The Ubuntu community announced the launch of the second beta version of the distro Ubuntu 11.10 beta 2!
Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot beta 2 is finally available for download. There aren't too many visible changes since beta 1, but we'll try to review what's new anyway.
For previous changes in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, see: Ubuntu 11.10 beta 1 | Ubuntu 11.10 alpha 2 | Ubuntu 11.10 alpha 1
Watch the new version:
Interface Ionti:
Came to reforms of the ills and problems that already exists, improvements to stability, and improving on the outside and make the Dash and absolute applications are used the color most visible on the desktop background with increasing the transparency of each of them, and change the location of the emergence of categories of applications and music, these things down, as well as to change the design categories, and add The ability to search for applications by rating, and change the color of frames Changer workspaces, and change the color changer windows applications, and other features, screenshots:
Centre for Software:
Has been completely redesigned, as well as to make it able to use some of the themes for the interface, and improve the appearance of the upper band, re-design of the icon, the footage:
Centre for Software:
Has been completely redesigned, as well as to make it able to use some of the themes for the interface, and improve the appearance of the upper band, re-design of the icon, the footage:...
There's also a really cool feature in Ubuntu Software Center that I didn't talk about before because it wasn't working - at least for me: "Sync between computers"which uses OneConf, a tool that was supposed to be included in USC for a long time.
For now, this feature (which you can access by going to File > Sync Between Computers) doesn't actually sync your applications between your computers, but it lists the applications installed on each computer as well as the apps available on one computer that aren't available on another one, so you can easily install the same apps on each computer you own.
For now, this feature (which you can access by going to File > Sync Between Computers) doesn't actually sync your applications between your computers, but it lists the applications installed on each computer as well as the apps available on one computer that aren't available on another one, so you can easily install the same apps on each computer you own.
Oh, and one more thing: the "Sync Between Computers" Ubuntu Software Center feature only works with applications available in the official Ubuntu repositories, so if you've used PPAs to install applications, they won't show up here.
Default applications
Ubuntu 11.10 will ship with GNOME 3.2 and Unity (based on Compiz) as the default interface, with Unity 2D as the fallback mode.
As a recap, Ubuntu 11.10 will no longer include Synaptic Package Manager, PiTiVi, GDM (replaced with LightDM), Evolution (replaced with Thunderbird) and Computer Janitor by default. However, these applications are of course still installable via the repositories.
The latest Ubuntu 11.10 beta 2 comes with Firefox 7.0 beta 6, Nautilus 3.1.92, Banshee 2.1.4, LibreOffice 3.4.3, Thunderbird 7 beta 3, Shotwell 0.11.1, Deja Dup 19.92 (backup tool), Gwibber 3.1.90, Gedit 3.1.6, Empathy 3.1.92, Totem 3.0.1, Unity 3.16.0 (and Unity 2D 4.8.0) and Ubuntu Software Center 4.1.23.4, all on top of GNOME 3.1.92.
For those who want to use GNOME Shell instead of Unity, you'll be glad to know that Oneiric beta 2 provides GNOME Shell 3.1.90.1 via the official repositories.
Also, Oneiric beta 2 uses 3.0.0-11.18 Linux kernel which is based on the 3.0.4 upstream kernel and Xorg server 1.10.4.
Should I install Oneiric?
Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot beta 2 feels quite stable and I haven't noticed any major issues while testing it. However, I've experienced some occasional crashes. But Ubuntu is still in beta so the crashes should be fixed by the time the final version is released.
There are also a few annoyances that you won't discover immediately like the built-in theme switcher not working as expected (you can only switch between the default themes) and others but all are minor stuff and overall, Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot beta 2 is very fast and polished.
And hey, you can choose between Unity with Compiz, Unity 2D, GNOME Shell or even theclassic GNOME3 interface so everybody should be happy.
And hey, you can choose between Unity with Compiz, Unity 2D, GNOME Shell or even theclassic GNOME3 interface so everybody should be happy.
But anyway, remember: it's not recommended to install Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot beta 2 on a production machine!
Download
Download Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot beta 2 | alternate direct link to the ISOs
If you've installed a previous Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot version (beta 1, alpha, etc.) and kept upgrading using the Update Manager, you're already using beta 2.
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