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Ubuntu 11.10 Feature List
Release the Ocelot!
The latest version of Ubuntu, 11.10, eccentrically codenamed 'Oneiric Ocelot', was released on October 13, 2011.
What's new?
You can see the list of new features on the right. There's more detail on the official Ubuntu website, or you can take the snazzy visual tour. You can download the latest builds in desktop or server edition, 32-bit or 64-bit, directly from the Ubuntu Download page.
You can follow the same upgrade process as normal. Simply upgrade from the Update Manager; your settings, files and bookmarks will stay the same. It works. Mostly.
I will qualify that statement as the in-place upgrade worked flawlessly on three of the four laptops, a mixed bag of old and new. Back up your data and settings before you begin.
The Unity launcher and dash are distinctive features in this release; defaulting to Unity 3-D with a fallback to Unity 2-D. There is no GNOME desktop installed in this version. You can of course, opt to go Kubuntu (KDE) or Xubuntu (Xfce) as your desktop of choice.
Will it work with my hardware?
Among the FAQs, this is answered with: “Ubuntu 11.10 is built to take advantage of the very latest technologies, but it should work on most desktops, laptops and netbooks too.” Although this fails to point out the need for a 3-D hardware accelerated video card for Unity 3-D.
Feature List
For the desktop edition:
- Linux Kernel 2.6.40 (since updated to 3.0.0)
- GNOME-3 - but with Unity in place of Gnome Shell
- GTK 3 (GTK+, or the GIMP Toolkit, is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces)
- LightDM as default login manager
- X.org 1.10 (the X Window System, often referred to merely as X, is a complete, cross-platform and free client-server system for managing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) on computers)
- Unity improvements and bug fixing over 11.04
- Unity usability, accessibility, automated and stress testing – so it is no much more robust
- Mozilla Thunderbird as the default mail client
- Déja Dup application for backup tasks
- Utilities for building localized CDs
- Backports package selection was integrated into the UI
- Improvements to Software Center's Reviews and Ratings functions
- Improved Multi-arch (allows 32-bit applications to run in 64-bit)
- Python updated to version 2.7 and 3.2
- New artwork