My week in Ubuntu: Feisty Is here
Tech April 20th. 2007, 11:23amThe April 2007 release of Ubuntu 7.04, Feisty Fawn is here! The news of the impending release filled me with dread, as there is always a waiting period where everyone tries to get the new releases and crushes the download servers.
I had publicly declared I’d be using Edgy Eft for a few weeks until bug reports about upgrading to Feisty Fawn came in. Secretly I always have a hard time waiting when I have little to lose and a quick set of buttons to hit. While I’d like to use Feisty for it’s improvements, I figured I’d just have to wait. Just to see if the update was availble, I went to the System->Admin panel and clicked, “Update Manager”. Sure enough, “Upgrade to 7.04″ was enabled.
I clicked on the link, half expecting it to choke on trying to download the latest updates. It told me I’d have to wait about an hour to update my system. Why not? I clicked the link and waited. While I surfed the web, Ubuntu upgraded itself without my intervention. After it finished the updates, I was running Feisty Fawn. Simply as that!
I rebooted to get the new kernel and everything running. It’s back up with no problems and it’s searching for new software updates (again, without me doing anything than clicking once.) The new updates, post-reboot, are going a little more slowly. That’s probably due to the demand.
I just upgraded an OS with about 5-10 clicks! So tremendously awesome.
The only differences I noticed on reboot was Beagle, the integrated search tool, sitting on my alert notification tray, and the new “proprietary drivers running” warning/notification telling me that Ndivida drivers were operational. Neat. I haven’t even gotten to play around with some of the cooler stuff yet like desktop effects. I’ll leave that for later.
Wee!
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April 20th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
I recently discovered your blog - nice to see a fellow Linux user. I use Arch myself.
You should have a stab at getting xgl/compiz up and running for some pretty awesome eye-candy. I think it’s fairly straight-forward on Ubuntu (as are most things).
Nice blog.
April 21st, 2007 at 5:59 am
I’d like to update, but I’m backing up my pictures to my webspace, a process which won’t be finished for a week. I’m still running Dapper…
April 21st, 2007 at 7:27 pm
I did, in fact, get Beryl up and running. Simple in Feisty as it could be. It’s got a LOT of eye candy. Too much, in fact, for me. I got the windows effects back down to a tolerable level.
Turns out I just hated the “Magic Lamp” minimize effect, so once I figure out how to change THAT, the rest was pretty good. The rotating cube doesn’t work for me yet though, and all the videos I see are just people flipping through their desktops one after another. I feel left out with my zoom and wobbly windows. The other stuff is very snazzy looking. I want some more productivity upgrades to work their way in before I really start worrying about Beryl.