Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Now Available

[The Doctor]

Work Begins on Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot'

Beyond Natty: The next version of Ubuntu Linux

Mark Shuttleworth talks about his vision for the November 2011 version of Ubuntu Linux: Oneiric Ocelot.

Ubuntu 11.10 a.k.a. Oneiric Ocelot

[The Doctor]

What's an Ocelot? 

 

[The Doctor]

6 Important Changes in Next Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

* LightDM to Replace GDM as Ubuntu's Default Display Manager
* Better App Integration With Unity Launcher
* No More Classic Gnome Desktop, Unity 2D Will Switch from Metacity to Compiz
* Even More Improved Ubuntu Software Center
* PiTiVi, Computer Janitor out, Deja Dup in
* Mozilla Thunderbird Might Make it Too

[The Doctor]

Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 1 Has GNOME 3, Firefox 5, Linux Kernel 2.6.39

We are proud to announce today, June 2nd, that the first Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system is now available for download. As usual, we've grabbed a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 11.10 development.

[likemindead]

I'll be really interested to see how solid Unity will be by the time 11.10's final release drops.

[mccracken]

[The Doctor]

Synaptic Removed From Ubuntu 11.10, Deja Dup Added As Default [Oneiric Updates]

In an update today, Synaptic Package Manager has been removed from the Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot default installation, but it's still available in the repositories so you can install it via Ubuntu Software Center.

Thanks for the "heads-up."

[likemindead]

I think that's a foolish & unnecessary decision.

[mccracken]

[The Doctor]

I understand why they are doing this.  To save disk space so that the install disk will fit on a 700 MB CD.

PCLinuxOS does the same thing with OpenOffice.  They do not bundle OO in with the install CD.  Instead, they include a simple link (script) that downloads and installs OO after the installation.

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UPDATE:

PCLinuxOS has replaced OpenOffice with LibreOffice as their default office software.

[The Doctor]

Ubuntu 11.10 Release Schedule Changed, Alpha 2 Delayed

June 2nd, 2011 - Alpha 1 release
July 7th, 2011 - Alpha 2 release
August 4th, 2011 - Alpha 3 release
September 1st, 2011 - Beta 1 release
September 22nd, 2011 - Beta 2 release
October 13th, 2011 - Final release of Ubuntu 11.10

Not that it really matters.   

[The Doctor]

Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3 – behind the scenes with Oneiric Ocelot

In regards to the Desktop flavour we have seen a few improvements, including the switch to Gnome 3 (using the Unity shell).  There have been a number of improvements to Unity, both usability and reliability.  If the computer doesn’t have 3D acceleration (or to enable requires non-free graphics binary drivers), then there is automatic fall-back to “Unity-2d”.  This provides a near identical experience on initial inspection.

[LeeCrites]

I'll try to keep an open mind, but from where I am sitting right now, if Unity doesn't make some MAJOR LEAGUE improvements before 11.10 is released, I'll sit on 10.10 until I decide which distro to move to.

My attempt to use 11.04 Unity was less than satisfactory; my attempt at 11.04 Kubuntu was less than satisfactory. I'm happy with 10.10 Gnome for the time being. But there are too many options to settle for something that just seems half-baked.

Lee

[The Doctor]

If the current versions of Ubuntu are not satisfactory,  you can still use any distro based on 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx). Support does not end for this version until April 2013:

Ubuntu

Linux Mint 9

Ultimate Edition 2.7

Support for Ubuntu 10.10 ends in April 2012.

[LeeCrites]

Yuppers, it's not that far out.

I noted that you used UE. I loaded it on one of the systems I tinker about with (it's probably had 100 installs on it in the past year or so). I didn't tinker with it enough to really see what made it special, so I didn't use it anywhere else. It got overwritten by another install.

So why do you use it? Does it have some functionality that is really better than the "normal" installation? Will/does it have the same Unity issues that we talked about?

The desktop and UI is just too significant to fritz around with like that. I can say that the #1 issue I have had with clients not wanting to switch to linux is just that -- they are used to how windoze works, and don't want to switch. The reason I stuck with Ubuntu was that the gnome WM/UI was close enough to windoze that my clients liked it.

In fact, earlier in the day on Monday, I turned over an (ex)windoze system to a new client that was running 10.10, and she loved it! I'm afraid that she'd have bawked at the Unity interface that 11.04 has. It just looks too different.

Oh well, that's life, right? Perhaps I'm just getting too old and crotchety....

Lee

[The Doctor]

Most of that is chronicled in these three threads:

I'm distro hopping mad!

Ultimate Edition 2.5 Installed

Ultimate Edition 2.6 Available

[The Doctor]

Wow!  This looks like an even bigger mess:

12 Things New in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric[Screenshot Tour]