After Warty Warthog,Hoary Hedgehog, Breezy Badger,Dapper Drake, Edgy Eft, Feisty Faon, Gusty Gibbon, Hardy Heron, Intrepid Ibex, here comes new Ubuntu 9.04 : “Jaunty Jackalope”. This not evidence of animal stories neither WaltDisney universe but rather various namecodes versions of Ubuntu. Find all retro story on Wikipedia.

This is the tenth version of ubuntu and technical assitance is forecasted until 2010 October.

Ubuntu 9.04 includes:

• OpenOffice 3.0
• Lastest  Skype
• Latest Adobe Flash
• Faster boot times (officily less than 25 seconds)
• Gnome 2.26
• Brasero 2.26 (CD-burning)
• make it easier multi-monitor
• X.Org server 1.6, which supports new video cards

Download it : http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/

Similar post : http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/ubuntu-904-officially-released-available-for-free-download-20090423/

Waiting “Karmic Koala” …

If you have used it, please share your experience user.

New product that we all expect.

Introduced during CES, this is the first screen with GeForce 3D Technology.

Screen : 22 inches

Reactivity : 5ms

Contrast : 20000:1

Resolution : 1680*1050

It could be use for around 350 games and about 20 films.

Its price will be 459 euros.

LaCie buys Wuala.
A Swiss start-up company (11 co-workers), which is a specialist in cloud storage solutions.

Depending your storage need, you can get several options

• 1GO, free
• 10 GO, 15 euros annual fees
• 1TO, 640 euros annual fees

While LaCie was an harware expert and they becomes yet user software solutions, they make a strategic move and hope for transition. According to Philippe Struch, founder and CEO, this is a very good opportunity.

To keep in touch with Wuala evolution, please have a look to their blog.

Do you believe in Cloud Computing ?

Big rumor say IBM is in talks to buy Sun. StockExchange is forgeting crisis effect and Sun shares skyrockets (78,87%)

On one side, Apollo 13 : Sun Microsystems (stand for Stanford University Network)

• 13, 97 billions of revenues
• 38.600 co-workers
• Located in over 100 countries
• Besides, UNIX, Java, NFS, Open Office, Sparc, Solaris …

On other hand, International Business Machine : IBM

• 103 billions of revenues
• 386.000 co-workers
• “The innovators’ Innovator”
• Founded in 1911, Big Blue
• 3 activities : hardware, software, consulting

The issue : to be the first supplier regarding server

The deal : 6,5 billions of dollars

Is the match already fixed ?

They have just rationalized their team (job cuts : 6000 for Sun, 4000 for IBM regarding US area). So, they prefer to go with than to go against.

Anyway, other boxers such as Cisco or even HP, can they survive ?