I've been rocking Precise for the past month or so, its pretty slick overall. The HUD is *really* nice, but the way they broke a lot of the window management keyboard shortcuts i've been used to for years made me sad.
Cheers, James Gifford On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 20:20, Stephen Michael Kellat <skel...@fastmail.net> wrote: > Has anybody across the state gotten their feet wet with Precise > Pangolin? We just got the BeagleBoard-xM running under Xubuntu Oneiric > and will be talking about that in the next Burning Circle. It took me a > while to get it running Oneiric so I am not quite ready to try Pangolin > with it. Then again, purchasing another microSD card would let me > preserve my Oneiric install and try Pangolin... :-) > > Beyond that, what else is happening across the LoCo? > > SMK > > > ----- Original message ----- > From: "Kate Stewart" <kate.stew...@ubuntu.com> > To: ubuntu-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com > Cc: ubuntu-devel-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com, > ubuntu-rele...@lists.ubuntu.com > Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:21:43 -0600 > Subject: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 1 Released. > > The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu > 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. > > Codenamed "Precise Pangolin", 12.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition > of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a > high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard > at work throughout this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs. > > This release introduces a new set of images for the ARMv7 "hard float" > ABI, denoted as armhf. There are still some armel images around, as > we finish the migration, but 12.04 for ARM will be based on armhf. > > The technology that allows GPUs to go into a very low power consumption > state when the GPU is idle (RC6) is now enabled by default for > Sandy Bridge systems, which should result in considerable power savings > when this stage is activated. > > The CD image size has been adjusted to 703MB to squeeze in every > bit of package goodness we can on the installation CD images. > > With Ubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, and > Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 1 status today. > > > Ubuntu Changes > -------------- > > Some of the new features now available are: > > * A new way to quickly search and access any desktop application's > and indicator's menu, called the HUD, can be accessed by taping the > Alt key and entering characters. > > * Unity setting can now be configured by the System Setting panel, and > Nautilus support has been added to the Unity launcher. > > * Support for ClickPad devices has been enhanced an now when a button > is pressed on the trackpad surface, a second finger may be used to > drag the cursor. > > * The default music player has been switched to Rhythmbox, which again > includes the UbuntuOne music store. > > * LibreOffice has been updated to 3.5 beta 2. Please report any > regressions that you notice. > > * When installing packages through the software center, the > corresponding > language support packages are now installed automatically as well. > > Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for details. > > > Ubuntu Server and Cloud Images > ------------------------------ > > * Improvements to OpenStack, LXC, and server provisioning have been > included. > > * The identity service (Keystone) used by OpenStack for authentication > (authN) > and high-level authorization (authZ) was updated to Keystone-light > (redux branch). > > > Ubuntu Core > ----------- > > Ubuntu Core is a minimal rootfs for use in the creation of custom > images, > and now includes ARM hard float (armhf) images. Developers can use > Ubuntu Core as the basis for their application demonstrations, > constrained > environment deployments, device support packages, and other goals. > > > Kubuntu > ------- > > Kubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 has updated KDE's plasma and applications to 4.8. > In > addition other significant changes include: > > * Telepathy-KDE brings improved instant messaging to Kubuntu, offering > easy chat capabilities on Facebook, MSN, GMail and many other > services. > > * Amarok 2.5 has added an MP3 shop and integration with GPodder, an > online personal podcast archive. > > * The Calligra office and creativity suite is now available, > featuring Krita the world's best painting app and top MS Office file > importers. > > Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/PrecisePangolin/Beta1/Kubuntu for > details. > > > Edubuntu > -------- > > Edubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 now ships the newest upstream version of LTSP 5.3, > offering improved support for fat clients and other improvements. Other > significant changes include: > > * Epoptes, the new classroom management software, has an updated > user interface. > > * The Ubiquity slideshow has been updated. > > * pastebinit and vim are now both installed by default. > > For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 12.04, please refer to > http://www.edubuntu.org. > > > Xubuntu > ------- > > Xubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 now uses the new Ubiquity installer. > Other significant changes include: > > * Alacarte is available by default, and will show all Xfce-related menu > items on Xubuntu as well. > > * New wallpaper and other tweaks and improvements to the > looks of Xubuntu are in, including lots of GTK3 fixes for the > Greybird theme. > > For more information about the changes in Xubuntu 12.04, please > go to http://xubuntu.org/. > > Lubuntu > ------- > > Lubuntu 12.04 now uses Lightdm as the display manager with the > default gtk greeter. A new software-center optimized for > Lubuntu is now available by default as well. > > For more information about the changes in Lubuntu 12.04, > please go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu. > > > Ubuntu Studio > ------------- > > Ubuntu Studio 12.04 Beta 1 ships a live DVD for the first time, > and is properly configured for the lightdm greeter. The XFCE > transition is now almost complete, and there is an updated > application set for typical desktop tasks (i.e. text editor, > movie player, etc) > > > Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/precise/beta1 for more details > on the above products. > > > 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. > > 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 really help us to > improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be > found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs. > > > To Get Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 > -------------------------- > > To upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 from Ubuntu 11.10, follow > these instructions: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades > > Or, download Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 images from a location near you: > > http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server). > > In addition they can be found at the following links: > > http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server) > http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/beta-1/ > (Ubuntu Cloud Images) > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/beta-1/ > (Ubuntu DVD, preinstalled ARM images, source) > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/12.04/beta-1/ > (Ubuntu Core) > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/12.04/ (Ubuntu Netboot) > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/precise/beta-1/ > (Kubuntu) > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/precise/beta-1/ > (Xubuntu) > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/precise/beta-1/ > (Edubuntu) > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/precise/beta-1/ > (Ubuntu Studio) > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/precise/beta-1/ > (Lubuntu) > > > The final version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is expected to be released > on April 26, 2012. > > > More Information > ---------------- > > You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our > website, IRC channel and wiki. > > To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's > very low volume announcement list at: > > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce > > > -- > ubuntu-announce mailing list > ubuntu-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : ubuntu-us-ohio@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio Post to : ubuntu-us-ohio@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp