Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Discussion Thread

LOL!

BTW, @gaurish check out: The Road to KDE and Qt Development

wooohoooo

Downloaded 10.4 kubuntu alpha2 with KDE 4.4 rc i guess.

the distro boots with splash for ubuntu...the same that i see with ubuntu 9.10 ..even the name is 'ubuntu' rather than kubuntu.

at login screen.. it says 'welcome to ubuntu' and it asks for username and password for a live distro!!..
after a series of trial and error.. the info that worked was
username: ubuntu (again)
pass: (left blank)

overall very buggy is what my initial impression is... the widgets would show corruption in image at the bottom of every widget.
no filesystem on other drives would mount.

that apart, KDE 4.4 rc did feel a little better in terms of eye candy. i did not get to spend much time on it, will bot it up again tomorrow and will see if it is worth installing it.

@madnav Did you read the Release notes for Alpha 2

BTW, if you downloaded original alpha2 yes IT IS ALPHA and an early one at that

Since then the updates have made it quite stable even though its still "ALPHA"...

I have high hopes for Alpha3 where they will also test nouveau and NVIDIA proprietary support to make it smooth

All in all, its looking really good this time, especially yes, with KDE 4.4 also.

@madnav: i hope you have read the other threads in this section (grub2/plymouth eyecandy etc) - lots of cool stuff in development

nope i did not read.
kinda took it for granted that login would be automatic for a live distro and a splash screen would be of the respective distro as it is the 1st thing anyone notices about any distro

anyways, kde over ubuntu (kubuntu) has always been a not so good experience for me..
infact that is why i have hated kde alot...then i realized kde isnt that bad once i tried it with mandriva live.
but that just totally off topic

well, welcome to the kde krowd (if you're moving from gnome to kde) ubuntu+kde is the best combo in my personal opinion, and i KNOW the final 10.04 release is going to simply rock!

KDE + Ubuntu maynot be best out there but the changes have been a lot promising, just hoping 10.04 shines if not have to continue hoping 10.10 shines

well no, im nt switching to kde completely..
gnome is still my preference and i have been keeping kde as my 'for a change' option so far over ubuntu.
for mandriva i did prefer kde though..
currently downloading openSuse gnome 11.3
will try installing kde within it after i install it

Some updates:

new kdm theme shtylman.com

Ubuntu Opportunistic Developer Week: Call For Participation! | The Fridge

http://www2.bryceharrington.org:8080/drupal/node/108

I don't like the sound of Ubuntu one music store doesn't go well with the free libre image

then you have a mistaken impression of the meaning of "free" ... (or even "libre" for that matter)... have you read the "open source definition" written by bruce perens for starters?

btw i just tried alpha 3 of ubuntu and kubuntu lucid... still clearly alpha quality... gnome is more crashy than kde at the moment... but both are really sweet.

in short (IMHO):

Ubuntu/GNOME = clean and simple.
Kubuntu/KDE = shiny and sophisticated.

both desktops are now highly polished and functional!

They are running short of funds . I think a few paid services should'nt hurt . Nobody is under any obligation to use it .
Ubuntu one is in itself a partially paid service .

Only the default window manager in gnome is 'clean and simple' . Try messing with the various other window managers in Ubuntu and with a docklet like cairo sidebars desklets etc etc you got the best looking functional desktop that is also really fast .

I can't afford to take the early mover risk when its my sole OS, and my whole house depends on it

Thank god its an LTS. Will wait till the bugs are ironed out

why so? It's a paid store but the music will be DRM free.

Looks like FSpot is going to replace GIMP and a new video editing software is likely to be introduced .

The games that are going to be featured in Lynx are

Aisleriot (solitaire variant)
GBrainy (love it)
Mahjongg
Mines
Sudoku
Tetris

Also there are plans to provide easy access to "Farmville" facebook game