Next Ubuntu Linux To Be a Maverick

VincenzoRomano writes "While the latest version of Ubuntu is still smoking hot, the Ubuntu development community is already working on the next step. Both the wiki and the bug tracking system at Launchpad have already been set up for Maverick Meerkat, which will be version number 10.10. This confirms the usual naming and numbering schema and the fact that the final release should be due in October. This next version, which obviously won't be Long Term Support (LTS), should sport a lighter and faster environment with GNOME 3.0, a.k.a. GNOME Shell, among the main advances. Everything has been explained by Mr. Shuttleworth in his own blog since the beginning of April. The first alpha release is not due earlier than the end of June, so maybe it'd be better to take advantage of the Lucid Lynx while the technical overview of the Meerkat starts getting more details."

Comments

Biggest change

[SnarfQuest]

As a maverick, they are switching the kernel from Linux to Windows 7.

Cue Idiot Sarah Palin References in 3. . .2. . .1

[aquatone282]

Oops, too late.

Mod me down, you know you wanna.

[TheDarkener]

Sorry, I'm just an ex-Ubuntu fanboi. 10.04 changes, again, Ubuntu's focus on the desktop. I need more stability than whiz-bang features that aren't-so-mature-yet. I use Ubuntu for LTSP networks for many people, and cleaning up all of this "Ubuntu One / Social Networking / ever-changing-logout-shutdown dialog / notification panel / network-damager / blah blah blah" type of newly pushed feature stuff each and every release is tiring. I 3 Debian stable+backports for mission-critical LTSP desktops! They don't change but the upstream code. They don't try to re-brand and cuztomize every aspect. Don't get me wrong, I still think Ubuntu is great for a single-user desktop. Just not servers of any kind. It just seems to me that the more a distro changes from upstream (in most cases), the more has the potential to break. I applaud the Ubuntu community (which I am still a part of) for pushing for such change and making it such an attractive alternative to Windows, but to me, personally, I think Debian is probably my best fit.

Re:Ubuntu 6 month cycle

[mxh83]

Yeah especially when the majority of ubuntu geeks hardly have any friends anyway..

Re:Great....

[Compaqt]

Lighter, faster GNOME Shell?

I guess the Mac-wannabe syndrome of Ubuntu is extending into copying Steve Job's reality distortion field.

While Ubuntu with Gnome 2.x running with the compositing window manager compiz takes negligible CPU time, Gnome Shell running with the integrated mutter compositing window manager takes 50% CPU doing nothing!