Ubuntu: Up and Running

What’s New in 10.04?

As Ubuntu has grown in size, due to new features being constantly added, not everything the developers would like can fit on a 700 MB CD-ROM. Therefore, for each release decisions have to be made about what to include. As you’ve already discovered in this chapter, a couple of releases ago the Base program was dropped from the CD, and for 10.04 it’s the GIMP program’s turn.

Both applications remain in the Ubuntu repositories, are easy to install with the Ubuntu Software Center, and remain under development. But they are not used as much as the other bundled programs, so they have made way for other features that will be used by more users to be installed by default.

Therefore, seeing as this book went to press before the final release of 10.04, it is possible that other parts of OpenOffice.org may have been moved off the installation ISO file. If this is the case, remember that you can always install them from Synaptic or the Ubuntu Software Center.