Ubuntu 9.10 coming up, dear.
11:34 AM in No Category by Marc Lequime
Ubuntu 9.10, the latest release of the increasingly popular open-source operating system, is coming to our doorsteps soon. It promises a smooth, flicker-free startup, with a nice graphical boot, that they promise will be beautiful. It means that Linux is finally ditching the arguably hideous dirt-brown color scheme.
‘First impressions count. We’re eagerly following the development of kernel mode setting, which promises a smooth and flicker-free startup. We’ll consider options like Red Hat’s Plymouth, for graphical boot on all the cards that support it. We made a splash years ago with Usplash, but it’s time to move to something newer and shinier. So the good news is, boot will be beautiful. The bad news is, you won’t have long to appreciate it! It only takes 35 days to make a whole Koala, so we think it should be possible to bring up a stylish desktop much faster. The goal for Jaunty on a netbook is 25 seconds, so let’s see how much faster we can get you all the way to a Koala desktop. We’re also hoping to deliver a new login experience that complements the graphical boot, and works well for small groups as well as very large installations.’ – Ubuntu Fridge
The other exciting piece of news, is that they are finally moving away from that brown (thank god).
‘Brown has served us well but the Koala is considering other options.’
Try Karmic Koala is available as an Alpha Release today!
Download – http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha4
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