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Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 (Oneiric Ocelot) Released.



Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 (Oneiric Ocelot) Released.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2.

Codenamed “Oneiric Ocelot”, 11.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle fixing bugs and introducing a couple of new features as we polish up for the release.

Ubuntu Changes since Beta 1

Some of the new features now available are:

A new set of community supported ARM architecture images will be available between now and the release. The armel+ac100 for the Toshiba ac100 netbook is available for download now, and armel+mx5 targeted at the Freescale i.MX53 Quick Start development board will be available in one of the upcoming dailies.

GNOME got updated to current unstable version (3.1.92) on its way to GNOME 3.2

OneConf has now been integrated into the Ubuntu Software Center to help keep your installed applications in sync between computers.

And we continue to improve the underlying infrastructure:

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 improves support for installing 32-bit library and application packages on 64-bit systems

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 has a new kernel based on v3.0.4.

Ubuntu Server

Beta 2 includes Orchestra which is a collection of the best free software services for provisioning, deploying, hosting, managing, and orchestrating enterprise data center infrastructure services, by, with, and for the Ubuntu Server.
Juju (formerly codenamed Ensemble) is now available as a part of Ubuntu Server to handle service deployment and orchestration for both cloud and bare metal. Juju has many Charms available, including OpenStack deployment.
Xen hypervisor has been re-introduced to Ubuntu Server.

Kubuntu

Kubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 has the latest KDE software including KDE 4.7.1 Plasma Workspaces and Applications.
Along with KDE 4.7.1, the new KDE Personal Information Management (KDEPIM) suite 4.7 is included, which includes the new Kmail 2.
The Muon Suite 1.2 which includes Muon Software Center and Muon Package manager is now available.

Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/OneiricOcelot/Beta2/Kubuntu for details.

Edubuntu

Edubuntu’s Oneiric Ocelot Beta 2 has updates to gobby-0.5 and gbrainy version 2.
For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 11.10, please refer to http://www.edubuntu.org.

Mythbuntu

Mythbuntu Oneiric Ocelot Beta 2 has adapted Chromium to replace Firefox by default. It now ships with Ubuntu Software Center.
Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for further details.

About Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate.

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.


To Get Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2

To upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 from Ubuntu 11.04, follow these instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OneiricUpgrades

Or, download Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 images from a location near you:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server)

In addition, they can be found at the following links:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/oneiric/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server)
http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/oneiric/beta-2/ (Ubuntu Cloud Images)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/oneiric/beta-2/ (Ubuntu DVD, Alternates, pre-installed ARM Images)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/11.10/ (Ubuntu Netboot)
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/oneiric/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/ (Kubuntu DVD)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/ (Xubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/ (Edubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/oneiric/beta-2/ (Ubuntu Studio)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/ (Mythbuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/ (Lubuntu)
The final version of Ubuntu 11.10 is expected to be released on October 13 2011.


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Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 (Oneiric Ocelot) Released.

Codenamed “Oneiric Ocelot”, 11.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.

This release introduces a new set images called Ubuntu Core. These include a minimal software and are can be used as the basis for customized Ubuntu distributions and products.

The DVD images have been slimmed down to 1.5GB, retaining a complete set of language packs, for faster downloading and use on USB drives.

With Ubuntu 11.10, we also welcome a new Ubuntu family member, Lubuntu! Lubuntu, together with Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Mythbuntu, and Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 1 status today.

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Ubuntu Changes:

Some of the new features now available are:

DVD images have been revised into extended desktop images with additional language support and a few extra applications, and thereby reduced to a more manageable size of around 1.5 GB.

“Lenses” (formerly “Places”) now integrate multiple sources and advanced filtering like ratings, range, categories.

Thunderbird is included as default email client including menu and launcher integration.

Déjà Dup is included as the default backup tool, making it easy to create backups and upload them to Ubuntu One.

The new gwibber landed in Oneiric bringing improved performance and a new interface using the most recent GNOME technologies.

GNOME got updated to current unstable version (3.1.5) on its way to GNOME 3.2

LightDM now uses the new Unity greeter by default.

The indicators have been visually refreshed, including a refactoring of the session indicator and a new power indicator.

The Ubuntu Software Center adds new “top rated” views to the main category page and all subcategory pages, it allows you to edit or delete your own reviews, and has had a significant speedup for standalone deb file installation.

And we continue to improve the underlying infrastructure:

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 enables support for installing 32-bit library and application packages on 64-bit systems

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 has a new kernel based on v3.0.3.

GNU toolchain has transitioned to be based off of gcc 4.6 for i386, amd64, and ARM omap3/omap4 architectures.

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for details.

Ubuntu Server

Ubuntu Server now includes Orchestra, a collection of the best free software services for provisioning, deploying, hosting, managing, and orchestrating enterprise data center infrastructure services.

Ensemble is now available as well, it is a critical part of Ubuntu Server designed to handle service deployment and orchestration for both cloud and bare metal.

OpenStack has been updated to the latest Diablo-4 development release.

Ubuntu Core

Ubuntu Core is a new minimal rootfs for use in the creation of custom images. Developers will be able to use Ubuntu Core as the basis for their application demonstrations, constrained environment deployments, device support packages, and other goals.

Kubuntu

Kubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 sports the latest KDE software including KDE 4.7 Plasma Workspaces and Applications.

Along with KDE 4.7, 11.10 also introduces the new KDEPIM suite, which includes the new Kmail 2.

The new Amarok 2.4.3 music player has several improvements to make it easier to use.

Kubuntu has switched to providing the Muon Software Center and Muon Package manager by default.

Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/OneiricOcelot/Beta1/Kubuntu for details.

Xubuntu

Xubuntu has changed several default applications: Pastebinit is now included to make it easier to share information. Leafpad is now the default text editor. gThumb has been added to assist with digital

The onscreen keyboard, Onboard, is now included in the default Xubuntu menus, under Accessories. For those who require an onscreen keyboard, this will be much easier to access using only a mouse or touchpad.

Edubuntu

Oneiric Ocelot Beta 1 is the first release of Edubuntu to feature a fully translated installer. LTSP Live has been re-written and is now fully translatable and network-manager aware.

This beta also offers a refreshed look and feel with a new wallpaper and login screen.

For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 11.10, please refer to http://www.edubuntu.org.

Mythbuntu

Mythbuntu Oneiric Ocelot Beta 1 has transitioned over to the quicker lightdm desktop manager and brings updated builds of MythTV.

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/oneiric/beta for more details on the above products.

About Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support .

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate.

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

To Get Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1

To upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 from Ubuntu 11.04, follow these instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OneiricUpgrades

Or, download Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 images from a location near you:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server)

In addition, they can be found at the following links:


The final version of Ubuntu 11.10 is expected to be released on October 13 2011.

More Information

You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our website, IRC channel and wiki.

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce
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Graphical user interface in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10/Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Server Edition

Ubuntu server edition

First of all you need to update your system copy the following command:



when update complete after that you can install the GUI using command line copy the following command:



This command will install the Gnome Desktop on Ubuntu Server Edition. If you want to install graphical interface on Server Edition without all the desktop add-on and other things that come with Ubuntu Desktop Edition, You can install the "minimal" GUI desktop, If you need minimal installation then copy the following command:



When installation complete reboot your pc after reboot you will see the login screen and once you logged in you will see normal looking desktop.

For XFCE (Xubuntu) and KDE (Kubuntu) desktop on related Server Edition. First apply update command and apply following commands:

For XFCE-Xubuntu Server GUI



For KDE-Kubuntu Server GUI




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