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Review: Ubuntu’s New ‘Gutsy Gibbon’ Brings Linux Out of the Jungle

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SG
Scott Gilbertson
Oct 18, 2007

“The familiar old script that Linux is only for geeks has been
largely rewritten recently with the arrival of Ubuntu, a version of
Linux for the average user. In its three years on the scene, Ubuntu
has quickly gained a reputation for being easy to configure and
use.

“On Thursday, Canonical, the London-based company which acts as
Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor, released version 7.10 of the software.
This latest release, dubbed ‘Gutsy Gibbon,’ proves that Ubuntu
Linux can compete with and, in some cases, trump Windows as an
everyday desktop system when it comes to pure usability…”


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Scott Gilbertson

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