First Look: Ubuntu 11.04 Beta

I think they should include tracker in the default installation.

14 april?

Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 - 14 April

Nothing special and outstanding. Really.

The Ubuntu community has released the Beta 2 release of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narhwal.Firefox 4.0, LibreOffice 3.3.2, Banshee 2.0, Linux 2.6.38, X.org 1.10.0, Mesa 7.10.1 and some other not so popular packages have been updated to the latest versions.One another interesting change is that 'Overlay Scrollbars' have been enabled.For more information check http://ubuntumanual.org/.

Unity looks an awful like Gnome3. Will there be an easy way to just switch to the real thing?

Yes, very simple... at the login screen you'll choose Ubuntu classic :)

I wonder why the console does not have cut and paste options in the menu??? Without it try entering: tar xzf superLongFilenameasdasdjauiefhuaicgnuuyugfuygfaksegfkufakfgkaakgfkfkcakegkgaskgakfgakgfafa.gz

The console has paste/copy options in the right click menu. You can also paste text in the console with the middle mouse click.

In the console you can copy with Control Shift C and paste with Control Shift V.

Tab-completion can also be used.

you can always do this with ctrl-insert and shift-insert,

also the scroll wheel works with the command line, and even CLI apps like nano support the scroll wheel.

* cool. linux made CLI fun to use again.;

nice and stable OS

Did anyone try to get back the old Ubuntu Look in this release? Is it possible (let's say classical menus, without unity)?

I will most probably get this version installed on my computer 2-3 weeks after the final release, but I don't really like unity (not yet :)). The same case with all Ubuntu releases, they are really unstable and buggy :| This is the first Unity release for desktop version, it really looks cool, but I expect it to freeze ocassionally and to be unstable. That's why I postpone the upgrade to the latest version until all major bugs are released (this usually happens in 1 month).

By the way, what about GNOME 3? They wanted to include it 10.10, but as I can see it's still the 2.x branch.

Unity is pretty stable if you ask me... and I use it daily :) Also, you can use the Classic desktop if you like, they are both there in this release. Just give it a try ;)

Some GNOME packages were already updated to GNOME 3 RC in this Beta release. I guess the final version of Ubuntu 11.04 will have GNOME 3 :)

I am currently using gnome with natty. I am running both 10.10 and 11.04. I have been quite successfull on making both look identical. Just pick ubuntu classic at login and then set up appearance just like normal. Then when ur ready to try unity just pick it at login.

what about bluetooth ,skype,mms and vlc player? i low ubuntu so

Bluetooth support is enabled by default, you can configure it from the System Settings (see screenshot 2 above).

VLC can be easily installed from Ubuntu Software Center.

Skype can be downloaded and installed with a single click from the Skype website.

MMS?

How to enable expose in ubuntu 11.04 as it was in 10.10 and earlier versions ? I mean the switch of allprograms/active and show/hide desktop with the edges like in mac osx... In 11 it seems "deleted" only the expo for desktop switching :/ And no icon to quickly hide all windows and go to the desktop.... it's really annoying... However the "maxim.,min,exit" buttons included in the globalmenu bar is awesome. And with deleted the bottom panel you have plenty more of space.... very useful on notebooks ;)

Expo is enabled with the Windows key S :) It will show you the four desktops, like in the sixth screenshot above!

Unity is a great new feature. I've been using it since Alpha 3 and on a laptop it saves a great deal of space while allowing you to launch and access almost anything. It does take a little getting used to particularly when you've got more than one window on a single screen, but with programs like Firefox it combines 3 menu bars into one allowing you to use virtually all your screen for browser content while accessing all the menus and buttons that took up 3 bars in the old desktop managers. If you've got a desktop computer and a large monitor the benefits aren't that great but for a laptop Unity is a huge benefit. I've found it to be fairly stable so far, too. I've used it for a month in Alpha 3.

very ...very beautiful???

I'm I the only one who thinks this looks great. There's like 100 different distros and most of them run Gnome or KDE. Choice is good. Plus if it sucks, I'll just run it in classic mode.

... Where never is heard, a discouraging word

It's pretty, but I have misgivings. If it's like earlier Unity versions, I'm disappointed by only being able to use four workspaces (I prefer six for my work) and it's difficult to juggle a dozen or two open emacs windows when you can't see their names on a bottom bar.

Actually I am not shore that GNOME3 is better now.Anyway I will stay on 10.04 LTS until it will be possible.

When maximizing windows, the window title does not show entirely. The buttons is in the way. The window title should be placed in the center of a window.

"5. Trowing a window in the upper panel will automatically maximize it (the same effect also works if you move the window to left or right, just not in fullscreen mode)..."

What do you mean by "trowing a window?" Dictionaries say that "trowing" means "believing" or "thinking." In the context in which you've used the word, I don't understand it.

I am sure that is a typo and the author meant "throwing" and I took this as placing a window (click, drag and drop) to the edge of the display screen.

Ubuntu is moving, transforming from GNOME to Unity...

This would be a pain for those who has been accustomed with GNOME.

Ubuntu should keep GNOME available, besides Unity desktop manager.

So that, user can choose which desktop environment will he use, Unity or GNOME...

Looks amazing! Can't wait!

ok very good