Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 Has Ubuntu Software Store

Is it just me that is getting the download links to Alpha 5?

That xsplash is very sexy. Now they just need to make the default theme a little less 90's and it will be very welcoming!

its official! the xubuntu default desktop+theme looks better than ubuntu's.
Don't you just love it when style meets speed, it's like a foreign sports car that gets 50mpg!

Both kubuntu and xubuntu default themes are a lot prettier than the ugly human theme. I wish they worked on it a bit more.

And what about Lubuntu? will they release it with the other *buntus in october 29th?

So I guess this confirms they won't be straying from the brown and orange color scheme like they said they would ( big surprise). I guess they consider the more brownish alternate themes as a difference, because the boot screen looks very Dust-ish.

Hey I'm with you, I was hoping to ditch the muddy-water look too. However, I installed alpha 6 and ran it for 3 days, then ran the software update last night. I had 480 updates and 360mb of downloads. I restarted, and the boot screen has changed? It still has that color, but it did change (progress bar is different, and I think the background is darker), which tells me they may be saving appearences until the very end. I could be dead wrong, but I just wonder how much the system will change before the final release...over a month from now.

Awesome!
the Software store is very nice

Hmm i see they still have "Bastard Tetris" in the store, imo this is highly unprofessional as well as potentially offensive to certain people and i sure wouldn't want my children exposed to this game.

Imagine Microsoft had shipped Win 7 with bastard solitaire or * minefield.....................

Unifier: Get a life. Find something more urgent to crusade about.

On one had I agree about offensive language not appropriate for a serious OS. On the other hand, Ubuntu does not "ship" with it, like you implied. It is simply available in its repositories for installation. You don't want your kids exposed to it, simply don't install it. Since they should not have root access to the system (that includes sudo), they will never know of it's existence. And there are offensive programs you can install for windows. Like Windows, Ubuntu cannot and does not want to control the developers and tell them what they can and cannot create. That can be left to Apple.

"Since they should not have root access to the system (that includes sudo), they will never know of it's existence."

afaik you only need root access to install sw not to browse the software store, anyways I must agree it is a silly name to call a program "bas***d", it really *does* smell of amateurism/immaturity......................

So, what happens if you have auto-login turned off? Does the login screen almost /instantly/ appear (because it doesn't have to wait for a user's desktop to load)? I never use auto-login. Ok, I use it on a very old tablet in the car I was trying to get up as a car computer. But not generally.

First I'd just like to say how surprised I was at how mature XFCE, GNOME and KDE all look. It's very interesting to see how three of the most popular DEs are going in different directions and it's very interesting to see how they will turn out in 5 years.

The Ubuntu xsplash looks great, I've seen a lot of ideas for it on the Ubuntu wiki and this choice is very good. The new Software Store/Center also looks great.

It's very exciting to see how this turns out.

Personally, i don't really care about the appearance changes they do, since one can modify it easily at several ways. I think performance and usability is more important, also, if they wanted to make things more good looking they should really try harder, because the new themes they just made, are even almost nice. They should try more advanced changes, a theme that makes it all look very hightech, one that makes it look like old OS's, once that gives and asian impression... you name it.

I installed Ubuntu on my IBM X40 with a SSD. After a successful installation ( without any warming), I rebooted the system. It turn out to a flash of GRUB, then a black screen, and never lighting up again.

Linux is good! Ubuntu gives me on-the-fly access to internet when i connect my nokia phone unlike Windows where i have to install a nokia communicator and all. I have successfully installed Ububtu 9.04 on a Dell, Toshiba and recently a 4gig memory HP laptop. All running smoothly

Ubuntu 9.10 has proved to be a stable and effective operating system. There's nothing I can fault as of yet and definately recommend it to any one looking for a reliable system that will teach you something. Brilliant for kids and good learning games comes standard.

10 out of 10