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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.

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  1. Ubunu 1 music store vs Apple music store. by tomhudson · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I predict a total wipe-out. After all, if you use iTunes, you can get a free iPhone, or a free iPad - at least that's what they're saying.

    1. Re:Ubunu 1 music store vs Apple music store. by eli0001 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      The same people saying "Free Iphone" want to send you money from Nigeria, too.

  2. Solarization by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i've become the nuclear image of eternity i'm the original stuff. all the
    universes find their pattern in my being. for i'm the cosmic infinitesmal.
    i'm the source. i'm the fountain. exploding in your face. (with a flick of
    my wrist a new cosmos begins.) how glorious to be alive. be here with me now
    in timeless micro-infinity.

    reality now an oceanic flow of particles in everchanging patterns. panta
    rei. undulating within the ultimate core of self. which is no-self. inside
    this boundless thought wave. all is one and one is god. (truth is one. sui
    generis)

    everything is coming in waves and from all sides. nuclear. molecular and
    cellular layers. modular wave-hierarchies. epi-phenomenon of the
    ground-of-being of all other grounds-of-being. in a fractual involution. the
    reversal of evolution. becoming is absolute. time is dying a slow death. the
    eschaton is near. i'm into an ideational singularity: propelling towards the
    neuro-galatic center, the transcendental nexus of self and world. a cosmic
    junction where on a physical level: matter and anti-matter merge into each
    other. into emptiness and on a psychic level god and self are inextricably
    intertwined.

  3. Re:Nobody cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's Saturday evening...

    Actually, it's Saturday morning.

  4. Re:Nobody cares? by Kilrah_il · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's just that this site is "News for nerd, Stuff that matters", and instead we get this... this... I don't know how to call it, but "News for nerds" it ain't. That's it, boycott non-nerd stories!!!

    --
    Whenever in an argument, remember this.
  5. as the curtain goes up on the final act by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    although some of the cast members have changed, the 'script' remains intact. it includes most of us being dead. probably not 'stuff that matters' or folks would see it here in with stuff that really matters. of course that low profile 'patriotism' lends to near invisibility as to motives/behaviours. nothing new, just more at stake now.

    http://crooksandliars.com/taxonomy/term/3763,5227

    meanwhile (& it seems as though it's been plenty more than long enough already); the corepirate nazi illuminati is always hunting that patch of red on almost everyones' neck. if they cannot find yours (greed, fear ego etc...) then you can go starve. that's their (slippery/slimy) 'platform' now. see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder

    never a better time to consult with/trust in our creators. the lights are coming up rapidly all over now. see you there?

    greed, fear & ego (in any order) are unprecedented evile's primary weapons. those, along with deception & coercion, helps most of us remain (unwittingly?) dependent on its' life0cidal hired goons' agenda. most of our dwindling resources are being squandered on the 'wars', & continuation of the billionerrors stock markup FraUD/pyramid schemes. nobody ever mentions the real long term costs of those debacles in both life & any notion of prosperity for us, or our children. not to mention the abuse of the consciences of those of us who still have one, & the terminal damage to our atmosphere (see also: manufactured 'weather', hot etc...). see you on the other side of it? the lights are coming up all over now. the fairytail is winding down now. let your conscience be your guide. you can be more helpful than you might have imagined. we now have some choices. meanwhile; don't forget to get a little more oxygen on your brain, & look up in the sky from time to time, starting early in the day. there's lots going on up there.

    "The current rate of extinction is around 10 to 100 times the usual background level, and has been elevated above the background level since the Pleistocene. The current extinction rate is more rapid than in any other extinction event in earth history, and 50% of species could be extinct by the end of this century. While the role of humans is unclear in the longer-term extinction pattern, it is clear that factors such as deforestation, habitat destruction, hunting, the introduction of non-native species, pollution and climate change have reduced biodiversity profoundly.' (wiki)

    "I think the bottom line is, what kind of a world do you want to leave for your children," Andrew Smith, a professor in the Arizona State University School of Life Sciences, said in a telephone interview. "How impoverished we would be if we lost 25 percent of the world's mammals," said Smith, one of more than 100 co-authors of the report. "Within our lifetime hundreds of species could be lost as a result of our own actions, a frightening sign of what is happening to the ecosystems where they live," added Julia Marton-Lefevre, IUCN director general. "We must now set clear targets for the future to reverse this trend to ensure that our enduring legacy is not to wipe out many of our closest relatives."--

    "The wealth of the universe is for me. Every thing is explicable and practical for me .... I am defeated all the time; yet to victory I am born." --emerson

    no need to confuse 'religion' with being a spiritual being. our soul purpose here is to care for one another. failing that, we're simply passing through (excess baggage) being distracted/consumed by the guaranteed to fail illusionary trappings of man'kind'. & recently (about 10,000 years ago) it was determined that hoarding & excess by a few, resulted in negative consequences for all.

    consult with/trust in your creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since

  6. Re:So where's the "close" button this time? by dissy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When you copy the line, don't just select from start to end, but include the new line.

    That is, start at the beginning of the command, click, and just pull down one line.
    You will select the newline as well, which will also paste the enter.