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Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by aphexairlines »

tolini wrote: post #31

Ok, my previous comment ("Who cares?") seemed to be thoughtless or even offensive (~15 downvotes in 5 minutes), and I have to acknowledge that it lacked quite some arguments. So let me ask: why does this news deserve so much attention to stand in front of HN? What interesting innovation, except the GUI, has brought this new OS release? Is an OS all about GUI and look & feel? Generally speaking, I am just fed up with…

I don't think it's on the front page because 10.10 is innovative. It's on the front page because it's Ubuntu, which is popular among HN linux users.

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by sigzero »

Tichy wrote: post #30
olalonde wrote: post #28

Is it possible to upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 without reinstalling the whole OS?

It should be? What gives you reason to think it isn't possible?

I don't think he means "technically" possible. I think he just mean "How can I?".

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by nuclear_eclipse »

div wrote: post #34
olalonde wrote: post #28

Is it possible to upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 without reinstalling the whole OS?

Should be possible via update-manager soon enough. Even major upgrades (6.04 -> 7.04 etc) have been possible for a year or two at least.

Minor niggle: it was 6.06; they delayed that release by two months in preparation for their very first LTS release.

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by [deleted] »

bruceD wrote: post #6
someone_here wrote: post #3

This release uses a new interface font, which is the first major OS (that I know of, anyways) to not use a Helvetica-like font for their GUI. Mark Shuttleworth talks about the decision and impact on his blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/537

The font is available on the CD, but it has not been set as default (and it might not be default in the final release either).

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Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by thvdburgt »

retube wrote: post #4
someone_here wrote: post #3

This release uses a new interface font, which is the first major OS (that I know of, anyways) to not use a Helvetica-like font for their GUI. Mark Shuttleworth talks about the decision and impact on his blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/537

screenshots: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat-...

The asymmetrical upper case T annoys me.

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by stanleydrew »

whyworryagain wrote: post #52

Can I dual boot ubuntu on my mac? I am looking to get a mac to replace my netbook.

I am, but it hasn't been particularly great. There are some hardware issues, mostly surrounding audio and multiple monitors, that I haven't experienced when running Ubuntu on other machines.

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by Mizza »

someone_here wrote: post #3

This release uses a new interface font, which is the first major OS (that I know of, anyways) to not use a Helvetica-like font for their GUI. Mark Shuttleworth talks about the decision and impact on his blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/537

My friend made this: Compare: Ubuntu font overlaid on Verdana and LiberationSans:

http://i.imgur.com/51jao.png

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by benmccann »

jbarham wrote: post #21
sandGorgon wrote: post #14

On the other hand, I am getting tired of the way that Ubuntu is focusing so much on getting its fonts right, that critical aspects like suspend/resume are broken, but not fixed. Bug 568711 ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/568711)... particularly nasty because it is a confirmed bug in suspend/resume that has a lot of people being affected by it - but has been relegated to medium severity and is c…

> I am getting tired of the way that Ubuntu is focusing so much on getting its fonts right FWIW I tried to install Ubuntu on my wife's laptop and the main thing that made her go back to Windows was the look of the fonts . So I think Canonical is right to focus on polishing up things that can attract non-technical users.

What version did you try? I found that 10.04 was the first version with fonts that actually look good.

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by dkarl »

nailer wrote: post #44
cpach wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, nice to see a light, pale theme, like in Mac OS. It's much easier on the eyes, at least for me.

Anybody else think this is the first ever professional looking Linux distro they've ever seen? Congrats to the Ubuntu team.

You must be a graphic designer :-) I thought, "What does attractive have to do with professional?" and then realized you meant designed by professionals, not designed for professionals. Professionals' tools tend to look beautiful to them and ugly to everyone else. Maybe this is a step toward changing that, at least for Linux. (Except I'll still have emacs taking up at least half my screen space, with its functional but butt-ugly syntax colorization....)
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