I’m keen to upgrade my Ubuntu desktop now that version 7.04 is out. I’ve almost used up my download allowance for the current period, so I would have to wait a couple of more days. I have previously upgraded from 6.06 (Dapper Drake) to 6.10 (Edgy Eft) and am not expecting any issues.

I first heard of Linux from a work colleague way back in 1997, when I was still working in the Philippines. I remember it was installed on one machine, but I can’t remember which distribution it was and what the machine was used for. All I knew was that it worked just like UNIX and it was free.

About a couple of years ago, I had my first hands on experience with Linux by installing Red Hat. I also spent a bit of time trying SuSe, and finally ending up with Ubuntu. I have got Edgy Eft currently installed on a spare PC and we now have two desktop PCs, one running Windows XP and the other Linux (Ubuntu).