Quick Look: Ubuntu 11.04 Beta

Isn't Alpha 3 coming out tomorrow?

One of the biggest problems I found with 11.04's new desktop interface is that you cant drag and drop new items onto the new side taskbar. I also think the left side of the screen is a pretty bad place for the task bar. You cannot rearrange or edit the existing items either. Dropping the default gnome-desktop in favour of this monstrosity will probably be the downfall of Ubuntu.

Of course you can remove existing icons and rearrange them.

To rearrange icons from the Unity dock, just hold it and drag it outside the dock, and place it where you want :)

To remove icons from the Unity dock, just right click on the icon and uncheck the "Keep in Launcher" option.

You have the option at the bottom of login screen to go to the classic desktop

Tomorrow's release would be Alpha 3, not Beta 1.

Beta 1 will be released only by the end of this month (31st March).

that what i thought as well alpha3

Sorry guys, our mistake on the Beta release. We've modified the article accordingly :)

wtf? are you confused with the alpha and beta term's or you know something that ubuntu community doesnt ?:) this should be posted on 31 March

Wow, talk about trying to get attention by blatantly giving a false title to the article. Beta is a month away as the article itself points out. Yet, the title says a quick look at the beta? Please don't make yourself look so unprofessional by such immature penmanship.

That unity interface it's so ugly,i had tested it and i don't like it at all,the way it looks,the way it moves.

its sound interesting, very!

Can't wait wanna see how the unity thing pan's out

Will I be able to finally have iTunes work in Wine? That would be great.

Time to drop the closed source platform that Apple has roped you into. It is because of Apple that you can't access YOUR electronics so jailbreak it or move to a more liberal platform...

I am anxiously waiting an option to the Apple juggernaut. I have a neglected IPod Touch and am anxious to preview HP's WebOS or an Android option.

Interested in why Gnome 3 is being rejected. When I trialled it, it seemed so different to everything I've experienced, that I did not venture further.

Difference between ALPHA

After running update when the initial install of Ubuntu 10.10 had completed, it failed to recognise my Windows partition. It was available prior to the update. It wasn't the only one though, Mint 9, Fedora 14, Sabayon and Debian all failed to offer dual boot with Windows. I had to reinstall Ubuntu 10.04 to get a dual boot menu again. Is this going to be a feature of 11.04 or has this problem been resolved? If not, is there a current distro that still works with Windows partitions out of the box?

That's not a "unity" theme! It's the gnome default theme!!!

i think i will move to mint, because i don't like unity and gnome shell

Will Canonical allow us to move the window buttons back to the upper-left corner where they belong?