How To Fix Problems With Xorg And nVidia Drivers In Ubuntu 10.04

A You may notice with new Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx come new version of Xorg, and with new Xorg comes new problems.



The old nVidia 185 are incompatible with the newest Xorg.

The 195 beta nVidia drivers work with newest Xorg.

*195 drivers are beta, You are installing them at Your own risk...

First, You need to add the Nvidia Vdpau Team PPA to our package sources. Open up a Terminal and type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa

Next type:

sudo apt-get update

After that, You need to installt the nvidia-glx-195 and nvidia-195-modaliases packages:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-195 nvidia-195-modaliases

When it's done restart computer, after that open again terminal and run:

sudo nvidia-xconfig

And You're done.

How to Enable Mouse Integration For Ubuntu 10.04 In VirtualBox

Mouse integration is very important to Me in VirtualBox, if mouse integration is not enabled You need to pres host key to switch from virtual machine to system.



First when I installed Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Linx Pre-Alha mouse integration worked fine.
After upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Aplha 1 (clean installation) mouse integration did not worked.


To install mouse integration first You need to install virtualbox guest additions, to install virtualbox guest additions pres host + D.
That will insert CD in virtual machine, enter that CD and run autorun.sh.

When installation is done go to terminal and type:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Paste those lines into your xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "vboxmouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Restart virtual machine and You're done!

Humancity, Proposed Theme For Ubuntu 10.04

This is same as Human only metacity theme is changed.

Concept
The art is made with Inkscape. I will public some proposal versions. So I hope for some comments in critics and ideas. I can do only the graphical-part.
About my idea: "I think the Metacity should be more EyeCandy than in the current version (Karmic). It's nice, but a little bit hard and a old trend. I want make a Metacity, what is modern, pretty and as small as possible. Small, because the waste of space for a Windowsdecoration is in my Eye not wished by the most of users. At moment I will draw some ideas with the current color of the Metacity in Karmic. In the end I will draw more color-variations, too."

X-Splash For Edubuntu 10.04

Proposed X-Splash For Edubuntu 10.04 by MadsRH

MeMenu, IM and Social Network Menu For Ubuntu 10.04

In Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx there will be "MeMenu" menu on panel that will let you broadcast to social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, set your status for instant messaging, and access settings for instant messaging, microblogging, and Ubuntu One.




MeMenu will allow You to change status for IM and add custom status.
You will be able to use Twitter from MeMenu.
Change status for Facebook.

• Broadcast field

The broadcast field should be present if you have at least one broadcast account set up. It should be sensitive whenever at least one broadcast account item is checked. There is no extra submit button; text is submitted by pressing Enter.

Submitting text should do nothing (even leaving the caret where it is) if any of the checked broadcast accounts have a character limit that is exceeded by the field’s current context. Otherwise, submitting text should close the menu, and post that text to all broadcast accounts whose account items are checked. If any of them should accept the submission but fail, a notification bubble should be displayed with title text of the form “Status could not be updated” and body text of the form “for {comma-and-space-separated list of accounts that failed}”.

If your last posting to all currently selected broadcast accounts was the same (for example, if you have only one broadcast account item checked), the default contents of the field should be the text of that last posting. (This should stay up-to-date even if your last posting was from another client or another computer.) In all other cases, the default contents of the field should be nothing.

The trailing end of the field should have a Reset icon. ↺ Pressing this icon, or opening the menu, should reset the field to the last successfully transmitted entry.

• Instant messaging statuses

This section is present only if you have set up any instant messaging accounts. It consists of radio items with icons and labels for “Available”, “Away”, “Busy”, “Hidden”, and “Offline”, and an item with label only for “Custom Status…”. Each item should be sensitive only if the account item is checked for at least one chat account that supports it. Test case: Check a Facebook item and no other items. “Available” and “Offline” should be sensitive, while the other status items should not. Test case: Check a Twitter item and no other items. None of the status items should be sensitive.

