Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Review

Ubuntu. A linux distribution which needs no introduction, but I'll give one anyway.

Ubuntu is an african word meaning "Humanity to others". Ubuntu is currently the most popular linux distribution, thanks to its ease of use, simplicity, and superb hardware detection. Ubuntu also has a very large community forum, which means that it's fairly easy to get help in solving problems that may arise. Ubuntu offers security updates and patches for each standard release for 1.5 years after it is released. There are also LTS (Long Term Support) releases every 2 years. The LTS releases are supported for 3 years on the desktop edition, and for 5 years on the server edition. The next release, Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), will be an LTS release. Each version is numbered as x.yy, where x is the last digit of the year, and y is the month eg. 9.10 . The codename is an alliteration with an adjective and an animal, with the first letter of each corresponding to the number of releases. For example, Karmic Koala is the 11th release of Ubuntu.