Two weeks ago I upgraded to the current version of Ubuntu, 5.10 Breazy Badger. After backing up mail from .evolution, themes from .themes and personal files, by burning them to a CD, I booted the 5.10 CD and in 30 minutes I was up. Once loaded it took about another 30 minutes to move files off the CD and get mail and theme the way I wanted it. So far it has been great.

The complete list of enhancements is here but I can say right off the bat wireless is better. Kismet was an easy install and config as well as Ethereal. Battery management does not appear as good but I also have not tweeked any settings yet, just what ever was set by default. That is minor however.

OpenOffice 2.0 is a welcomed addition over version 1.1. If I could only use the machine for work, that would be perfect. Until then, for reasons I don’t need to go into here, I’ll keep the XP Pro desktop around and continue to use Ubuntu for personal use.

But imho for the flavors I have tried (RedHat, Fedora, SuSe) Ubuntu takes the cake.