beta release

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 10.10

beta.



Codenamed "Maverick Meerkat", 10.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition

of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a

high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.



Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition and Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition continue

the trend of ever-faster boot speeds, with improved startup times and a

smoother, streamlined boot experience.



Ubuntu 10.10 Server Edition provides even better integration of the

Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, with its install-time cloud setup.



Ubuntu 10.10 Server for UEC and EC2 brings the power and stability of

the Ubuntu Server Edition to cloud computing, whether you're using

Amazon EC2 or your own Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.



The Ubuntu 10.10 family of Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio,

and Mythbuntu, also reach beta status today.



Ubuntu Desktop features

----------------



The GNOME base platform has been updated to the current 2.31 versions.

This includes the new dconf and gsettings API.



Evolution was updated to the 2.30.2 version, which operates much faster

than the version in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.



Shotwell has replaced F-Spot as the default photo manager.



Gwibber has been updated to support the recent change in Twitter's

authentication system, as well as changing the back end storage to

improve performance.



The Sound Indicator has been enhanced to include music player controls.



The Ubuntu Software Center has an updated look and feel, including the

new "Featured" and "What's New" views for showcasing applications, and

an improved package description view. You can now easily access your

package installation history too.



New Design: The boot process is cleaner and faster. New themes, new

icons, and new wallpaper bring a dramatically updated look and feel to

Ubuntu.



Ubuntu One: Polished desktop integration with new sign up and sign in

process. Tighter integration with Ubuntu SSO. Nautilus enhancements for

managing folder sync preferences. Faster file sync speed. Share links to

music within the Ubuntu One Music Store.



Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/maverick/beta for details.



Ubuntu Server features

---------------



Cloud computing:  The configurable initialization process for Ubuntu

Server cloud images (cloud-init) has gained new features in Maverick

Beta, including pluggable hooks, ebsmount, ext4 support, and new stanzas

in the cloud-config format.  Cloud image instances can now manage their

own kernel and upgrade kernels with apt. This is done by using pv-grub,

provided by Amazon.





Ubuntu Netbook features

-----------------------



The new Unity interface is now the default in Ubuntu Netbook Edition. It

includes the global menu bar. The date/time indicator now has a real

calendar widget.



The standard photo management application has been switched to

Shotwell.





Kubuntu features

----------------



For Maverick, Kubuntu have merged the Desktop and Netbook images into

one. Ubiquity, Kubuntu's installer, will detect the screen size before

the install and use either the Plasma Desktop workplace or the Plasma

Netbook workplace as needed. Users will be able to switch between the

two in System Settings.



Plasma Netbook now sports the Global Menu by default.



The standard web browser is now Rekonq, a KDE browser based on Qt

Webkit.



Bluedevil has become the default bluetooth stack.



Pulseaudio is the default sound server.



KPackageKit updates bring a faster backend and an updated UI that

provides a new Categories page, and new features such as a

backup/restore tool for the list of installed packages.



Kubuntu's installer (Ubiquity) now has updated look and layout.

Qapt-batch now replaces install-package as the update/batch-installer

utility



KDE Platform, Workspaces, and Applications were updated to 4.5.0 (the

recently released 4.5.1 update could not be integrated before beta

release and will arrive shortly).



Qt was updated to the current 4.7 beta release.



See https://wiki.kubuntu.org/MaverickMeerkat/Beta/Kubuntu for more

details.



Xubuntu features

----------------



Xfce4 was updated to the current 4.6.2 release.



New default applications include: Parole (Xfce4 Media Player), replacing

Totem Movie Player; Xfburn (Xfce4 CD/DVD burning tool), replacing

Brasero; and xfce4-taskmanager (Xfce4 process manager), replacing

Gnome-Task-Manager.





Edubuntu features

-----------------



Edubuntu now includes Gnome Nanny, which provides parental controls in

Edubuntu. There is new wallpaper included (periodic table breakout). In

addition, an OEM Install mode is now available.



For those interested in learning more, there's a new web site as well.

Check out http://www.edubuntu.org.





Ubuntu Studio features

----------------------



In this release, Ubuntu Studio has better integration between Pulse

Audio and JACK. JACK and Pulse Audio can now be used side-by-side if

they are using different audio interfaces. If they are trying to use the

same audio interface, JACK will take precedent. The network connections

can now be configured with gnome-network-admin.





Mythbuntu features

------------------



In this release, Mythbuntu has updated to MythTV 0.23.1.



There is also a new backup and restore tool.





