For symmetry and completeness, I’ll talk a little bit about Ubuntu given that I recently wrote about Windows 7. Ubuntu is very nice! I’m very excited for the next version, 9.10, to come out. Three days from today!

I’m currently running the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop (simultaneously with Windows XP and Windows 7). Here’s a screenshot:

One great thing about Ubuntu is that it makes multiple desktops very easy. Windows 7 has quite a few handy tools to navigate around given your single desktop, more so than Ubuntu. Ubuntu, however, gives you multiple desktops:

‘Tis all for now!

Here are some thoughts for the next school year:

• Linux kernels are cool. Why not have a Linux kernel-building party?
• Typically, I have little free time during the school year because of all of my classes, and lots of free time during the summer. Why not even it out a bit? Lately I’ve been trying to pre-learn as much as I can for some of the classes I’ll be taking next semester through MIT’s OCW (open courseware; MIT puts lecture notes/course materials for a number of courses online). That way, maybe I’ll have more free time next year!