Recently , I posted about the upcoming Ubuntu release, 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope. I just wanted to give an update. The release in now in beta with a Release Candidate scheduled for tomorrow. So far, this release has been rock solid with only a few minor incidents. So minor, in fact, that they only regard a couple of apps. But what I'm really jazzed about is the 'out-of-the-box' experience I am having with this release. As some of you know, I work in a service center now and come in contact with several different laptops -- Dell, HP, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba, etc. And, just for giggles, I throw in my beta CD of Jaunty. In every case, it finds all the hardware. I have wireless; web cam, audio, video. Every time. I would say that the overall experience has been one of real surprise. I am just blown away at how well this release picks up all of this different hardware. It is just amazing how far we have come in the Linux world. If you haven't done so yet, I hig