The new Ubuntu version 10.10 (“Maverick”) is available in a beta state.
The list of improvements is exciting, but the list of current bugs (as expected in a beta) advises caution in users who aren’t comfortable installing software that could break.
Here’s my list of hypes and gripes for Maverick in it’s current state (quotes from Ubuntu’s website):
Gwibber has been updated to support the recent change in Twitter’s authentication system, as well as changing the back end storage to improve performance.
Yes, but last I knew, Facebook authentication didn’t work correctly.
A lot of USB 3G cards currently just expose themselves as a CD drive instead of a modem. To fix this, please upgrade your system to get udev version 161+git20100827-1, which should fix this. (625110)
This one I’m looking forward to a fix. I just spent a good amount of time helping someone who signed up for Sprint data service and was given a USB aircard. I had to get them a PCMCIA aircard and conference call Sprint to get the card programmed. Sprint doesn’t sell the PCMCIA card anymore (or even Expresscards — they only do USB now) so it’s a pain when the OS won’t support the device.
The Maverick Blueprint shows feature progression towards release — it’s worth taking a look at.
I, for one, probably won’t be touching the beta. I will likely wait for the Release Candidate or the final release.
Thoughts about the Ubuntu beta? Share them in the comments below.
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