A status item should be checked if all the currently selected chat services are set to that status. It should be set to indeterminate status if not all, but at least one, of the currently selected chat services are set to that status.

Activating any of the items except “Custom Status…” should close the menu and set your instant messaging status for all checked chat accounts that support that status. Activating “Custom Status…” should open a dialog for setting a custom status.

The dialog should be resizable; any extra size should be consumed by an enlarging “Set status” field.

The “Set status” field should allow a single line of text, but wrap it to multiple lines if necessary.

The menu underneath should be for choosing the type of status: Available, Away, or Busy.

The “Set” button should have Enter as its access key. It should be sensitive even if the “Set status” field is empty; this should be equivalent to setting a non-custom status.

If submitted, the custom status should be set for all checked chat accounts that support custom statuses.



Also About Me menu will look like this:



I am looking forward to MeMenu...

Update:
MeMenu will included in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha 3

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx Boot

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx boot video on VirtualBox

Nautilus In Ubuntu 10.04 Detects Autorun Software

Nautilus in Ubuntu 10.04 now detects autorun and displays it when You enter media that contains autorun.




It displays button that allows you to start autorun.

This is very useful when You don't know witch file to start.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 Installation Video

Here is a video of installation of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx Alpha 1




Music: Sober And Irrelevant by In Flames

Read More Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1.

Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1, First Impression

Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1 is out, I download it and installed it on VirtualBox.

I have installed pre-alpha release but I didn't update it to alpha 1 because I wanted fresh installation.

First i wanted to install it to My old PC but notice problems with Ubuntu Software Center when I tried Ubuntu 10.04 in Live mode.


They changed cd boot menu, it is same but image is white.

Installation is same as in Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 pre-alpha

Check Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha Installation Video

Installation went fine.

I had problems with Compiz after installing virtualbox guest additions, by default it enables compiz when drivers for GPU are installed (and I enabled 3D in virtual box) when I restarted Ubuntu cursor was gone. It was there but it was transparent.

I solve this issue with disabling effects (compiz).

And I notice that mouse integration didn't work.

I didn't have this problems after installing virtualbox guest additions in Ubuntu 10.04 pre-alpha.

They didn't change application stack in Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1, Gimp, F-Spot are here Music Store and other new announced application are not included.

There are less games, only 5 games.



The Indicator Applet still have bug, also Ubuntu Software Center doesn't starts it work but You must update Ubuntu (there is fix in updates).




I din't tested it more because i was sick last 4 days, this weak I will post more info about Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 Available For Download

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 is available for download.

• Desktop CD

The desktop CD allows you to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of CD is what most people will want to use. You will need at least 256MB of RAM to install from this CD.
There are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
PC (Intel x86) desktop CD
For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this if you are at all unsure.
64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop CD
Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). If you have a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead.

• Server install CD

The server install CD allows you to install Ubuntu permanently on a computer for use as a server. It will not install a graphical user interface.
There are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
PC (Intel x86) server install CD
For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this if you are at all unsure.
64-bit PC (AMD64) server install CD
Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). If you have a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead.

• Alternate install CD

The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
setting up automated deployments;
upgrading from older installations without network access;
LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
installs on systems with less than about 256MB of RAM (although note that low-memory systems may not be able to run a full desktop environment reasonably).
In the event that you encounter a bug using the alternate installer, please file a bug on the debian-installer package.
There are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
PC (Intel x86) alternate install CD
For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this if you are at all unsure.
64-bit PC (AMD64) alternate install CD
Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). If you have a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead.

Download Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 Desktop (AMD64)
Download Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 Server (AMD64)
Download Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 Alternate (AMD64)

For more downloads and download over BitTorrent click here.


I don't recommend to install Ubuntu 10.04 on Your primary computer, if you want to test it use VirualBox VMW Fusion.

I am now downloading and tomorrow I will post screenshots videos and more info for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Alpha 1, so stay tuned.

