Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 1 Released

  Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 1 was released on Tuesday. The final version will be out in April on next year. The biggest buzz about Ubuntu 11.04 (code named Natty Narwhal) is the Unity interface. For now this is a layover adding to Gnome2 using Compiz and heavily reliant on OpenGl. The Unity Interface will require accelerated graphics. Eventualy Ubuntu plans to replace Gnome2 completly with Unity. This is a move to keep up with or move ahead of Mac OS X and Windows 7 in terms of user expierence. While diehard Gnome fans may be upset I see this as only helping Gnome. Competition will result in improvement by all parties who wish to remain relevent. Don't beleive me? Just look at Windows 7 compared to Windows 2000 and ask yourself what would we have where there no Linux or Apple. 

  I am downloading Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 1 and will post my impressions. I will use UNetbootin to load the iso on my thumb drive and run as a live cd. Do try this at home but don't install alpha software, run as a live cd. Get Unetbootin here for Windows or Linux. Get Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 1 here.