Welcome to Natty Narwhal Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 11.04. Alpha 3 is the third in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Natty development cycle. I’ve tried Kubuntu 11.04 Alpha 2, and I was impressed. The KDE version was much snappier than Linux Mint’s latest KDE offering. Continue reading
“Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.” New features: “The default search engine has been changed to Yahoo! The default home page will use either Google or Yahoo! depending on user setting. Alpha 3 includes the 2.6.32 kernel based on 2.6.32.8. Alpha 3 of Kubuntu features the new KDE SC 4.4. The nouveau video driver is now the default for NVIDIA hardware, this driver provides kernel mode setting, which will give improved resolution detection. We now feature built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, and other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel.” It runs smooth on my computer, boots up a lot quicker than Ubuntu 9.04!
After installing the Alpha 3 of Ubuntu/Kubuntu, it’s very possible that other operating systems on your pc are not recognized in the Grub boot menu. To fix this, open a terminal and type: sudo update-grub2 and hit enter. Upon the next reboot, all other operating systems should be in the list.
True to my tradition of posting about releases I find interesting, here’s Ubuntu’s latest offspring: 9.04 aka the Jaunty Jackalope. Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need – a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. The main Ubuntu uses the Gnome desktop, Kubuntu uses the KDE desktop and Xubuntu uses the Xfce deskstop, and is also suited for older computers. There’s also a “Netbook Remix” version of Ubuntu. The best about all this: it’s free, and there’s a huge community out there waiting to help you in case you run into problems. Because of the different versions, I’m not going into detail about the changes.
Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need – a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. The main Ubuntu uses the Gnome desktop, Kubuntu uses the KDE desktop and Xubuntu uses the Xfce deskstop, and is also suited for older computers. The best about all this: it’s free, and there’s a huge community out there waiting to help you in case you run into problems.
I’ve just finished installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex alpha 3, and was amazed by the new theme that came with it: NewHuman.
