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Ubuntu "Karmic Koala" RC Hits the Streets With Windows 7

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the cute-cuddly-linux dept.

oranghutan writes "Computerworld is reporting Canonical has made available the Release Candidate of its latest Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 9.10, on the same day Microsoft launched the long-awaited Windows 7. 'The upcoming Canonical release, which is code-named Karmic Koala, is the latest version of the popular flavor of the Linux OS. The development release on Thursday pushed the OS one step closer to final release, which is due on Oct. 29, according to the company's release schedule Web page. An image of the OS is available for download on Ubuntu's Web site. Test versions of Karmic Koala RC available for download include the server, desktop and netbook versions.'"

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  1. CentOS 5.4 is out, too. by HouseOfMisterE · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.centos.org/

    1. Re:CentOS 5.4 is out, too. by PRMan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Windows 7 is stable now. Much more stable than Vista SP2.

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    2. Re:CentOS 5.4 is out, too. by PenisLands · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Can I also be informative?

  2. Re:Win7 wtf?! by peachboy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If I remember correctly, Windows NT 4 (maybe Windows 95/98 too) was version 4 and Windows XP was version 5. More versioning info is here on Wikipedia.

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  3. Re:Win7 wtf?! by commodore64_love · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    >>>Uh yeah, I clearly remember my Windows 4 and my Windows 5 boxes

    You should. Windows 4 == NT 4. Windows 5 == XP. Windows 6 == Vista

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  4. Re:Win7 wtf?! by MBGMorden · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Except that there weren't called that in any manner except for vague version numbers you have to dig for. Even if you can dig up some reference somewhere to Windows 5.0, Microsoft certainly never publicly marketed it as such.

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  5. Re:Win7 wtf?! by agnosticnixie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Windows 95 was 4.5 ish with an absurdly long build alphanumeric id and Win 98 was 4.9 with all that.