Ubuntu 9.04 Beta Review
Reading about what Ubuntu 9.04 brings, it does not seem like much: the latest Gnome edition, the shortened boot times, some visual polish, new filesystem support, and a few other items. It's exactly this conservatism that makes Ubuntu so appealing. You get the same old product, the things are pretty much the way they used to be, on top of which comes a sprinkling of new stuff. There should be no bad surprises.
Let's see if Jaunty Jackalope can live up to the promise.
Live CD experience
One of the main focuses of this spring release was the shortening of the boot time. While I have not conducted any empirical studies yet - we will talk about boot profiling in a separate article - it does feel that Ubuntu 9.04 both boots and shuts down faster.
The boot progress bar has also changed; it's thinner and sports new colors.
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