I have taken it upon myself to try the lastest version of Ubuntu. Notable changes include the eyecandy when you boot up and login, and this feature called Ubuntu One that I'll get into shortly. There are very few improvements in this release and it makes me wonder why they bothered at all, rather than just releasing this as an update. Oh, they also rearranged some of the games, by adding a menu for logic games.

Ubuntu One is a new feature to Ubuntu, and personally I think it is terrible. Apparently, the first time when you run it, it configures authentication. However, it doesn't do that for me, it doesn't do anything. Thus, the one new feature in Ubuntu 9.10 doesn't even work. There was no information about such a bug on the Ubuntu website. The people in IRC are not very helpful either.

Actually, I nearly forgot the other new feature. An instant messenger called empathy has been included, alongside pidgin. Obviously nobody needs a second instant messenger when both support every protocol known to man.

This release has only two major features and one is completely useless and the other entirely redundant. Ubuntu 9.10 is nothing more than masturbation. It really is the most pointless version bump I've ever seen.