Beta release expected in a week

Mar 12, 2010 17:11 GMT  ·  By

With the Beta release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS knocking on our doors, we decided to give you a glimpse at the new themes, boot splash, login screen, boot prompt and logos of the upcoming operating system, officially announced by Canonical last week. On April 29th, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) will be the 12th release of this marvelous operating system created by Canonical.

OK, so let's start with the new boot prompt of the Live CD, which has purple and white colors for the text, and a black background. This is what you will see if you don't press a key...

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And this is what you will see if you press a key...
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Next is the new boot splash screen, which has an Ubuntu logo and text with a progress bar formed of five little, white dots that turn red...
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Image courtesy of Canonical
In the images above, you can also notice the new Ubuntu font and logo!

Once the Live CD is loaded, you will be greeted now by a revamped Installer window, which includes the new "Try Ubuntu 10.04" and "Install Ubuntu 10.04" buttons. This is set to appear by default, but you can override it by pressing any key at the first boot prompt and select an option!

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The login screen has also been changed to what you see in the screenshots below...
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And, lastly, there are two new themes in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: Ambiance and Radiance. Have a look at them below! The default one is Ambiance, the dark theme. Radiance is the light one...
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Being an LTS (Long Term Support) release, Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) will be definitely a stable, secure, reliable and open source operating system! The goals for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS are for it to be a bug-free operating system, bring quality improvements to the user interface, the installation experience, the boot experience, and top-notch hardware support. A 10-second boot experience is also on the menu!

At the moment, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is in an Alpha state, but you should visit our website on March 18th, when we will unveil the first Beta version of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx). You can download and test the current development release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS right now from Softpedia! Just remember that it's not stable and it is not intended to be used as a daily operating system!

About Ubuntu:

Ubuntu is a Linux-based operating system for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install process, regular releases and updates, a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default, every other package you can imagine available from the software repositories, and professional technical support from Canonical Ltd. and hundreds of other companies around the world.