KDE SC 4.4 Preview

Here is a preview of KDE 4.4, witch will be in next version in Kubuntu 10.04

Part I

Part II

I like it, maybe i install Kubuntu 10.04 instead of Ubuntu 10.04 in the end ;)

Ubuntu 10.04 Will Get New Scanning Tool - "Simple Scan"

Currently Ubuntu have Xsane as default scanning tool.
But Xsane has many options, has a style that does not integrate into the current Ubuntu desktop and does not allow scanning from within applications. In Karmic it was proposed to peplaced Xsane with the application Gnome-Scan, but Gnome-Scan was not found to be stable enough.



Simple Scan will replace Xsane in new upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.

Simple Scan will provide a new UI for users wanting to scan documents as the current default ‘XSane’ is both way to complex for simple use and doesn’t integrate into the Ubuntu desktop nor allow scanning from within applications.

If You want to try Simple Scan You can download it @ people.ubuntu.com

Simple Scan tool is still in development status so there are bugs.

Opklaar, New Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Proposed Theme

Opklaar is new Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx proposed theme.



Opklaar is African for clear, the general idea behind this design is to be clear, clean and crisp. In addition I have included Ubuntu's recurring brownn style whilst upholding the clear look.


Concept

I feel when this concept is made, the 'Still Life Brushed ' icon theme from gnome.org will fit it beautifully.

Please note that this project is undergoing, the current design is of a poor standard, I have made it quickly to show how I will build on my idea.

This theme is not available for download.

In my opinion I don't like this theme because large fonts on menu, but only is presented one screenshot of one window so I cant see rest of theme and decide.

No More Entries In Ubuntu 10.04 System Menu

With last upgrade You may notice some system menu.

You may lost all items except Ubuntu SW Center, File Management, MM System Selector and got two Byobu entries, or only got two Byobu entries like me.



This will be shown only in post's page
Bug is in gnome-menus_2.28.0.1-0ubuntu2 more info @ bugs.launchpad.net

To solve this bug just update again.

Ubuntu 10.04: Update Manager Offers a "Partial Upgrade"? Read This!

You should read this if You are using Ubuntu 10.04 (Pre)Alpha.

During the development cycle of Ubuntu 9.10, we've been flooded with threads asking for assistance related to issues caused by careless usage of the "Partial Upgrade" feature of Update Manager, which hinted to a poor understanding of package management and the way updates happen in the development branch.

In an effort to help with this situation, this document aims to clarify what a "Partial Upgrade" is, and why, in most cases, you'll want to avoid it.


Summary
or "I don't really care if I keep messing things up and wasting my and others' time with preventable problems, and you have 30 seconds to convince me to care!"

If you use Update Manager to upgrade your packages, and it offers to do a "Partial Upgrade", do not accept it without thoroughly checking what packages it offers to remove, upgrade and install. If you do, you will most likely end up removing packages that shouldn't be removed, and waste time and effort repairing your testing installation and asking for assistance.

Most "Partial Upgrade" situations occur due to package archive inconsistencies, which will typically be resolved within a few hours. If your package manager is confused, and so are you, simply wait and hold off the updates until things settle down.


Short Version
or "Hmm, so I shouldn't blindly do "Partial Upgrade"s and dist-upgrade? I didn't know that..."

Due to the fact that uploads to the repositories of the active development branch are asynchronous and uncoordinated, dependencies of certain packages may arrive later than the dependent package. This causes package management tools such as Update Manager, which are mainly meant to be used with stable releases of Ubuntu where the package archive is always consistent, to interpret the situation as requiring a dist-upgrade to install new packages and/or repair packages in a "reqreinst" (requires reinstallation) state. What Update Manager performs when doing a "Partial Upgrade" is a dist-upgrade.

When testing development releases, most of the time, a "Partial Upgrade" is undesired. The situations where it's needed are limited to new packages obsoleting old ones (as in the case of the software-center package replacing software-store) and package removals from the archive.

Do not assume that since you're running a development release, a "Partial Upgrade" is necessarily warranted.


Long Version
or "I want to be a better tester! I care! Tell me more!"

In its normal operating mode, Update Manager will not offer to remove packages. This is the equivalent of "apt-get upgrade"ing your existing packages. In "Partial Upgrade" mode, it can. Sometimes, the removal is warranted, such as when a package is obsoloted by a new one. Other times, it will not be, and a "Partial Upgrade" can offer to remove important packages due to missing dependencies.

Now, the key question:

"How do I know whether a package is actually meant to be replaced or removed?"

There's more than one way:

• Check the changelog of the package in question. You can do this via "Package > Download Changelog" in Synaptic, or "aptitude changelog package_name", or by going to packages.ubuntu.com and clicking "Ubuntu changelog" for the package you're curious about, or visiting the URL
  
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/package_name/+changelog
  
  where package_name is the name of the source package you're curious about. The most recent changelog entry will indicate the reason for the removal or replacement, if there is one.
  
  
• Keep an eye on the changes mailing list or RSS feed for the active development release. The current ones are the lucid-changes mailing list, and its RSS counterpart.
  
  For an example scenario of using the list of recent changes to determine whether a package removal and "Partial Upgrade" is safe, refer to the next post.
  
  
• Check the build status information page for Ubuntu and the queue of new uploads to Lucid on Launchpad to see if those mysterious missing dependencies are coming down the pipes, or there are problems preventing them from being built.
  
  
• Do a forum search, or join the #ubuntu+1 channel on irc.freenode.net and ask around to see whether other people are having problems with the same package(s).
  
  
• If you're still confused, simply wait and see if things are magically fixed within a few hours. If not, start a new thread or post to an existing one on the same issue to check with others.

A typical interaction with a package manager involves the following three steps:

• You select some packages to be installed / removed / upgraded
  
  
• The package manager resolves your intention according to its package management logic, the available software sources, and the priorities you've indicated (as in APT pinning), if any, to a set of actions it has to perform, and outputs a list of those actions
  
  
• You check this list, confirm it if you're happy with it, or cancel it and refine your selection until you're happy with it.

If you skip the third step, assuming that simply updating your package information and hitting "Apply" or pressing "Enter" when the prompt comes up will give you the latest changes, and/or that since you're running a development release, any kind of package conflict / removal / replacement, even those that seem to intentionally remove lots of packages, are to be expected, you'll keep breaking your installation unnecessarily. Don't do that. Review that list of changes.

While asking for and providing assistance regarding testing is one of the main functions of this forum, learning the basics of using development releases is a prerequisite for doing useful testing, and if lots of people keep messing up their testing installations due to being unfamiliar with those basics, the forum will get flooded with duplicate threads and quicky become much less useful to everyone.


More info @ ubuntuforums.org

Ubuntu 10.04 Is Getting Nouveau DRM

Nouveau would be pulled into Ubuntu 10.04 as the default NVIDIA graphics driver replacing the current open-source NVIDIA driver.
What is Nouveau?

The nouveau project aims to build high-quality, open source drivers for nVidia cards.


The Nouveau driver stack isn't stable or officially released yet, but the 2D portion is in good standing and the 3D portion written to use Gallium3D is progressing (recent status update). The Nouveau driver has been used by default in two Fedora releases, but on the Ubuntu side it will be the default starting with Ubuntu 10.04

A meeting was held today on IRC regarding Nouveau in Ubuntu's kernel. In particular, with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS planning to ship with the Linux 2.6.32 kernel, which has no support for Nouveau, it's to be decided what DRM code to back-port into this Ubuntu kernel. The entire drm-next tree (the DRM code that will appear in Linux 2.6.33) could be pulled in, but that's risking more regressions and other graphics updates outside of the Nouveau driver (though we would love for this pull to happen!), or to just manually pull in the Nouveau-specific patches. This specific matter is to be discussed more at tomorrow's Ubuntu kernel meeting. The drm-next patch-set weighs in at about 2.9 megabytes of code.

