Dapper Delayed

Now it's official from Mark Shuttleworth: Ubuntu Dapper has been delayed until June. Off the bat, this may sound like a bad thing, but I think it is a good thing. You can read the official announcement here, but I'd like to highlight a few positive improvements that I think are worth the wait.

• devote an additional three weeks of bug-fix-only quality assurance time to the release for the core development team
• devote additional developer time to UI polish that we believe will make Dapper stand out as a high-quality desktop operating system for large-scale deployment
• ensure that Dapper will be LSB certified at the time of release
• ensure that the new graphical Live CD installer receives very widespread testing

I already think Dapper is impressive, so with an extra 6 weeks, it should be even better (but what will the release be? 6.06 seems more appropriate for July).