Where do you see Ubuntu in 5 years?

[Johnsie]

I started using Ubuntu in 2005. Since then I've seen a few changes, but still most people seem to still using Windows and Windows computers still dominate in the high street. Where do you see Ubuntu in 5 years time?

[MasterNetra]

Further along then now.

[Skripka]

Still publishing 32-bit packages optimized for the (then) 30 year-old i386 platform...a platform which in 5 years Ubuntu will continue not to even run on.

[windows-killer]

I am sure ubuntu in 5 years will be the same as now but with updated packages thats all.

[Arup]

Just more widespread with more OEMs taking it up.

[Tibuda]

The only thing I can see in 5 years about Ubuntu is that is is going to be on my computer.

[Viva]

Probably 2-3% market share. I think ubuntu is already as good as an os can be, we just need to woek on better hardware support.

[Jimleko211]

Honestly? In 5 years I expect Ubuntu to be replaced by a new, shinier OS.

[unknownPoster]

Honestly? In 5 years I expect Ubuntu to be replaced by a new, shinier OS.

I can only pray for that.

I feel that Ubuntu is becoming the Windows of the Linux world. Hopefully, some other distribution will step up and offer some real competition.

[decoherence]

You haven't read the announcement?

LONDON, April 20, 2014 – Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today that Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop Edition is free to download from Thursday 23 April. Also announced were the simultaneous releases of Ubuntu 14.04 Plan 9 Edition and Ubuntu 14.04 Nuclear Reactor Remix (UNRR)

Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop Edition delivers a range of feature enhancements to improve the user experience. Shorter boot speeds, some as short as 0.25 seconds, ensure faster access to a full computing environment on most desktop, wearable and implanted models. Enhanced morality features also give users more time between doses of deadly neurotoxin along with near immediate access to antidote. Intelligent switching between supernatural and paranormal environments has been broadened to support more of the psychic population, resulting in a smoother experience for most users.

Paris Hilton, COO, Canonical, says: “Um, with every release, we see Ubuntu Desktop Edition make like significant steps forward in appealing to mainstream autonomous computers. With access to the latest office productivity suite, support for BrainScanner 3 and Adobe Flesh, and faster boot times, we're confident that Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop Edition will see more people join millions of others and make the switch to an Ubuntu autonomous brain-case."

Ubuntu 14.04 features OpenMicrosoftOffice.org 14.0. This gives users a complete office suite that is nearly compatible with KOffice. This free office software provides an immediate saving of at least $20,000 for users who need to create presentations, write documents or manage spreadsheets at work or in their minds.

Significantly improved autodetection for pressurized heavy water, boiling water, fast breeder and gas cooled reactors make this the safest Ubuntu ever. Experimental support for RBMK means Ubuntu can breathe new life in to many legacy reactors.

A new integrated notification system appears in Ubuntu 14.04 for the first time. This system combines the notification methods of various applications and presents that to your left temporal lobe. New icons and artwork also appear in this release, part of the continual improvement of the Ubuntu user experience.

Availability

Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop Edition is available from 23 April 2014. Get your copy by:

Visiting www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu for a free download
Visiting shop.canonical.com to purchase a HoloCube
Visiting teleportit.ubuntu.com to request a free HoloCube
Professional Services, including support, can be purchased from www.canonical.com/services.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[Skripka]

Heck-in 5 years E17 might even be "stable"! OMGWTFBBQ!

[justsomedude]

It will still have the same ugly default theme.

[windows-killer]

Honestly? In 5 years I expect Ubuntu to be replaced by a new, shinier OS.

probably replaced by Google Chrome

[a3uge]

It will still have the same ugly default theme.

Actually, they're doing away with the brown after the Karmic Koala release.

[fennec_fox]

I'd like to think in 5 year Ubuntu will have done away with the idea of a desktop and structured user interface and moved more toward something like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JcSu7h-I40

I think compiz could get to that type of performance implemented in a practical means so that it could handle all of the applications.

[Dark Aspect]

Since Vista was released I am going to say that Ubuntu will probably gain 90% of the market shared and windows will be in the 2% :D

[TheIdiotThatIsMe]

Since Vista was released I am going to say that Ubuntu will probably gain 90% of the market shared and windows will be in the 2% :D

Horse. Meet stick.

