The rise of desktop operating systems explore the history of Ubuntu 10.10

According to foreign http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> media reports, Maverick Meerkat (meerkat) of the official version of Ubuntu 10.10, in the experience of 3 alpha, 1 Beta and an RC version, finally released on October 10.

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If you are already an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS user, you can upgrade by using the Update Manager or the Do-release-upgrade command. (Ubuntu 10.04 is LTS, so if your version doesn't check for updates, you'll need to change the update options.) The specific can refer to Ubuntu 10.10 Upgrade treasure book)

The cute meerkat is the code for Ubuntu 10.10.

In contrast to 10.04, the new Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop version will pay more attention to home and mobile users and make changes in a number of details, such as new themes, new Sound Menu styles, Software Center (Software Center) for a number of improvements, a new installation interface, a new Ubuntu fonts, improved cloud services Ubuntu One, the software center takes over the Deb package installation process, and so on. In addition, the Ubuntu Netbook also has a new Unity interface enabled.

"Planning a release version of the name is a daunting challenge and a great art creation process," says Ubuntu boss Shuttleworth. "Ubuntu's version code is very interesting, always named after animals, the same letter beginning of a pair of words--adjective + animal name." Starting with Ubuntu 6.06, the name of the letter serial number increment has been maintained.

Ubuntu 10.10:maverick Meerkat Maverick Meerkat

The meerkat is a small mammal, mainly living in the south of the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, the most prominent feature is to keep upright with tail support, if you feel strange may recall the Disney film "Lion King" in the Timon, it is the most well-known role of the Meerkat, In addition, the BBC and Discovery, a joint venture Animal Planet Channel, also produced a documentary film, "Meerkat Kingdom" (Meerkats United) in 2000.