Jaunty Jackalope

[Geeth]

I know that this isn't overly new news, but i still found it interesting.

Ubuntu details next project: 'Jaunty Jackalope' | Tech News on ZDNet

I like how they are going to have a big focus on the boot times. Though I am not to sure on the web based apps - mind you I don't have a large understanding of what to expect as in types of apps etc.

[Jonathan183]

I'm less keen on the focus on boot times ... it may be too tempting to go for the fastest to login prompt rather than fastest to usable system - faster to login prompt but slower to usable system is not a big step forward
... and I thought you could publish your own version of opensource software any time you wanted anyway
I don't think open source software will succeed or fail based on the next release of Ubuntu ... which seems to be implied by the quote in the last paragraph of the article !

[L4Linux]

It definitely won't fail, but another successful version of Ubuntu at his time, with all the Vista bad press, will generate more good press for Linux(tech sites and blogs) and many more users. It will keep the "flow" of people making the switch very high.
Linux doubled in a year from 1% to 2%, and if it doubles again it will be phenomenal
But it not only up to Ubuntu. All projects and distros work hard toward that goal and as we can see from the market share rise, hard work has paid off.

[arinlares]

intrepid ibex isn't even out of beta yet, and canonical is getting press on jaunty jackelope? it seems rather fast, seeing as it's not even set for release until April. Being a majorly windows user (i mean MAJOR, my only linux experience is virtual at this point in time), i get more excited about what is in the system, and how long it takes to run after booting, not the boot itself (i use XP, so it's maybe a minute to boot, 10 to be useful after the boot with various apps starting). Ease of use should be a higher priority that boot time, but i think ubuntu has a simple enough operating system, they can switch toward faster boot times for a bit (maybe one or two releases).

[L4Linux]

Ubuntu and every other distribution as well, make things easier with each version, regardless of the version's main goal. In Ubuntu 8.10, networking was the main goal, but improvements in ease of use came as well(like true plug & play for printers).

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