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Ubuntu's "Lucid Lynx" Enters Beta

Posted by timothy on from the but-that-danged-button-arrangement-sucks dept.

ActionDesignStudios writes "The upcoming release of Ubuntu, titled 'Lucid Lynx,' has just entered the beta cycle. Alongside the usual desktop and server versions, a special version has been released that is designed to run on Amazon's EC2 cloud service. This release of Ubuntu does away with the brown 'Human' Gnome theme we've all become accustomed to, replaced by a new version Canonical says is inspired by light. The new release also includes much better integration with social networking services such as Twitter, identi.ca and Facebook, among others."

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  1. I remember back when it was smaller by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Several gigs seems a bit bloated for a text based browser, but I'll give it a try.

  2. Ubuntu One-liner of the Year: 2010 by Statecraftsman · · Score: 5, Funny

    gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string menu:minimize,maximize,close

    1. Re:Ubuntu One-liner of the Year: 2010 by fm6 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're obviously not a Linux person. If you were, you'd know that the most important feature of a GUI is the icon that opens a command line window.

  3. Followin Lucid Lynx will be... by EreIamJH · · Score: 4, Funny

    Masturbating Monkey

  4. Re:Lucid what? by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm more enthused by their upcoming Masturbating Monkey release in October.

  5. Re:Music Store by Kitkoan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was excited about the Ubuntu One Music Store but then I found out it is gimped in Canada: indie artists only. So once again record labels keep my money out of their pockets! ;)

    It's to make sure mistakes like Celine Dion are avoided again.

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    Attention... all grammer nazi"s! Is they're anything; wrong with: my post,
  6. Re:What I want to know is ... by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 5, Funny

    My fstab is stored in twitter status messages you insensitive clod!

  7. Re:Using it since Alpha 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No. Their goal is to teach everyone to learn about gconftool.