Software

Ubuntu 9.10 is the latest release of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux, made available in final release form on October 29, 2009. The release is codenamed "Karmic Koala" and is the eleventh release of the popular open source operating system.

Changes

Karmic (as I will hereafter refer to Ubuntu 9.10) continues the progress of continual improvement that has characterized Ubuntu development since the project began in 2004.

A few days ago, Ars Technica ran an article on the worldwide usage statistics of the top five browsers, according to Net Applications. Ars reported on the considerable drop in usage of Internet Explorer (which is always a boon for us web developers) and the continual gains of the other four.