Ubuntu 9.04 announced as Jaunty Jackalope

Posted by Saad Hamid on September 9, 2008

As the launch of the next version of the biggest community-supported Linux flavor i.e. Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex approaches closer, users and developers are beginning to wonder whats in store for them in 2009.

Today Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, announched that Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope will be taking over the throne of Ubuntu legacy after Intrepid Ibex.

As we all know, Ubuntu builds are named after animals therefore Jaunty fails to make an exception. If studied closely, the Ubuntu nomenclature in itself is a very interesting subject.

Ubuntu 9.04 would focus on improving boot time, overall OS performance and most importanly web applications. Windows and Mac have already blurred the line between desktop and web applications and now perhaps its time for Linux to be a part of the show.

According to a statement by Mark recently, Ubuntu would surpass Mac OS in the coming years and it seems that Jaunty is the first step towards this revolution.

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope is set to release somewhere in April 2009. Till then, look forward to the release of Intrepid Ibex as it will be bringing a whole set of new features and improvements to the Linux community.

  • Anonymous
    I'm all for the speed features... but web applications? One of the reasons why Windows and Mac OS X are so much slower than Linux is because they seem to think web apps make good apps. In my opinion, I'd rather Ubuntu never gets this feature. If it's going to be as badly implemented as web applications usually are, I think I might finally switch to Slackware.
  • Nicolas
    "and most importanly web applications. Windows and Mac have already blurred the line between desktop and web applications and now perhaps its time for Linux to be a part of the show."

    *throws up*

    My nightmares made reality!

    The day our desktops completely become fullscreen web browsers, I'll have to decide between not touching a computer again, sticking to the currently-available software and never upgrading again, or suicide.
  • Thanks for pointing that out Todd. I must have written that my mistake. Corrected!
  • Todd
    9.04 is Jaunty....not 9.10 (which is referenced several times)
  • Troy
    I'm definitely looking forward to an improvement in boot speed.

    I'm dual-booting Kubuntu 8.04 with XP right now and rather disappointed that XP boots much faster.
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