Kubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Beta 1 Overview

Overview of Kubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 codenamed Oneiric Ocelot.
This video is of a Virtualbox install and I show you some of the new features that have been added.

Changes so far:
Plasma and KDE Applications 4.7
Linux Kernel 3.0
Multiarch Architecture support added to 64bit systems
Muon Package Manager and Software Centre added
Amarok uplifted to v2.4.3
Breadcrumbs added to Dolphin
Firefox uplifited to version 7 beta


At this stage its for testing only and not advisable to use it on a production machine.

Beta 1 ISO Download: http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/oneiric/
Daily ISO Download: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/

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[fatriff]

What do you mean you can jump back in dolphin?? I have 11.04 installed and what you demonstrated is exactly as it is in 11.04.

[quidsup]

@fatriff Sorry I had been led to believe that was a new feature.

[Keruaran]

I've downloaded Kubuntu 11.04 beta 1. I'll let it download updates during the install, that usually works out ok. I tried Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 earlier... What a miserable experience that was... Yes, yes I understand its a beta but it's only a few weeks away from final release and its completely broken. I don't understand all the gushing reviews when its a complete dogs breakfast.

And Moon? What was wrong with KPackageKit?

[quidsup]

@Keruaran Yes I agree about Ubuntu 11.10 beta not being too good. Kubuntu is looking a lot more complete.

I think Canonical have tried to make things easier for noobs hence the switch to Moun

[Keruaran]

@Cpillin425

Yes it did improve quite a bit before the release. I jumped the gun a bit.

[Cpillin425]

@Keruaran I have it now, and it's fine.

[r4jk3]

i installed it yesterday, and it looks descent, since i switched from fedora 15 gnome 3 environment.. but i must say also its unstable, it crashed several times on updated system, and i think on kde crash, and not the OS itself, kubuntu seems to work fine. Is anyone else experiencing the same problem as i ?

[fatriff]

@quidsup No worries, I am now on 11.10 and the only thing I've noticed so far is Muon package manager and Muon software center and next to the kickoff button there's a show activity manager.. I actually decided to give Kopete messenger a shot instead of just installing and using pidgin and I'm really impressed with it, it's fantastic.

Also, I noticed the use of OpenGL 2 shaders has been added.

The beta 2 is very solid and stable so far and I've had it running for roughly 14 hours now.

[fatriff]

@quidsup No worries, I am now on 11.10 and the only thing I've noticed so far is Muon package manager and Muon software center and next to the kickoff button there's a show activity manager.. I actually decided to give Kopete messenger a shot instead of just installing and using pidgin.. and I'm really impressed with it, it's fantastic.

Also, I noticed the use of OpenGL 2 shaders has been added.

The beta 2 is very solid and stable so far and I've had it running for roughly 14 hours now.

[pschamp723]

@quidsup my xp has 130 gb

[quidsup]

@pschamp723 Wubi is only a testing platform and not long term use. It will take up a lot of space, but as long as XP still has a few Gb spare it'll be fine