Karmic Koala Alpha 2 released

"Development for Karmic just recently opened and many of the new features have not yet started to appear. Currently the changes include the sync of packages from Debian Unstable or Sid has begun, a new kernel based on 2.6.30 and the latest development release of GNOME, 2.27.1.

"GNOME 2.27.1

"Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 2 includes the latest GNOME 2.27.1 development release. Linux kernel 2.6.30

"Alpha 2 includes the 2.6.30-5.6 kernel based on 2.6.30-rc5. The kernel will ship with Kernel Mode Setting enabled for Intel graphics (see below). LRM is deprecated in favour of DKMS packages."

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