Ubuntu 9.04: Jaunty Jackalope

Ubuntu’s version 9.04 was released yesterday. Version 9.04 is coded “Jaunty Jackalope” and includes a series of major updates, as usual. According to the official Technical Overview, the updates included are mainly the last update of GNOME, updates in Kernel, boot performance, Ext4 inclusion and a new notification system.

I haven’t seen the system working in front of me, as the nearest thing to Jaunty I’ve been, is a couple of meters away from a CD-R with the ISO image burnt within. I planned a clean installation of Ubuntu, due to the fact that I’ve scarcely used Windows, or “Güindos Ve-esta” as JR an me named it some days ago. I thought that having a 50 GB partition for a system I don’t commonly use, is quite useless, so I’m formatting completely my disk. My thoughts end here. I’m installing Ubuntu. I’ll post a review as soon as I finish the system.

And now, the new logo of Ubuntu reflecting its philosophy: Free, gorgeous and ‘wow’ inspiring.

UPDATE: Read also the overview.

Ubuntu Logo

University

As I wrote in my about section, I’m studying Systems Engineering at ITESM. Although I commonly write in my blog about technology, Linux and many other stupid notes, after all this is my personal blog, a site dedicated completely to fulfill a simple task: To be torn apart as I want, saying whatever I want to say. Correct, incorrect, or anything else, without even taking into consideration if what I’m doing is morally or sociably acceptable.

So as that, I decided I wanted to write about some aspects of what is, and will be my career. These last days, I haven’t had much time to think in many stupid things of my life, but the feel that I should write about some general aspects of my university has passed from a vague idea to a serious wish.

I don’t know yet what will be my first post on this, but I’ll begin to plot some ideas. Right now, I’m only thinking in writing about everything related to university, but not limiting to a specific topic. I plan to write from stupid things like my irrational hate toward dominicans and other types of scum that usually wander around the CEM, to investigations I’ve done that took the shit out of me. Really, there have been a couple of projects that are plainly stupid, and are way too specific to find any useful information on the net.

I  I just hope to complete my MP3 tutorial before getting into this. I hate starting a lot of projects, and not finishing most of them, and it’s something I commonly do. Perhaps I’ll finish them both on the fly. Perhaps I should fuckin’ stop at once talking about the future and start working on everything I want to do. Time to get my hands dirty, again.

"The Red Thing", seen from far.

I couldn’t help it. I really had to post the red thing as the “artwork” for my beginning post. I mean, it’s the red thing… It’s part of the common life at the CEM.