Nouveau DRM code may be added to Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1 or later release of Ubuntu 10.04.

Ubuntu 10.04 Has Switched From Usplash To Plymouth

The plans for Ubuntu 10.04 are to change from Usplash to Plymouthfor the boot splash screen, providing a flicker-free experience on Intel, NVIDIA and ATI hardware.

For those who do not know, Plymouth, graphical boot manager developed by Red Hat

This specification details the foundation team plans for the technology for the Lucid Lynx boot experience, changing from using usplash to plymouth to provide the graphical splash screen while waiting for the boot to complete. The "look" and "theme" components are not covered here.

More info @ wiki.ubuntu.com

UbuntuSun Theme Available For Download

UbuntuSun is proposed theme for new upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 The Lucid Lynx.

This theme got most attention from people and most likely it will me default theme for Ubuntu 10.04.






In package it come 3 variants Dawn, Day & Dusk.

Download UbuntuSun from gome-look.com

Interested in more Ubuntu 10.04 proposed themes? Check here!

Video Of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx Pre-Alpha

I finally recorded it and upload it to YouTube :)

FAQ:

Q: Where I can download Pre-Alpha of Ubuntu 10.04
A: You can download Pre-Alpha of Ubuntu 10.04 here, You can read more info here.

Q: Where I can get wallpaper?
A: You can download Lucid Lynx wallpapers here.

Q: I don't have that theme when I installed Ubuntu 10.04.
A: That is only proposed theme for 10.04, You can download it here.

Canonical Drops Support for LPIA on Ubuntu 10.04

Canonical announced that the LPIA (Low-Power Intel Architecture) architecture would no longer be supported.

Canonical drops support for LPIA because users are not interested in LPIA.
The developers decided to retire it.

"During a discussion at the Lucid Lynx Ubuntu Developer Summit on the future of the architecture, all participants agreed that retiring the architecture would be a net benefit to Ubuntu. Several participants volunteered to investigate the performance and power consumption of lpia vs. i386, with the intention of bringing these improvements forward in future releases." - Steve Kowalik said in the official announcement.

Canonical added support for LPIA a couple of years ago and it was used by the Ubuntu Mobile project, for the recent Intel mobile CPUs with support for this lower-power architecture. The LPIA or Low-Power Intel Architecture is similar to the IA32 (also known as i386 or x86) architecture, but with dissimilar compile-time optimizations. However, Steve Kowalik added that the Intel CPUs would work very well with IA32: "Recent announcements by Intel indicate that processors supported by the lpia architecture are expected to remain compatible with the IA32 instruction set, so there is a reduced expectation of the need to retain a separate architecture to address future requirements. As of 9.10, lpia and i386 share the kernel configuration, reducing most of the benefits potentially available in previous Ubuntu releases."

Support for the LPIA architecture will be provided on the Ubuntu 9.10 until April 2011.
LPIA users will be unable to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04.

Wasp, New Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Proposed Theme

Wasp is theme that would fit perfect in Ubuntu 10.04.
I have been using this theme since Ubuntu 9.04




Wasp is a suite of GTK, Metacity, Xfwm and GDM themes. It includes:

• Wasp (GTK, Metacity, Xfwm)
• Wasp-Alt (GTK, Metacity, Xfwm)
• Wasp-Hard (GTK, Metacity, Xfwm)
• OpenOffice.org patch
• Stylish addon for Firefox
• Wasp for GDM

Wasp is the first theme (as far as i know) that has a script to take care of OpenOffice.org apps.
Wasp takes care of most used apps with adhoc configurations: no strange behaviour like dark toolbar where it shouldn't be, no redundant borders, no compromise on general setting just because of a strange behaviour in one app.
Wasp is not dark and is not light: dark is beauty where it can be applied, so Wasp is dark where it is beauty.
Don't like orange/brown colors? just use GNOME Appearance and choose all colors you want, Wasp is totally recolorable.

