A Look At Today's Operating Systems: Part 0 - Introduction

The way we use computers these days is changing quite a bit as tablet computing increases in popularity, and as such, desktop operating systems are radically changing to keep up with it. Personally, I find myself more productive with a mouse and keyboard, but for those who generally just need to check their emails and stocks and stuff like that, tablet devices would be a good fit for them. In this series, I'm going to show off the latest Windows and Mac desktop operating systems, as well as some others.

Now, in this introductory part, let's just take a quick look at some traditional desktops, whether it's the latest release of the respective operating system, or one that's not too far behind.

The New App Store

It offers easy access to thousands of free applications. It offers the ability to purchase applications. It launched in October 2010. It's...

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.

Ubuntu 10.04 .....

Ubuntu 10.04 is codenamed Lucid Lynx. That is all.

Whoa! Something is different around here.

"The Linux Action Show" (Linux AC-shonn showw) is now called "The Computer Action Show" (COM-puter AC-shonn showw).

It's no longer just about Linux, but about general computing topics. During the current episode, Bryan and Chris talked about Jolicloud, which is an Ubuntu-based cloud OS. It's supposed to seamlessly integrate with the desktop as well as include their own social networking service. It's meant for netbooks, which is why cloud computing can make it run really FAST!

Next episode though (in 2 weeks), they're having a topic which I think many more people would be interested in. Turning a PC into a Hackintosh!