Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition beta review

“Ubuntu Unity is a bold step for Ubuntu caretaker Canonical and
its Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook remix. It offers a completely new user
interface built on the backbone of key features due in GNOME 3
including Mutter and Zeitgeist. Russell Barnes tests it to breaking
point (and found that it did. Regularly.)…

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“Not only does the Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition beta boast
features due in GNOME 3, namely Mutter (compositing window manager)
and Zeitgeist (activity logging engine), it’s also forward looking,
with a view to touch-screen compatibility. That said, it still only
represents the tip of the iceberg as far as Canonical is
concerned.

“While Ubuntu Unity is designed to take on the netbook market
with a full-frontal attack, a different spin on Unity called Ubunty
Light has been designed alongside it to make in-roads into the
dual-boot, instant-on market. As the name suggests it’s a
considerably lighter version of Unity designed to reach a web
browser within ten seconds of hitting the instant-on button.”

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