• Wasp-Alt

In Wasp-Alt theme i put all configurations that i don't like but most people wants, or configurations that make less troubles and are more compatible. For now, Wasp-Alt differ for scrollbars, Nautilus and Gnome Terminal configurations.

• Wasp-Hard

Wasp-Hard is a darker version of Wasp, it is suited for everyone and in particular for globalmenu users.

• Install

1. Copy Wasp, Wasp-Alt and Wasp-Hard directory to /usr/share/themes/ or /home/$USER/.themes/.
2. Open a terminal, cd to Scripts directory and run ooo.sh. Running this script is required for OpenOffice.org applications to work correctly.
3. Open your browser, go to https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/2108.
4. Install the Stylish addon for Firefox, go to http://userstyles.org/styles/17607.
5. Install the Wasp style for Stylish addon.

If you want to restore OpenOffice.org settings just re-run the ooo.sh script.

Download Wasp Theme
Download Wasp GDM Theme

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Proposed Themes: Kioo And UbuntuSun

Here are two theme that maybe will find spot in new Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.

Themes names are Ubuntu Sun (perfect for april) and Kioo.

• Ubuntu Sun:

As some people like dark themes and some people like bright themes, why not combine them into one set of matching themes with different shades? This is an idea for a Metacity theme that is based on the idea of having the sun shine into your windows. Could there be a better leitmotiv for the window design of a lucid release? The theme could be combined with any GTK theme if they are modified to have flat menu and tool bars.

The user can choose between three different moods of the theme, representing different positions of the sun and thus different levels of brightness: Dawn, Day and Dusk.






Ubuntu Sun looks very nice, but theme is not available for download :(

• Kioo:

Kioo is the Swahili word for glass. The glassy look of this theme is why I chose this word as the name of the theme.

The Kioo theme is a balance between shades of grey, brown and orange resulting in a theme which is easy on the eyes in any lighting condition.



Unlike Ubuntu Sun theme Kioo theme can be downloaded, if You like Kioo theme You can download it here.

Kioo theme require Human icon theme, if you are running Ubuntu 9.10+ click customize and change icons to Chumanity-Dark.

Interview with Marjo Mercado

Interview with Marjo Mercado - Ubuntu QA Team Lead - recorded at UDS Lucid Developer Summit on 19th November 2009.

Interview with Robbie Williamson

Interview with Robbie Williamson - Foundations Team Lead - recorded at Ubuntu Lucid Developer Summit on 19th November 2009

Interview with David Mandella

Interview with David Mandella - Mobile Team Lead - recorded at Ubuntu Lucid Developer Summit on 19th November 2009

Interview with Rick Spencer

Interview with Rick Spencer - Desktop Team Lead - recorded at the Ubuntu Lucid Developer Summit in November 2009.

Interview with Jono Bacon

Interview with Jono Bacon - Ubuntu Community Manager - recorded at Ubuntu Lucid Developer Summit in November 2009.

Interview with Mark Shuttleworth at UDS-L

Interview with Mark Shuttleworth - Ubuntu Project Founder - recorded at the Ubuntu Lucid Developer Summit in November 2009

Interview with Pete Graner

Interview with Pete Graner - Kernel Team Lead - recorded at the Ubuntu Lucid Developer Summit

Ubuntu 10.04 The Lucid Lynx Pre-Alpha Screenshots

This screenshots are outdated so check latest Alpha 3 screenshots here

Ubuntu 10.04 Pre-Alpha can be downloaded, read more about that here.

Here are couple of screenshot:

Ubuntu 10.04 Pre-Alpha Aleredy Available For Download

I was looking at cdimage.ubuntu.com and i notice that Lucid Lynx is available for download.





If You want to try it Your self You can download it here.

Update 1:

I downloaded Ubuntu and started it VitualBox.

