Ubuntu will launch its latest desktop version of Ubuntu 9.10 on October 29

Well-known Linux manufacturer canonical company's operating system products http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/13835.html ">ubuntu will launch the latest desktop version of Ubuntu on October 29 9.10. London Time 26th, the company officially announced the news.

New Ubuntu OS: easier to use

Ubuntu says that after a redesign and continuous improvement, the new version is quicker to operate and the 3G broadband connection is better, and Ubuntu officials say the upgrade is designed to make the product the easiest to use operating system. This and Microsoft Windows 7 slogan "Computer, so simple," the same as the main easy card.

In addition, the product incorporates the "Ubuntu one" service as a standard component. Ubuntu One is also known as the cloud storage platform, which provides Ubuntu users with online storage, synchronization, and shared file-fast services that users can use for free or paying a fee.

Ubuntu China's chief representative, Yulijiang, told NetEase technology that the current number of Ubuntu users worldwide is around 12 million. Yulijiang said that the future development of the software industry is the service, so Ubuntu is also doing some cloud-related services, Ubuntu is one of them.

New opportunities for Google Chrome Os:linux

Microsoft launched its newest-generation operating system, Windows 7, on October 22, and on the eve of the announcement, canonical company, IBM launched an office suite based on Ubuntu operating system and cloud computing, and IBM installed the Ubuntu system in part of the machine. The industry interprets the move as a challenge for IBM and Ubuntu for Windows 7 operating systems.

However, this operating system war on both sides, the strength is very disparity, Linux popularization of the road is always difficult to go. In this respect, Ubuntu China Chief representative Yulijiang very frankly, the Windows operating system in the industry chain to do very well, the current situation is that Linux is not in the global mainstream, the support of the software vendors also appear to be very weak.

However, according to Yulijiang's idea, Linux has a new opportunity: Google Chrome OS.

No matter what the area, Google is a competitor to be reckoned with. Google's addition, to the Linux manufacturers, including the variables. "Google pushes the chrome OS, which seems to me to have pros and cons," Yulijiang said. " ”

Yulijiang explained that Google's addition did give Linux manufacturers a strong competitor, but on the other side, it has become a great opportunity to expand the Linux industry chain. "Google to join, the industry chain in all aspects will reconsider the support of Linux." "If the whole market is done and the cake is big, even if Ubuntu's market share is reduced, it will get more users and more revenue than ever," Yulijiang said.

Ubuntu, persistence is a virtue.

Five years ago in October, Canonical released the first version of Ubuntu Linux, which is understood to be an African concept, meaning "sharing with others," which is at the heart of the Ubuntu Community Partnership.

Since its inception, Ubuntu has fixed a new version every six months, and today's version 9.10 is the 11th since Ubuntu was released. Five years of persistent efforts to usher in a large number of loyal "fans", Ubuntu Community Forum enrollment has reached more than 900,000. According to a survey by a foreign website, Ubuntu is the most popular version of hundreds of Linux versions.

It is a virtue and a way to reach the other side of the gap between the Giants like Microsoft and Google, looking for their own market and struggling to advance in Ubuntu.