For all those that use Ubuntu, the newest version was released a day ago (depending on your timezone). It brings lots of changes, lots of them to list them here, so I'll just give you a link...
Here for info: http://www.starryhope.com/linux/2010/whats-new-in-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/
And here to download it: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors

Oooh, another LTS release! Thanks for the heads up.

Meh. I'm a Linux user, just not an Ubuntu user.

Wow this looks great, particularly love the free Software Center. Gonna put this on my netbook when I get it.

Lucid Lynx yes? Will probably load it up on my old-as-hell desktop just for fun.

I'll probably update my laptop tonight, how big is the update from 9.10 to 10.4?
Hope the Wine compatibility is better....
The servers must be getting slammed, the update manager is chugging at 32Kb/s! I'm gonna wait until tomorrow.

Looks good. Ive been running some of the betas on my laptop, looks like they fixed the sound on resume issue.
Rythmnbox was seg faulting, not a huge issue.
Not sure what they used to replace HAL, but, it loads a few seconds faster on startup. Also No sound issues, faster resume speed. The whole system seems a lot smoother and more responsive than 9.10 (especially on a 5 yr old budget laptop)
Hopefully the updater will be done in a few. I'm looking forward to playing with the final. :-)
I plan to run it for a few weeks before updating my home fileserver (an old 8.10 machine). It helps handle PVR duties, so I would be in hot water with the fam if they couldn't get their shows.
:-)
Edit - Menenlkir
- It took a little more than 2 hours to update from 9.10 to beta4. I think it was just under 200mb - although there have been several large updates in the last few days (from 20-150Mb).

Can't get a good connection to the servers here, i don't know what the hell is going on, i'm going to have to wait. I don't think is my connection, 'cause i downloaded Blood 2 today at a good 600kb/s.

I was updating my install of Ubuntu up to 9.10 (yeah, I know) and I was getting the same speeds you're talking about. I think the servers are getting pounded.

Thanks for the heads up :)

I'm pretty sure 10.04 stil uses HAL. I don't believe xorg-server 1.8.0 made it in, and even if it did, there are tons of other applications that use HAL.
By the way, I think what you were referring to is that xorg-server 1.8.0 now uses udev instead of HAL.

An ugly purple theme, exit and minimize buttons for windows on top left instead of top-right, I see Ubuntu getting worse with each release. At least Ubuntu 8 works perfectly fine with my pirated copy of Cedega and better with WINE.
EDIT: I currently have 9.04 on my old PC but the HDD is getting dead sectors more and more as each week passes. If I get a new HDD I'm putting XP back on it, otherwise it will die with Ubuntu.

"Probably the most controversial change in Lucid revolves around the placement of the window controls on the left side of the window. "
... ... Seriously, is there any reason whatsoever to do THAT?

I haven't used or updated my Ubuntu box in a while, I think it is up to 9.04, could be 8.10(?). If I do, one of the first things I'll be looking at is putting the window controls over on the right.
Or perhaps giving Kubuntu a shot for a while. I only have it running to play around with and give visitors a PC with net access, not to work or game.

Aside from the arbitrary relocation of the window controls this seems to be a stable release with lots of great improvements (especially if you are coming from 9.04 rather than 9.10, which included the early stages of some of these improvements).
No adequate reason has been given from what I've seen. I'm not sure that even the designers know their own reasons. In the words of one of the designers behind this decision, "Is it better or worse? It is quite hard to tell." I wish I was making this up.
This change has huge ramifications for Linux development, because this customisation only automatically applies to software using the native windowing system (metacity/compiz); programs that a different windowing system--and there are a lot in that category--do not inherit this preference and will continue to have the buttons on the right-hand side until their designers add specific support for this new behaviour. There will also be an expectation for the projects Ubuntu builds upon--such as Gnome--to implement support for this preference in their programs.
Also of significance is that this change is for the "LTS" (long-term support) branch, which is widely deployed by companies that want a reliable, regularly-patched version that will remain compatible with their existing software. Ubuntu 10 is compatible with software, oh yes, but not with the actual users.
If I was a primary Ubuntu user who didn't already know about this I would be really, really ticked off at the end of the upgrade process. The upgrade window presented to 9.x users warns about all sorts of potential issues, but not this.