First what I notice is that it doest have Live mode, You can only install it.



Ok the installation starts... Then another notice, it have a text installer.
No big deal, it is same like normal installer but you need to read it and You will figure it out.

Installation went fine until when setup is installing Grub Loader, and it stopped at 66%. :(



I am going to start again with installation...

Update 2:

I installed Ubuntu 10.04,



It is same like 9.10 but now it have it own ppa's.







Gimp and vF-Spot are still here. There is a new application in System Tools called Byobu Window Manager, this application is not new in Ubnutu but now is first time in Applications tab.



You can run Byobu Window Manager with command:

byobu-launcher

Current Gnome version is 2.28.1 (11/3/2009)



Check Video of Ubuntu 10.04 Pre-Alpha.

Ubuntu 10.04 The Lucid Lynx Will Get A Bakup Tool By Default

As You may notice upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 will have some application changes.

Gimp is removed, F-Spot may be replaced and there will be a video editing tool.

New application that may be added to default CD installation is a backup tool.



But first do You need backup tool? Answer is yes, if You have important data and something goes wrong with computer data can be lost.

Here is my funny theory:

Ubuntu in past didn't have backup tool by default because Ubuntu doest crash, unlike Micro$oft OS's that's have they own backup and system restore tools because there is more likely it will crash ;)

There are 2 tool that can become default backup tool, Deja Dup and Back In Time.

Deja Dup:



Features:

• Support for local or remote backup locations, including Amazon S3
• Securely encrypts and compresses your data
• Incrementally backs up, letting you restore from any particular backup
• Schedules regular backups
• Integrates well into your GNOME desktop

Back In Time:



The backup is done by taking snapshots of a specified set of directories.

Videos From UDS-L

Ubuntu developer team has uploaded some videos of current UDS-L

• Audio Hardware Enablement Session:

Developer team disscus about audio and HD audio in new upcoming Ubuntu 10.04.

• Morning Plenary 16th November 2009:

• Byobu Window Management Session:

• Distributed Development

• Encourage Team Roadmaps

• LoCo Council

• Afternoon Plenary

• Daily Builds Work in Lucid

PiTiVi, New Application In Ubuntu 10.04 The Lucid Lynx

PiTiVi is free and open source video editor based on the GStreamer multimedia framework, and i could new application in Lucid Lynx.




PiTiVi has been chosen for two reasons:

• It has a simple interface
• The company funding PiTiVi, Collabora, are "pushing for it to be included" in Ubuntu

Bad thing in all this is that PiTiVi is not very good application and there are better open source application like Kdenlive.

Here is video about Kdenlive by NixiePixel:

F-Spot Will Be Replaced in Ubuntu 10.04 The Lucid Lynx

There are suggestions that F-Spot will be replaced with gThumb or Shotwell in Ubuntu 10.04.




Also gThumb is not suggested replacement for F-spot but and for Eye of Gnome (default image viewer) because gThumb is faster and better.

Shotwell is also suggested replacement for F-spot because it is lighter and faster version of it.

Gimp Will Be Removed From Ubuntu 10.04 The Lucid Lynx

On UDS-L they decided that Gimp will be removed from default installation of next coming Ubuntu 10.04 The Lucid Lynx, OMG!

For You who don't know Gimp is a free software graphics editor, AKA windows Photoshop.

They said:

Over three posts I'll present the main ideas and discussions from these meetings: Whittling the default game selection down, removing GIMP from default installs & what best to use for photo-editing and the (slightly odd) decision to potentially include PiTiVi as a default application in Lucid Lynx...

And they all based on this "funny" facts:

• the general user doesn't use it - I use it, and am general user.
• its user-interface is too complex - lol!
• it's an application for professionals - so what?
• desktop users just want to edit photos and they can do that in F-Spot - what is F-Spot?, I don't use this program they should remove it instead Gimp.
• it's a photoshop replacement and photoshop isn't included by default in Windows... - This is Ubuntu not windows, it should be different and not same.
• it takes up room on the disc - then use DVD and no CD...

