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The installation overall ran fairly smoothly on the two systems I installed it on. I do appreciate how all the questions are asked in the beginning of the installation and therefore do not have to babysit it, with one exception. When the installation is at 85%, it is trying to retrieve a language pack from an Ubuntu server. I assume it is their main server because it was completely slammed on the day Ubuntu 10.04 was released. Luckily they have a skip button but wouldn’t it be nice if they had a choose server button? Because some of us want a completed installation and also know the best server to download from. So far, I have not needed the language pack that I have skipped or anything after that.

The exit, minimize, maximize button are switched from the right side of the toolbar to the left side of the toolbar. This gives it a more Mac-like appearance. This can easily be changed by simply changing the desktop theme. System > Preferences > Appearance. I prefer the Ubuntu Studio Theme which can be installed by this command: “sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-look”

Wow, Ubuntu is getting stingy with their CDs nowadays. I just wanted one official CD because I’m such a big fan but it looks like Ubuntu is holding out on me this time. Must be the economy….. but then again they never made any money on their OS anyways!?!?

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx was released today! Ubuntu is my preferred Linux distribution and I’m extremely excited about their latest release. I have downloaded the ISO after waiting several hours and am currently installing it now. I plan on wiping all five work and home Linux systems and eventually install MythTV on at least two of my home systems. I may post a tutorial and my experience afterwards.