Originally posted on May 11, 2010 @ 8:03 am
To be honest, I wasn’t really impressed with the user interface of Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Yeah, I know, it’s one of the fastest operating systems you can actually put on a netbook right now, but the UI really needs a little work – oh wait, I mean a lot – of work done.
Fortunately, Canonical has been working on a new Netbook OS. And it’s gorgeous. Check out Ubuntu Light:
Ubuntu Light is an instant-on operating system meant to be installed alongside Ubuntu. It aims to be the secondary Linux operating system, where you can turn it on and instantly surf the net, get your email, and listen to your music, when you’re in a hurry.
From Lifehacker:
Furthermore, instead of being one’s primary OS, like Netbook Remix would be, Ubuntu Light aims to be the second partition on your hard drive, for those situations in which you need to be up and running as fast as possible. Ubuntu Light will be distributed as a secondary OS, in a dual-boot format on computers that use Windows as their primary OS. Not only does this make things a bit easier in those situations where users don’t need a full-fledged OS, but it also helps Linux tap into the Windows-using population, without requiring them to switch full time. While its focus seems to be on netbooks, Shuttleworth makes a point of saying that this is a viable solution for desktop computers as well.
Have I mentioned how gorgeous the UI is? It’s so amazingly simplistic that it reminds me of – god forbid – Mac OS X. It even has a dock (placed on the left side, probably to prevent any litigation from Apple) that will show you the application’s name as you mouse over the icon, and well, launch the applications. There’s even an Exposé-like window listing feature which you can access by clicking the Ubuntu logo on the upper left corner.
Ubuntu Light isn’t available yet, but I can’t wait for it to come out. This is a project worth checking out.
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