Here is the second Alpha release for ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, we already made a quick Review for ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1, will show here the main enhancement and new features included with Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 2 and will show a quick comparison between both of them. With Alpha 2 includes last versions of installed Applications, Desktops even for different distributions based on Ubuntu 10.10 ” Gnome, KDE, Xfce ”
Basic Comparison Between Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 2 and Alpha 1
| Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 2 | Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1 | |
| Gnome | 2.31 included updates for Evolutions 2.30 | 2.31 |
| KDE | 4.5 RC 1 | 4.5 Beta 1 |
| Kernel | 2.6.35-6.7 | 2.6.34-5.12 |
Testing on Virtual Machine ” Vbox “
- Dual Core 2.1 Ghz
- 512 MB of RAM
- 12 MB of Video memory
First Impression:
Magnificent Booting time better than both Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1.
Looks the same as Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and 10.10 Alpha 1 with same installed default themes and backgrounds.
Closer Look to New features Listed on Maverick Blueprint List Here, also subscribe for mailing list for changes comes up on Ubuntu 10.10 Here.
Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 2 Installations – Crash 
10 minutes installation duration really quick, but right after the installation, crashed with some third party or local libraries ” Reported ”
If you are going to test Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 2, try to report any crashes or bugs. Here how to report bugs you find.
Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 2 Screenshots:
It’s not recommended to use this release in production machines. Don’t forget to report bugs.
Download And Install Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 2
Check the Release Notes and Download Options Here
Will add Closer Look for Ubuntu 10.10 soon.
That’s it for Now.
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How dramatic was the boot time change? Mine currently takes just under 30 secs on a Dell XPS m1330- 4gb ram, 2.2ghz processor
by current, I mean with 10.04
on virtual machine with the same hardware specifications took about 40 seconds, after the installation without virtual machine on dual core 2.1 Ghz and 2 GB of RAM took 25 secs.
but overall alpha 1 was performing better than alpha 2 for me. got many crashes with Alpha 2 so far.
I've been using Ubuntu 10.10 since last Beta, so I just updated. I've had a few Firefox crashes, but not as many as on previous Mint distro release.
If you get a chance take a look at some of the simple card and puzzle games, I had a bad experience with Gem DropX. I've also noticed that certain solitaire games no longer go full screen with bigger card faces, wonder how I can get that back…
ChiJoan
Joan in Reno
Hello Joan
Beta version didn't released till now will be released at September 2nd, last release alpha 2, firefox 3.6.6 working great on it, solitaire game working fine on alpha 2 even with full screen mode. but overall alpha 1 release was stabler than alpha 2 release.
mhnassif
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