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You may have noticed the ad on the bottom of the site menu: this month Ubuntu's new release named Lucid Lynx will be released, on April 29 to be exact.

Those that can't wait can already install the daily build and update regularly. Keep in mind though that it's still in beta, and might not run that stable on your computer. But for those that feel adventurous enough and want to know what Ubuntu has planned for us, go ahead and download!

I already tried beta1 on my laptop, and everything seems to be running just fine. No major problems, no crashes, ... only problem is it just won't shutdown. It just loops at the logout screen. But I'm confident this will be solved when Lucid becomes stable.

It looks like they still haven't decided yet on the design change. I guess we'll have to wait until the end, in order to know where they'll be putting the window buttons (minimize, maximize, close), and also in what order. I am sure though that it won't bother me much, as I'll likely just adapt. It's not that important to me anyway.

What can be expected in this release?

• LTS (meaning Long Term Support), meaning you'll be able to just update your system longer than with normal releases: 3 years security updates for desktops and 5 for servers.
• Stability: on every LTS release, they try to make it as solid as possible.
• No Gnome3. Seems like the obvious choice on a LTS release. Let's just hope this will be included in Maverick.
• Faster startup time.