They are are making a mistake I cant say that!

Ubuntu One Music Store, Win or Fail?

News are spreading around the web that new version of Ubuntu (10.04 The Lucid Lynx) will have implemented music store (Ubuntu One Music Store).




According to Launchpad You will be able to buy music directly from you media player:

“The Lucid music store project aims to deliver the ability to purchase music from within a desktop music player.”

Now come the question, win or fail?

This will be similar for Amazon's music store, Amazon in April 2008 released an MP3 downloader program for Linux so there is no need for for another similar product.

But Ubuntu is free and Canonical need some extra money to continue developing new version of Ubuntu, this way You will be able to support Ubuntu.

I hope they will not become like Micro$oft, greedy bastards!

You can read more about Ubuntu One Music Store here.

UDS-L Starts Today!

UDS-L start today in Dallas, Texas, USA and will last until Friday 20 Nov.

More info about this years UDS-L You can read here.





How to participate even if you aren't attending?

UDS begins this week in Dallas, TX and it's going to be another rockin' kickoff for a new Ubuntu release. Lucid Lynx is will be in heavy discussion for the developers and community at large.

Remote participation is encouraged, via IRC, Lifestream, Gobby and Live Stream. There are a number of EXTRA channels to join as each room at the venue will have a different track topic in it every hour. So it’s not by Stream type so you do have to keep an eye on the time table. I’m posting today so you know in advance. The Overall discussion, including plenary: #ubuntu-devel-summit on freenode.

Discussion Channels – The tracks are shuffled around different rooms, so the irc channels are /per room/, not per track. Here are the channels, which corresponds to the room of the session in the schedule.

#ubuntu-uds-waverly
#ubuntu-uds-stanford
#ubuntu-uds-madison
#ubuntu-uds-esmeralda
#ubuntu-uds-mayflower
#ubuntu-uds-riviere
#ubuntu-uds-vinoy
#ubuntu-uds-presidente
#ubuntu-uds-riogrande
#ubuntu-uds-lonestar1
#ubuntu-uds-lonestar2
#ubuntu-uds-lonestar3
#ubuntu-uds-alamo1
#ubuntu-uds-alamo2
For Icecast – see the link here: http://icecast.ubuntu.com/

A stream of all Ubuntu and UDS posts made to Identi.ca, Twitter, and Flickr can be found at http://summit.ubuntu.com/media/lifestream.html or if you just want to follow a certain track here is a list of them

@udscommunity: http://identi.ca/udscommunity
@udskernel: http://identi.ca/udskernel
@udsqa: http://identi.ca/udsqa
@udsfoundations: http://identi.ca/udsfoundations
@udsmobile: http://identi.ca/udsmobile
@udsdesktop: http://identi.ca/udsdesktop
@udsserver: http://identi.ca/udsserver
Gobby is an on line editor that allows any number of participants to add, edit or delete content to a document. Gobby is being used at UDS to collaborate on the specifications that are being written and to facilitate remote participation. To take part, please install Gobby (available in universe) and tell it to connect to gobby.ubuntu.com. You will be presented with a list of documents being edited. During any session or meeting, and particularly at the end of one, please do make a local backup of your documents. WARNING: There is a new gobby in karmic, gobby-infinote, we will NOT be using this at UDS since we need for people on older releases to participate. Ensure you are using the “gobby” package.

One other thing, on freenode you are limited to joining a maximum of 20 IRC channels. If you need to join more you need to join #freenode and ask a staff member there to allow you to join 20+. UDS schedule can be found here: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-l/

You can follow live stream here.

source and more: fridge.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx Wallpapers

Here are some none official wallpapers of Lynx.

	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx Wallpaper_01 Resolution 1280x800
	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx Wallpaper_02 Resolution 1280x1024
	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx Wallpaper_03 Resolution 1600x1200

Click on image to download.