wraggster
October 17th, 2013, 23:40
Canonical announced (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2013-October/000177.html) its free Ubuntu 13.10 (http://releases.ubuntu.com/saucy/) Linux operating system (OS) release, on the same day as Microsoft's remedial Windows 8.1 service pack update. We speak to Canonical founder and Ubuntu creator Mark Shuttleworth (http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2301281/canonical-steals-windows-81s-thunder-with-ubuntu-1310-release) who tells us what to expect."Adds reader jrepin:"Kubuntu Linux 13.10 has just been released (http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-13.10) and is available for download. It comes with KDE Software Compilation 4.11, a new application for discovering and installing software, a simpler way to manage your system users. and a new Network Manager applet gives a simpler UI for connecting to a range of network types. You can now setup Wifi networking from the installer making it easier to install updates and extra packages during the install."ZDNet has a fairly tepid review (http://slashdot.org/seemsasomewhatobligatoryevent) of the incremental rather than startling improvements of the new release, and notes "Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, due for release on 17 April next year, will now perhaps come as even more of a shock if its promised big changes are fully realised.