Ubuntu10.10's five most anticipated improvements

MaverickMeerkat (fox country), Ubuntu version to be released in May, the Linux community has been expecting it to bring about some major changes and improvements. I carefully studied the blueprint for this version and selected the five main projects that Linux end users are most interested in. It is also the five most expected improvements of Ubuntu10.10. (Edit Note: before the release of Ubuntu10.04, some fans summarized the latest version of Ubuntu10.04 that needs to be modified immediately [

Maverick Meerkat (fox country), Ubuntu version to be released in May, the Linux community has been expecting it to bring about some major changes and improvements. I carefully studied the blueprint of this version and selected five main projects that Linux end users are most interested in. It is also the five most expected improvements of Ubuntu 10.10. (Edit Note: before the release of Ubuntu 10.04, some fans summarized the 16-point [text] that need to be modified immediately for the new version of Ubuntu 10.04. What kind of expectation will Ubuntu 10.04 bring to us, fans of Ubuntu are very enthusiastic)

1. Software Center Enhancement

One of the key tasks of developing Ubuntu 10.10 is to improve the software center and solve many availability problems that have been complained about in the past, including:

◆ Better search experience

I have heard a lot of complaints in this regard. I can also give a few comments on my previous article "what Linux beginners need to know". In that article, I sent a "Disk Analyzer" program interface, because its title is displayed as Disk Analyzer, so many people search for this keyword in the Software Center, but unfortunately it will not return any results, in Ubuntu 10.10, the search suggestion function is provided, which may be effectively solved.

◆ Improved dependency display

Many users, even senior users, do not particularly care about the package dependency information of the program. Management of this information has always relied on the package management program, there is no reason to present this information directly to them. In the next software manager, everything except the program itself will be hidden, it is displayed only when you click the "Technical Information" tab.

◆ Organization of additional components

Many programs are now popular with extensions or plug-ins to expand their functions, such as the famous Firefox browser. Now there are many Firefox plug-ins in the Software Center, in Ubuntu 10.10, the organization of these additional components is more reasonable and convenient for browsing and searching.

Readers can refer to Ubuntu 10.10's new installation interface for more information.

2. OneConf-synchronize your configurations between multiple computers

OneConf allows users to share their Ubuntu configurations across multiple computers, making it a reality for people to work on multiple computers. You can get a synchronous prompt from the browser, oneConf allows you to store the installer list and its configuration information to the UbuntuOne service, and then you can synchronize the program list and their configuration information on another computer, you can also use it for configuration recovery. The benefit is that it supports multiple configuration specifications, allowing you to maintain an independent list for different types of machines (such as home, work, desktop, laptop, etc ).

3. New Application delivery model

Both developers and users want a software release to be pushed to users as soon as possible. Although this process has not yet been finalized, developers will be able to submit their software packages to the software warehouse for review, this means that Ubuntu users can receive the latest software package without upgrading.

4. Chromium will be used as the default browser of the netbook.

Ubuntu 10.10 will also enhance its support for netbooks, and will release Ubuntu Netbook Edition for netbooks. One improvement is to use the lighter Chromium as the default browser, many Linux users are familiar with Chromium or Google-branded Chrome, while Firefox is abandoned.

5. Enhanced touch screen support

Ubuntu 10.10 will enhance touch screen support. By adjusting GTK, icon settings, and other theme parameters, it will improve the Touch support friendliness of existing applications. In addition, it may also include support for gestures in Compiz, and more improvements will be made in the future, such as built-in screen keyboards. As touch screens become increasingly popular, Ubuntu will certainly not miss this market.

What do you expect?

Which of the above five improvements makes you most excited? What are your expectations for Ubuntu 10.10? Share with you!