- Jan 24, 2011
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The first Beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system was made available for testing by the Ubuntu developers
What's new in Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1? Well, first of all you should know that this is the first of two Beta releases for the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system. The second version should have small modifications from this one, with lots of bugs fixed. The Beta releases can be tested by any user!
If you want know more about all the nice features included in this release, check out this article. The kernel packages in Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 were upgraded to version 2.6.38-7.39, based on Linux kernel 2.6.38, which re-enables the vesafb module in order to prevent screen corruption and GPU hangs on boot.
Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 includes the highly anticipated multiarch support!
Unity has been greatly improved in this Beta version and Canonical wants you to test it and report back. At this moment, Unity allows you to drag & drop icons, re-order icons, quick-lists on the right-click context menu, keyboard navigation, keyboard shortcuts, ability to switch between running apps.
Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 includes applications such as LibreOffice 3.3.2, Mozilla Firefox 4.0, Banshee 1.9.5, GCC 4.5, Python 2.7, dpkg 1.16.0 and Upstart 0.9.
The ARM edition of Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 comes with the new Unity 2D interface, enabled by default. The first Headless developer image for OMAP3 and OMAP4 hardware was also made available with this first Beta release.
Last but not least, Ubuntu Server 11.04 Beta 1 includes Powernap 2.0, isc-dhcp v4, Eucalyptus 2.0.2, OpenStack 2011.2, libvirt 0.8.8.
More details - link
Download Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Beta 1 from here
Please have in mind that Ubuntu 11.04 is still in beta so you may find bugs. It's recommended you don't install it on a production system.
You have been warned!
What's new in Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1? Well, first of all you should know that this is the first of two Beta releases for the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system. The second version should have small modifications from this one, with lots of bugs fixed. The Beta releases can be tested by any user!
If you want know more about all the nice features included in this release, check out this article. The kernel packages in Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 were upgraded to version 2.6.38-7.39, based on Linux kernel 2.6.38, which re-enables the vesafb module in order to prevent screen corruption and GPU hangs on boot.
Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 includes the highly anticipated multiarch support!
Unity has been greatly improved in this Beta version and Canonical wants you to test it and report back. At this moment, Unity allows you to drag & drop icons, re-order icons, quick-lists on the right-click context menu, keyboard navigation, keyboard shortcuts, ability to switch between running apps.
Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 includes applications such as LibreOffice 3.3.2, Mozilla Firefox 4.0, Banshee 1.9.5, GCC 4.5, Python 2.7, dpkg 1.16.0 and Upstart 0.9.
The ARM edition of Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 comes with the new Unity 2D interface, enabled by default. The first Headless developer image for OMAP3 and OMAP4 hardware was also made available with this first Beta release.
Last but not least, Ubuntu Server 11.04 Beta 1 includes Powernap 2.0, isc-dhcp v4, Eucalyptus 2.0.2, OpenStack 2011.2, libvirt 0.8.8.
More details - link
Download Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Beta 1 from here
Please have in mind that Ubuntu 11.04 is still in beta so you may find bugs. It's recommended you don't install it on a production system.
You have been warned!
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