Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid Lynx) Release Schedule

Ubuntu team is already planning for 10.04 LTS, which will see the light of day in April 2010

Ubuntu 10.04 (codename Lucid Lynx) LTS will be released on April 29th.

Ubuntu 10.04 Release schedule

December 10th, 2009 – Alpha 1 release

January 14th, 2010 – Alpha 2 release

February 25th, 2010 – Alpha 3 release

March 18th, 2010 – Beta1 release

April 8th, 2010 – Beta2 release

April 22nd, 2010 – Release Candidate

April 29th, 2010 – Final release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

source: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-10-04lucid-lynx-release-schedule.html

Alpha Release Links

Google Tablet in the works …

Google Tablet mockup discussed here.

tablet netbooks smartbooks and e-readers

Touch Books / Smart Books with Detachable Keyboards

• Always Innovating’s TouchBook
• Freescale’s Tablet Smartbook at CES

Freescale announced a $200 tablet reference design that it hopes will come to the market via an OEM partner as early as this Summer. The tablet has a 7-inch (1024 x 600) display and is powered by the i.MX515 processor (including the ARM Cortex A8 chip), 512MB RAM and 4-64 GB of flash storage.

More SmartBooks arriving in 2010

E-Readers

• Barnes’ and Nobles’ Nook
  • the Nook’s FAQ
• Amazon Kindle and Kindle DX

What we are looking for and waiting for is a machine that has these features and specifications:

Features

• Ebook Reader
  • Annotate Ebook Documents
  • Obtain Ebooks from multiple sources
  • Read PDF’s
  • High Quality Reader screen
• Email Reader
• Webcam / Skype
• Touch Screen
• Stylus writing
• Word Processing
• Web Surfing
• Play Videos

Specifications

• Light, Thin, Carryable – small form factor
• Less than $500
• 9″ or 10″ viewable screen
• optional physical keyboard

Will 2010 be the year that we find this?