Screaming Penguin

Ubuntu has become my favored Linux distro as of late, and 8.10 or Intrepid Ibex is supposed to go final today. Ubuntu is impressive to me for it's simplicity and reliability, stuff just works as you would expect. Really the difference with Ubuntu over other the other Linux distros that I have used for a decade+ is that it's more intuitive at install/upgrade and or add new feature or piece of software time. Underneath it all it's the same stuff of course (Debian Linux, and either Gnome or KDE), but it's just packaged and polished a bit more than other offerings. Ibex has a laundry list of new packages and a new kernel, and many new features (new Gnome, use of NetworkManager which supports 3G, and more). Also, it might seem small with all of the other changes, but it's about damn time Tomcat 6 made it into the main repo. Sidenote: I ordered a new set of components the other day to build a new home desktop just for Ubuntu 8.10, so I will post more about the whole setup, and maybe an actual review of a Linux distro on Screaming Penguin (as crazy as that sounds ;)) in the coming days.