Ubuntu 12.04: Three new features sneak in to make things interesting
I’ve spent a lot of time knocking Ubuntu — mostly for the Unity desktop. But Unity alone can’t take down what has been, for nearly a decade, the most user-friendly Linux desktop distribution available. For all the media has railed against Unity, it does work and works well. And now, with the feature-freeze in place for 12.04, it looks like there are some nice features that should make Precise Pangolin a front-runner to reclaim that prized spot at the top of the heap.
And although the new features won’t win everyone to Unity, it will at least raise the curiosity level just enough to bring some people back to the Ubuntu fold. But just what are these new features I speak of?
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