What's in the Ubuntu 10.10 release?
I'm in no hurry to be an early adopter, just wondering if there's any major updates.
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Drew |
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Apparently a few tweaks since 10.04.
I haven't kept up with it myself. 10.04 is very good - I've got it on my P7120D - http://www.notebookr...t.asp?newsID=2695 .
Here's a review with some info on a late beta of 10.10 - http://www.linuxuser...10-beta-review/1/ HTH. Cheers, Scott. |
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I've nto seen much in the way of bad...
in fact, much less than any previous release. A whole lotta "WOW!" and not a lotta "OMG THIS SUX!"
Many traditionally hateful of new Ubuntu Releases are either quiet or have abandoned Ubuntu. Either way... things just don't have as much whine. |
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So what's the wow?
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Drew |
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Wow...
As in its working the first time for upgrades and works out of the box for new installs on even very new devices/computers.
Its different from the last time... and many times before. Yes, there are cases where things don't work, but those are some of those things like *EARLY* Intel Video Cards that are mostly un-documented and early air cards and some screwed up motherpoard chipsets that even Windows hates. |
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So a good install
Is there anything after that that's so compelling I should jump on it now? I'm not interested in being an early adopter any more, so I'm fine with keeping this version for a while.
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Drew |
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Nope. You'd be good 'til December.
About the only thing...
Careful about 11.04 anyway... its going to have a big departure. |
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What does 11.04 do?
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Changes...
Lots of them.
GUI changes to a non-GNOME Shell. Still running GNOME but different Shell and no nautilus etc... "improved" startup system ... Plethora of other minor changes. |
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Got a pointer to a writeup?
That's pretty significant. I'd like to preview that.
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Drew |
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No more Gnome? Now that *is* interesting
All I can see from the screenshot is that the bottom bar is moved to the left. Kind of makes sense with all the widescreens people are using. I see that it's based on Gnome, how different can it really be?
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Drew |
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Very.
If you want to see/use it get the netbook aimed 10.10. It already has it.
Its a seriously simplified UI interface. Sort of like the iPhone and Android UI. Personally, I'll take my Gnome Shell. To me it feels like they are going to what XFCE did years ago. |
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gnome? gngag
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Re: gnome? gngag
blah GFY.
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But is it more lightweight? As in more responsive?
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Drew |
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Perhaps.
But it is supposed to have much the same functionality of the Gnome Shell and probably the heft.
But then I don't know, I've never used it. |
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Tom's Hardware Review.
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Re: Tom's Hardware Review.
Here is right from the last page of the article. Its the info Drook want:
The Straight Dope We were beginning to wonder when we'd see Canonical pull off a successful .10 release; the past few Octobers have been pretty rough. When looking solely at the Desktop Editions, Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat is a mild success. Instead of using this October to experiment with half-baked software components, Canonical concentrated on refining the experience introduced in 10.04 LTS. On the other hand, this also means there aren't any killer reasons to upgrade to 10.10 if you're already happy with 10.04 LTS. This really is a tough call. After all of the benchmarks and hands-on experience with Maverick Meerkat, we expected a concise thumbs up or thumbs down versus Lucid Lynx. Instead, what we have here is a mixed bag. Ubuntu 10.10 excels and falls short in an equal number of areas as 10.04 LTS. Therefore, our recommendation must also be a mixed bag. If you're currently using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx and everything works, it might be a good idea to leave your install alone. After running it for six months, we can tell you that Lucid is rock-solid. Only time will tell if 10.10 is as good, and we only had a week with it. So, if reliability is ranked highly on your OS wish list, go with the LTS. But if you're experienced with Linux, or just the type who must have the very latest, there is nothing wrong with choosing Ubuntu 10.10, either. It all comes down to the type of user you are. |
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Great review, thanks for the link
Not going to upgrade to 10.10. Looks pretty, but nothing I gotta have.
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Drew |
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I actually found it to be the best upgrade
went from 10.04 to 10.10, and it actually didn't break anything but my custom compiled audio firewire drivers for my focusrite.
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Faint praise, innit?
"It didn't break anything," isn't a reason to upgrade.
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Drew |
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More praise than I can give the past upgrades
They always broke something that I had to fix. This time it only broke the stuff that it could've been expected to break.
I also find it quite a bit snappier in the UI on my nearly ten year old laptop... |
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Hmm, that might be worth checking, then
I, too, am using old hardware. Not ten years though, good lord. But snappier UI would be nice. Right now I don't know if it's the UI or the DSL that I'm usually waiting on.
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Drew |
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I had a 9.10 to 10.04 upgrade that broke nothing.
It didn't even do stupid things with the DVB firmware, which previous upgrades have screwed up. Well, misplaced.
Of course there's a caveat. I haven't tried the HID event layer for the IR remote yet. :-) Previous upgrades have invariably moved that around. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately. |
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Good timing
I installed it yesterday.
I'll let you know. |