Ubuntu 9.04 RC Released 239
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Mohamed Zaian writes "The Ubuntu team has released the release candidate for Ubuntu 9.04; 'The Ubuntu team is happy to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. This is their latest result, the Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate, which brings a host of excellent new features.' The various other Ubuntu-derived distributions, like Kubuntu, have also had their RCs released."
blah (Score:3, Insightful)
Eclipse 3.2.2 still? When do they plan on upgrading it? I mean they upgraded to PulseAudio and we all know how stable that thing is. *sigh*
I've tried running Eclipse builds from other repositories and seem to always have issues with them. It would be nice if they updated to a later version.
Re:Beauty is still wanting (Score:1, Insightful)
It's only a matter of opinion, I still think the default look isn't too bad at all... however I may be the only one. While I think the look is ok, they _have_ had the same look for quite some time now. Last time I checked they seemed to be saying that a new look would be coming with 9.10... but I think they said the same thing for the last three releases.
Re:Beauty is still wanting (Score:4, Insightful)
http://www.gnome-look.org/ [gnome-look.org]
http://www.kde-look.org/ [kde-look.org]
no matter what the ubuntu devs choose for the default theme, someone is going to be unhappy and that is why we have whole domains devoted to hosting various shiny things to put on your *nix box to customize to your liking.
Re:Beauty is still wanting (Score:3, Insightful)
I am aware that I will get tones of flak for this...I am ready so go right ahead.
I'll bet you're ready!
After all, you've had plenty [slashdot.org] of [slashdot.org] practice [slashdot.org] trolling [slashdot.org] linux users haven't you?
Re:Anyone have a list? (Score:1, Insightful)
Yep, I'd like to see a list like this too.
Most of the benefit of upgrading to a new release for me is getting the next versions of all the application that Ubuntu choses to bundle with each version, and this is usually ignored when people talk about changes to the release.
Specifically, I'd like a site to talk about the following common applications, including what version is included in the new release as well as the changes I can expect to see from the last Ubuntu release:
1. Amarok
2. Pidgin
3. Digikam
4. GIMP
5. Firefox
6. OpenOffice
7. Deluge
Obviously, this is a list of applications that I personally like, so a more exhaustive list is probably quite desirable.
Re:blah (Score:5, Insightful)
Nobody I know uses the Ubuntu Eclipse package anyway. Just unpack Eclipse from eclipse.org somewhere and make a launcher for it. I also prefer to use the real JDK rather than OpenJDK, at least as long as OpenJDK has Swing bugs.
Re:Anyone have a list? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Seems pretty rough (Score:3, Insightful)
Those sound like show-stoppers, especially the beeping. Please link to the bugs that you filed so that I could triage them on my equipment. Thanks.
Re:Intel video drivers suck! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Gotta upgrade to 8.10 first (Score:3, Insightful)
Instant security updates are a pretty good thing, if ksplice is as good as it sounds, it won't take long for distros to integrate it into their update system. It's not limited to the kernel either so webservers can also be instantly patched with no downtime.
Re:Beauty is still wanting (Score:3, Insightful)
That was a strange poem...