Last night, I was awake many hours of the night because I was installing Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic. It is absolutely beautiful OS with lots of easy administration. If you upgrade from 9.04 version, you will probably need 1-2 hours download and upgrade time to complete, but it is not much changed from 9.04 version. By the way, 9.10 was released on 29th October 2009.

So, if any of you are Ubuntu fan, it’s time to download or upgrade.

As nowadays, everyone seems to be have one netbook for each person, and you won’t feel left out, because you can also download ATOM version of ubuntu that is Ubuntu netbook remix and Ubuntu has optimized for your netbooks as well.

The software package manager is better than ever. Firefox Mozilla starts with 3.5 version. Overall, it’s really worth using it. I am on the verge of leaving Windows if possible. Of course, most of the working environments, It is very hard not to use Ubuntu, however, upgrade and security point of view, I think Linux aces on top of everything.

So, have you tried Ubuntu yet?

In webmaster forums, Google groups and many places, I have seen there are many people who love to try out Linux or get to know a little bit better. And they all start with one question.

“Which linux should I use?”

It is a good question before you actually start using it. For me, it is all about Linux, meaning, it is all about freedom to choose. So, you need to ask yourself which are your criteria rather than what criteria you are supposed to use.

I will raise a few questions to get yourself initiated with questions.

• What type of package management would I like to use?
• What sort of packages you are after?
• What kind of distributions you may be interested?

From there, you can go deeper questions in each topic.. for example, In RPM package management, which one would suit me better? Redhat, Fedora or CentOS. or Which package management is easier to update.

It is all about your preferences and do not stress about it.. And the best way to start about getting to know Linux is nowhere other than Linux DistroWatch.com.