Other

-----



* On the Desktop: GNOME 2.31, KDE 4.5.0b, Xfce 4.6.2, OpenOffice.org

3.2.1, X.org server 7.5



* On the Server: Apache 2.2.16, PostgreSQL 8.4.4, PHP 5.3.3, LTSP 5.2.4



* "Under the hood": Linux 2.6.35.3, GCC 4.4.4 (default) / 4.5.1

(optional), eglibc 2.12.1, Python 2.6.6 (default) / 3.1.2 (optional)



The full release notes can be found at

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/maverick/beta



About Ubuntu

------------



Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and

servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases.  A

tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and

an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.



Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and

hundreds of other companies around the world.  For more information

about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support





To Get Ubuntu 10.10 Beta

------------------------



To upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 Beta from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS,

follow these instructions:



  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MaverickUpgrades



Or, download Ubuntu 10.10 Beta; The following link will direct you to a

download location near you:



  http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download



Or, choose the mirror closest to you:



Africa:



  * http://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-release/10.10 (South Africa)

  * http://ubuntu.saix.net/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (South Africa)



Asia:



  * http://mirrors.sohu.com/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (China)

  * http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu-iso/CDs/10.10 (Japan)

  * http://ubuntutym2.u-toyama.ac.jp/ubuntu/10.10 (Japan)

  * http://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/ubuntu-cd/10.10 (Korea, Republic of)

  * http://ubuntu.qualitynet.net/releases/10.10 (Kuwait)

  * http://mirror.yandex.ru/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Russian Federation)

  * http://tw.releases.ubuntu.com/10.10 (Taiwan)

  * http://ftp.linux.org.tr/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Turkey)



Europe:



  * http://ubuntu.lagis.at/releases/10.10 (Austria)

  * http://ftp.mgts.by/pub/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Belarus)

  * http://ubuntu.ipacct.com/releases/10.10 (Bulgaria)

  * http://hr.releases.ubuntu.com/10.10 (Croatia)

  * http://releases.ubuntu.cz/releases/10.10 (Czech Republic)

  * http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ubuntu-cd/10.10 (Denmark)

  * http://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Estonia)

  * http://ubuntu.trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/releases/10.10 (Finland)

  * http://ubuntu.mirrors.proxad.net/10.10 (France)

  * http://ubuntu.mirror.tudos.de/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Germany)

  * http://gb.releases.ubuntu.com/10.10 (Great Britain)

  * http://mirror.greennet.gl/releases/10.10 (Greenland)

  * http://speglar.simnet.is/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Iceland)

  * http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Ireland)

  * http://na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Italy)

  * http://ubuntu.mirror.root.lu/ubuntu-releases/10.04 (Luxembourg)

  * http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.10 (Netherlands)

  * http://no.releases.ubuntu.com/10.10 (Norway)

  * http://ubuntu.task.gda.pl/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Poland)

  * http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/ubuntu/10.10 (Portugal)

  * http://ftp.astral.ro/mirrors/ubuntu.com/releases/10.10 (Romania)

  * http://rs.releases.ubuntu.com/10.10 (Serbia)

  * http://ubuntu.cica.es/releases/10.10 (Spain)

  * http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/10.10 (Sweden)

  * http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu-cdimage/10.00

(Switzerland)



North America:



  * http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Canada)

  * http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs/10.10 (United States)

  * http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu-releases/10.00 (United States)

  * http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/releases/10.10 (United States)



Oceania/Australia:



  * http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/releases/10.10 (Australia)

  * http://mirror.linux.org.au/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (Australia)

  * http://releases.ubuntu.nautile.nc/10.10 (New Caledonia)

  * http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/ubuntu-releases/10.10 (New Zealand)



South America:



  * http://mirror.pop-sc.rnp.br/mirror/ubuntu/10.10 (Brazil)

  * http://ubuntu.c3sl.ufpr.br/releases/10.10 (Brazil)



Please download using Bittorrent if possible.



The final version of Ubuntu 10.10 is expected to be released in October

2010.



Feedback and Participation

--------------------------



If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways

you

can participate at



  http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/



Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help turn this

Beta into the best release of Ubuntu ever.  Please note that, where

possible, we prefer that bugs be reported using the tools provided,

rather

than by visiting Launchpad directly.  Instructions can be found at



  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs



If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but are

not

sure, first try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on freenode, on the

Ubuntu

Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:



  http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

  http://www.ubuntuforums.org/



More Information

----------------



You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this preview release on our

website, IRC channel and wiki. If you are new to Ubuntu, please visit:



  http://www.ubuntu.com/



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