Code Name, Theming Update Announced For Ubuntu 12.10

benfrog writes "In a blog post, Mark Shuttleworth announced some changes for Ubuntu 12.10 (due in October), including the code name (Quantal Quetzal — no, really) and a theme update. He said, 'That will kick off with a project on typography to make sure we are expressing ourselves with crystal clarity – making the most of Ubuntu’s Light and Medium font weights for a start. And a project on iconography, with the University of Reading, to refine the look of apps and interfaces throughout the platform. It’s amazing how quaint the early releases of Ubuntu look compared to the current style. And we’re only just getting started! In our artistic explorations we want to embrace tessellation as an expression of the part-digital, part-organic nature of Ubuntu.' Some other more meaningful announcements include a focus on the cloud in the server version and the lack of a transition from Upstart to systemd."

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Completely irrelevent to me

[msobkow]

Ubuntu 10.04.2 inherited a GTK problem which has persisted through every release since; it's in the Debian code base as well.

Some random time after logging in to a Gnome session, mouse clicks get lost (usually within 30 seconds to 5 minutes of login.) Not just clicks on menus or windows, but all mouse clicks. KDE, however, works fine. So do the lesser known non-GTK desktops that I've played with.

Unfortunately, the bug surfaces almost immediately in GTK-based installers such as provided by Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Debian. Which means that even getting an install done requires that you use the text mode installer (which is muy painful.)

At this point the only installation I've found that I can use is Fedora's KDE edition.

On the bright side, it's another year before 10.04.1 drops from the support list and I have to upgrade.

The problem occurs on an ASUS P5QL Pro mobo, my friend's Acer laptop with trackpad, and a buddy's HP laptop with trackpad.

Doesn't anyone test any more?

(And no, despite years of C/C++ programming, I have absolutely no interest in finding and fixing the problem myself. I have other work to do. I'm content with the simple "workaround" of dropping Ubuntu and GTK based systems, particularly as I hate Gnome 3 with a passion.)