[Sporkman]

I see it as a niche operating system, promoted by tech enthusiasts but not shipped pre-installed in many mainstream computing devices.

[lisati]

The only thing I can see in 5 years about Ubuntu is that is is going to be on my computer.

LOL! I see the same sort of thing happening.


Many of the "niggles" people have today - hopefully most or all - will have been ironed out, but new hardware which will have been introduced by then will introduce its own opportunities for new niggles. We might also see people with some of today's top-of-the-line hardware asking "how do I install on an old machine?" (my old desktop, compared to my newer machines, seems slow and sluggish with limited capacities, but compared to its predecessors is "Wow!")

[Old Marcus]

Actually, they're doing away with the brown after the Karmic Koala release.

They said that for jaunty, and for intrepid. Oh, and for hardy too!

[TheGreenFox]

They actually changed some things in Jaunty, new boot screen, more theme options, and the notification system. So I'm hopeful for Karmic.

Christopher Sleys

[DeadSuperHero]

I see a brown, beautiful earthy style for KDE 4.9.

Chaos will ensue.

[racerraul]

I see Ubuntu on all the systems I own in 5 years ;)


Heck-in 5 years E17 might even be "stable"! OMGWTFBBQ!

ROFFLEWAFFLES!!!

You mean it's not now? I can't tell ;)
Its actually not that bad on OpenGEU, they have done well with it. I run that on all my systems.

[Blu Fox]

Stable ATI drivers that work flawlessly with wine..we can dream at least

[coldReactive]

DVD Playing Support installed by default.

x264 installed by default.

ffmpeg installed by default.

5 second boot time.

only one panel (at the bottom) similar to windows, with four virtual desktops configured by default.

Flash x64 in the x64 repos instead of x86 with ia32.

-- WINE With the following features --

DirectX 10 support (both audio and video)

.NET 3.5 support

-- --

Ubuntu One dropped because too many users use it free.

g/xine installed by default

ESound installed by default instead of pulseaudio.

WICD Installed By Default with many new features.

Show desktop button no longer looks raised when not hovering over it (FINALLY OMGWTF)

New Ubuntu Icon

Non-pixelated boot screen (Why does Win7 get non-pixelated boot screens and we don't?!)

Better ATI Support via open source drivers.

NO BLACKLISTED DEVICES (yeah right)

ALL PRINTERS AND SCANNERS WORK

[ticopelp]

I feel that Ubuntu is becoming the Windows of the Linux world.

How so?

[Skripka]

DirectX 10 support (both audio and video)


I can tell you right now-that will not happen. DX10 is an integrated component of Windows and reverse engineering it would be quite illegal in the US under DMCA.

Out of the box DVD support will also not happen. As a result of the Debian philosophy regarding non-free code.

[Tamlynmac]

Same place it's been for the last three years -

On all my PC's.

[mexicanganster]

being the best free Os there is

[Blu Fox]

How so?


Unless ubuntu becomes a $100+ product and somehow becomes incredibly insecure and vulnerable to a waffle load of viruses, I don't really see how ubuntu can become a linux-like windows.

[Kazade]

I can tell you right now-that will not happen. DX10 is an integrated component of Windows and reverse engineering it would be quite illegal in the US under DMCA.

I can tell you it will (http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/10/0453237) and is already happening. (http://www.winehq.org/wwn/357#An%20Interview%20on%20DirectX%2010)

It's not illegal in the US to re-implement an API as long as you aren't copying and pasting stuff. If it was both Wine and ReactOS wouldn't exist, neither would Ndiswrapper or Mono and a bunch of other stuff.

P.S. DX10 isn't as integrated as MS likes you to think. It would have been quite possible to write a DX10 implementation for XP, it was a marketing decision by MS to not spend the resources doing so.

[shaneo1]

Well you where all right, ATI Drivers still suck, Ubuntu hasn't taken over Windows and now they are having to fend off Apple as well. Lets see what will be predicted for the next 5 years shall we.

[Elfy]

Closed.