While Microsoft preps their upcoming RC of Windows 7, and Apple continues work on Snow Leopard, the Ubuntu Linux team has already published the release candidate of their upcoming 9.04 version, dubbed "Jaunty Jackalope," and is set to publish the final version of the code on Thursday, April 23.Some of the major features of this release include:
- GNOME 2.26
- UPnP support for Totem
- MAPI support for the Evolution e-mail client
- Improved multi-monitor support
- X.org server 1.6, with Mesa 3D DRI, version 7.4
- Wacom tablet hotplugging
- New style for notifications and notification preferences
- Quicker boot performance (30% faster)
- Linux kernel 2.6.28
- Ext4 filesystem support (ext3 will remain the default)
The 9.04 release will be an important one for Canonical and the Ubuntu team, as it should be the release that is out and in use when Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" and Fedora 11 are released. That is, unless Windows 7 slips into an RTM at a date past October of this year, in which case Canonical will get a second chance when they release 9.10, which is already dubbed "Karmic Koala."
Download: Ubuntu 9.04 RCTo highlight the decreased boot time of Ubuntu 9.04, one user installed the beta onto their ThinkPad, equipped with a Intel X25-E solid state hard drive. The result was a boot time of only 17 seconds, from GRUB loader to starting Mozilla Firefox.
http://www.nero.com/eng/linux3.html
Umm... no? Some software costs money, deal with it.
Ummm... no.
You obviously lack an understanding that "Free" means "libre", not "gratis".
Nor would installing Firefox on Windows violate some "purpose" in the reverse situation.
No. Just because the OS doesn't cost anything, that doesn't mean that all applications for it will be free of cost. I really don't understand this line of thinking.. The cost of applications should be in line/proportionate with the cost of the OS? No. Anyone can price their product any way they want.
I just tested it
Yup.. Hes a noob cause his hardware specs.. I think the word "noob" is being overused now for some situations.... Sad...
On topic, after playing with the RC for an hour or so, I like it.. Can't wait for final on thursday and play with ext4.
Last edited by Lord Zog on 20 Apr 2009 - 22:26
On topic, after playing with the RC for an hour or so, I like it.. Can't wait for final on thursday and play with ext4.
Perhaps I'm stating the obvious, but the "noob" comment was more directed at the individual's decision to install a drive in a laptop that cannot take advantage of the drive's full capabilities. The way I see it though, the "noob" comment is indeed being misused. That SSD is still fast as hell, and can be moved to a newer laptop eventually anyway.
WTB: Cleartype font rendering in Gnome...
Tried more tweaks than I care to mention for Gnome, and never got it looking good for my probably very picky eyes which just end up trying to "blink" away the blur, but as I said, Kubuntu default font settings are quite clear and readable. It's just webpage rendering (even with mscorefonts etc installed) that falls flat on it's face for me.
Huh? Microsoft has patents on their specific method of font rendering. There's nothing stopping another OS from implementing their own. I'm sure there's more than one way to do it.
Uhm, no. They're forced to bend it like Beckham just to play ball.
WTB: Cleartype font rendering in Gnome...
IIRC it doesn't use the patented font smoothing algorithm so unfortunately you end up with something that is subpar. The best I can suggest is to learn how dpkg works and recompile freetype with the relevant switches enabled in ftoption.h
WTB: Cleartype font rendering in Gnome...
Dude you need to enable full hinting and sub pixel rendering. It's 100 x better than windoze
Fonts look pretty good to me
Hmm tried that one, but apparently it doesn't work like it did before? saw a thread on the ubunutu forums about it. NO longer gives you a string of options to choose from, it just automates recreating your font config or something, unless that's changed now for the release candidate.
Not sure who holds what patents, but when you enable sub pixel smoothying in Gnome using OpenSolaris 2008.11 it wanrs you that you may need a lisence from Apple, not Microsoft...
Fonts CAN be tuned to get desirable rendering ,but the truth is not all apps will abide to the same font settings, so in the end, no matter what you do, it will not look the same across all applications. open office has/had their own font aliasing across their apps, gtk1.x apps are different from gtk2, then the aps using QT... it's all a mess. then firefox looks as if it uses fonts of a smaller size than the rest of gnome.
Edit: Apparently apt URIs aren't accepted in the URL BBCODE.
Last edited by tiagosilva29 on 21 Apr 2009 - 21:19
Obviously it either is already, or they just don't care. Since they have set a final date that it will come out, regardless of how it works.
I have to say, though, that Intrepid-->Jaunty was a smooth transition. I had a few minor issues moving from Hardy to Intrepid.
Obviously it either is already, or they just don't care. Since they have set a final date that it will come out, regardless of how it works.
Did you read the posted article at all?
I have to say, though, that Intrepid-->Jaunty was a smooth transition. I had a few minor issues moving from Hardy to Intrepid.
I would read a little more about it before going with ext4. It's not the default for a reason. I was hanging out in the irc channel and there was a small group of 6 or so complaining about lockups when changing tabs / switching screens, etc. I had it installed for a about 30 minutes until I went to the channel.
Also, as has been the case with every *buntu RC since Edgy Eft, you can upgrade-in-place to the final code (something which only openSuSE among other major Linux distributions, has implemented.
I also did the Wubi install; had no issues with my XtremeGamer (the newer LP version). However, there is a (separate) issue with AlsaMixer that forces the main volume to zero (check out the mixer applet for your graphical environment or alsamixer).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(philosophy)
Yeah, no racist stereotypes there...
I always wanted an OS called Trailertrash.
Redneck Linux is sure to be a hit too. LOL
Usedta outta be able to install that thar Red Hat in Redneck!
http://www.ninesys.com/fun/
ah, thanks!
The only annoyance I have is the NetworkManager service which is pretty bad for wireless. Luckily when I disabled it [sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop && sudo update-rc.d -f NetworkManager remove] and manually configured /etc/network/interfaces to use wpa_supplicant it worked like a treat, and no ping spikes due to the NetworkManager periodically scanning for available wireless networks
Last edited by liberatus_sum on 21 Apr 2009 - 03:36
Ubuntu is one of my favorite distros, along with Fedora.
I don't use linux much, but i have to try new distros from time to time just for the sake of it.
The new notification system looks great. It reminds me of Growl notifications on mac. Its a small change, but really increases the overall feel of the OS.
There is an open issue with VLC not being able to run in a single window. It appears fixed according to the bug, but hasn't made it to the Jaunty repos yet.
I feel free the blue screens and jumping through hoops to make it look like I want, and nothing comes close to compiz.
Polished, fast and functional. Factors that are very important to be able to make it big time on the desktop.
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