even better version for $0
C: Get both as your all about the options

Answer______

Go DOWNLOAD OpenOffice NOW!!!

Go spend $500 on something you can free NOW!!!!