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'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu 9.04 springs into beta (news.cnet.com)
27 points by seren6ipity 6287 days ago
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kirubakaran 6286 days ago
Exciting Parts:

> Cloud computing (mimics AWS)

> Faster boot up (always yay)

> Easy mail servers (big hassle addressed)

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bulanga 6286 days ago
things I liked: (been using an alpha for a couple of weeks now)

* the new notification 'bubbles' in the top right hand corner look good

* coming out of hibernate/suspend mode reconnects me to my wifi connection (never seemed to work in the past)

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kirubakaran 6286 days ago
On Bubbles: It looks cool indeed. Here is a short demo: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/j...

It looks better than the infamous Windows bubble notification.

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sant0sk1 6286 days ago
I just installed the beta in a VM. Looks like they still haven't replaced the hideous default theme (Human). If Ubuntu is going to go head-to-head with Snow Leopard and Windows 7 it needs to be more appealing out of the box.

On a positive note, nice to see Ext4 available. I think the next release will enable it by default.

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hashbrown 6286 days ago
While I am certain that Snow Leopard is going to look pretty sleek, I personally find that Ubuntu looks a lot better than Windows Vista/7. I could be biased because I am sick of Windows as an operating system. However, I think font and color rendering and overall interface looks a lot better in Ubuntu.
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gnaritas 6286 days ago
Ditto, I use both and I much prefer Ubuntu's look to Vista's.
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trapper 6286 days ago
Completely agreed. Go with a universal color like blue. And install awn/metacity by default with a good theme.

I use ubuntu as my primary os and can't stand the default look. It looks like a "toy".

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nanexcool 6286 days ago
Direct link for downloads:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/

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tlrobinson 6286 days ago
Eucalyptus seems like the most interesting piece of this. I'm looking forward to playing with it.
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wyclif 6286 days ago
Do you have to wait 'til the release date to order the 9.04 CD/DVD?
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erlanger 6286 days ago
Has it really been that long? Seems like I was on Edgy Eft (6.10) yesterday.

And please look up and post the official link in the future: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/jaunty/beta

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