Although I have used Ubuntu Meerkat Maverick since he was in beta, to make an objective evaluation and accurate we need to focus attention to the stable release.
And that's what I'm about to do ^ __ ^
Battlefield: Asus X51L (T5750@2.00 Ghz Core 2 Duo - 2 GB RAM - Video Intel GMA 965 - HDD 250 GB) with 10.10 i386 Ubuntu (desktop).
The installation process is extremely simplified. Besides the now usual slideshow feature of the system, there is a disk management easier, you can install the proprietary codecs for audio-visual playback and instead we no longer have the scroll bar. Or rather, there but not seen! E 'was cleverly hidden, even if there is a chance to see (along with the installation logs) by a comfortable and discreet expander.
Everything is completed in 15 minutes, installation failed completely and our new delivery ready for use.
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| The appearance of the Ubuntu desktop Maverick Meerkat | | |
proceed with the installation of the Italian language, as always very easy and intuitive , and now we visit the new Ubuntu Software Center 3!
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| Ubuntu Software Center |
strides have been made for this application. We have a history of packages installed, the management repository and the ability to install any program directly with a click, more in this edition are also slideshows that show us the new packages (New) and recommended (in evidence).
As you may already know, Canonical decided that the good old Synaptic is now intended to retire. While remaining up to date and in the official repositories, developers seek to use USC as one and only package manager. Currently it is not possible, but I'd say hello if you see the morning ... facing some very interesting news for future versions.
In terms of performance, Ubuntu does not have surprised a lot 10.10; boot times, consumption memory and execution of the programs are (possibly) dropped slightly from Lucid, but this is minor stuff. Lucid also because he had already turned down a lot of many things, not be expected to improve in everything ;-)
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| Meerkat Maverick maintains low memory consumption |
With a window of Firefox 3.6.10 and the Rhythmbox music player on, Maverick consumes about 300 MB of memory ... I would say more than acceptable!
Finally, to my surprise, I found an application that I have always criticized since its appearance (Karmic Koala), but in his new role (and not just graphics) made me think again ...
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| Ubuntu One |
This One Ubuntu, the free storage service offered by Canonical to users of Ubuntu. What about ... never worked, those rare times synchronization was slow and sometimes would stop 80% ... a nuisance!
This new version however, in addition to bringing a utility (integrated) easier to use, works even better! I sync a directory containing several documents and photos: everything perfect, everything smooth. This makes me really pleased :-)
For now I'll stop here, but I will return to talk about Maverick and innovation which resulted!
soon ^ __ ^
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