Whats New Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 2

Alpha 2 is here and it's bring lots of "under hood" and some visual changes.

• So to start from the hood:

Alpha 2 comes with Linux Kernel 2.6.35-6-generic its a jump from 2.6.34-x in Alpha 1.
Gnome version is 2.30.2 (build date 6/22/10

Ubuntu 10.10 now comes with X Server 1.8, all drivers (open source) have been rebuilt, nVidia proprietary works with X Server 1.8 but ATI (10.6) drivers still don't have support X Server 1.8.

BTRFS file system is now available for testing, if you want to test it be careful because, you may lost all you data.
Also you need to separate boot partition (ext4 or 3) for boot because you cannot boot from BTRFS.

Good side of BTRFS is that it is faster and it also supports snapshots, sub-volumes and compression.

Aptitude have been removed.

Unclutter have been added, it is used to hide mouse cursor when you are using keyboard or mouse is inactive. It is still buggy, if its annoys you can remove it.

Bug with Compiz when it doesn't change mouse cursor when Compiz is on has been fixed.

• Now for above hood:

Sound Menu have been changed, you can now control music player from it.

Read more about Sound Menu in Ubuntu 10.10 here.

Ubuntu Software Center had some UI changes and new features.

You can read all about Ubuntu Software Center in Ubuntu 10.10 here.

Update manager got one small update, now after kernel update when it require restart system it don't pop-out message but now that message in integrated in main window.