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Ubuntu 10.10 Beta Released
RandyDownes sends word that Canonical has released the beta version of Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). The release announcement boasts faster boot times, GNOME 2.31, and a speedier version of Evolution. In addition, "The Ubuntu Software Center has an updated look and feel, including the new 'Featured' and 'What's New' views for showcasing applications, and an improved package description view. You can now easily access your package installation history too." The release notes and download page are both available.
This is a beta version. The final release is scheduled for October (10.10)
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It's a beta release and we're all happy with the LTS release right now?
Choose a different theme.
True confidence comes not from realising you are as good as your peers, but that your peers are as bad as you are.
Microsoft isn't on any cycle. They are lost in the woods.
If you're like me and don't like the risk of upgrading all the time, pick a LTS ("Long Term Support") release, and stick with it for the next 3 years. Lucky for you, it sounds like you installed 10.04 which is an LTS release.
Is there any particular advantage to having a new OS every half-year (versus Apple's two year cycle or Microsoft's 3-4 year cycle)?
Well, it fits into the "Release early. Release Often." philosophy that made linux what it is today. Apart from that, one advantage is that all of the hard core folk can install it and give it a good thrashing over. All of the major hardware work-arounds will have been sorted out, major weaknesses will be eliminated, etc. A year from now, you'll have a good yea-or-nay feel for whether it is worth it to upgrade to that release.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
No, it will come out on the 10th, this has already been announced. (Ubuntu 10.10 released 10/10/10).
It's no worse than doing a regedit import which I've had to do to fix presumably Grandma-ready Windows issues.
In Preferences, choose a theme with the buttons on the left, then choose Customize, and select which Controls, and Window Border you want. Problem solved.
No need to use gconf-editor at all.
X was designed in the 70's and it's really really showing its age.
What you just described is basically a rolling release distro. Try Arch Linux or Gentoo. Ubuntu isn't the only Linux distro. If it's not doing what you like, you should check other ones out.
except that after 6 months the backports just seem to get abandoned.
I had to setup my own repo just to support my supposedly LTS server installs of hardy.
In addition to what has been said in your other replies, Ubuntu is based on Debian (testing specifically).
No, Ubuntu pulls from unstable.
okay, anyone know how to get the "Run" command in Gnome with a mouse click instead of Alt-F2 so this guy can click "OK" insteak of pressing his Enter key?
Applications -> accessories -> terminal
For those who don't know ureadahead, there's a good explanation by the developer on the Ubuntu forums.
Yes - give the removable disk's partition a name - if it's ext3, use something like "e2fslabel /dev/sdg1 DRIVENAME" where the DRIVENAME is the name you want to use. Then you should find that GNOME will auto-mount your drive under /media/DRIVENAME, and it will appear in the Nautilus file explorer as well.
For NTFS drives, use ntfslabel with same syntax, and for FAT32, use "mlabel drive:label" - you will of course need to replace the 'g' in sdg1 above with whatever your drive uses (dmesg | tail -22 just after connecting your drive should tell you).
See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive for a more complete HOWTO.
gconf-editor is a graphical settings editor.
I am not devoid of humor.