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9 Features We May See In Ubuntu 11.10

Posted by timothy on from the working-teleporter dept.

splitenz writes "Canonical's Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal' may still be occupying much of the Linux world's attention, but at last week's Ubuntu Developer Summit in Budapest, the next version of the free and open source Linux distribution began to take form. A number of decisions were reportedly made about Ubuntu 11.10, or 'Oneiric Ocelot,' at the conference, while numerous other questions are still being debated. ... Here's a roundup of what's been reported so far."

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  1. Let's hope for another radical GUI change! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because end users hate it when they upgrade their OS only to find it doesn't look completely different

    1. Re:Let's hope for another radical GUI change! by gmhowell · · Score: 4, Funny

      Another radical GUI change couldn't make things any worse, could it?

      I've altered our bargain. Pray I don't alter it again.

      --
      Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
  2. I gave up on them... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...when they went with the wimpy sounding Maverick Meerkat instead of Masturbating Monkey. That's when I knew I could not take them seriously anymore.

  3. Re:I have an idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't that exactly why people like OSX?

    It's exactly why I hate OSX.

    You're not thinking outside the box hard enough! Once you're outside the box, you'll see how great it is when everything is the same.