Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)

http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.10/

by tzury • 16 years ago

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Kliment3• 16 years ago

Is it just me, or are there no release notes?

rquirk• 16 years ago

It was linked to in the release email at least: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1010

Kliment3• 16 years ago

Thank you! It was missing on the page.

ubuntuftfw• 16 years ago

Torrents:

64 bit: http://burnbit.com/torrent/156840/ubuntu_10_10_desktop_amd64...

32 bit: http://burnbit.com/torrent/156841/ubuntu_10_10_desktop_i386_...

Please seed

mdaniel• 16 years ago

I'm not an expert in BitTorrent, but in my mental model, aren't you siphoning away seeders from the _official_ Ubuntu trackers by using burnbit?

I can appreciate using burnbit for certain behemoth companies that don't normally publish via torrent, but since ubuntu.com actually offers them along-side the isos, this smells counterproductive.

Freak2love• 16 years ago

I think uTorrent does not even connect to web seeds unless there are low seeds/peers

webignition• 16 years ago

In this case yes. The torrent file from burnbit appears to list only the burnbit tracker.

A torrent file can list multiple trackers. It would make more sense for burnbit to take the official torrent and add their tracker to the list, allowing a client to make use of the peers listed by their tracker and the official tracker.

The offical torrent provides both IPv6 and IPv4 trackers, which is nice.

superos4• 16 years ago

Official torrent downloads: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/alternative-downloa...

pbhjpbhj2• 16 years ago

Getting [k]ubuntu upgrades is about the only thing I've used torrents for seriously - it always takes far far longer than a direct download from one of my nearest mirrors. Like 24hrs instead of 1.

I'm not leeching I get lots of connections it just goes slow as molasses. Guess I'm doing it wrong but just in case others are getting slow downloads via torrent I'd really consider a direct download.

pedrokost3• 16 years ago

I hoped they would manage to make my wireless card work wirelessly. They didn't :(

ciupicri• 16 years ago

I'm not the one that downvoted you, but I think that you could have at least mentioned the model of the wireless card, not to mention a `lspci -v' dump or a real bug report.

pedrokost3• 16 years ago

The reason I didn't add any more info is because I don't use HN to fix my network problems. I have posted the question on ubuntuforums.org and I am still awaiting a reply.

MisterWebz• 16 years ago

How can i update to the newest version from the 10.10 release candidate?

thristian2• 16 years ago

System → Administration → Update Manager should do it, if you're using the GUI; if not, try the usual "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade".

jdub4• 16 years ago

The correct way to upgrade Ubuntu from the command line is "do-release-upgrade" (which includes extra upgrading smarts that apt alone does not).

SkyMarshal3• 16 years ago

Yes, avoid dist-upgrade, it apparently can break dependencies. Upgrade to a major version with

%> sudo apt-get update && sudo do-release-upgrade

steve19• 16 years ago

> To upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a server system: install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade -d; and follow the on-screen instructions.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes

jdub4• 16 years ago

If you're upgrading a server, just run "do-release-upgrade -m server".

cdr4• 16 years ago

If you have the 10.10 RC already, I'm pretty sure there's no "upgrade" to the final as if you were coming from 10.04 - the updates you've been applying along the way have put you there.

codedivine• 16 years ago

Anyone going for Kubuntu?

eternauta3k• 16 years ago

I actually switched from Kubuntu to Ubuntu just for the sake of change. Only thing I miss is split view in Nautilus, although it seems there are patches available.

jdub4• 16 years ago

You'll be pleased to find that Nautilus in 10.10 has a split pane view. Just hit View > Extra Pane (or F3). :-)

mbubb• 16 years ago

Actually installed Xubuntu on a netbook (old hp 2133).

mgunes2• 16 years ago

The link is here the image download page, which doesn't provide much context.

Release Announcement:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-Octob...

Release Notes:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1010

Upgrade Info:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

Desktop Overview:

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop

Server Overview:

http://www.ubuntu.com/server

Netbook Overview:

http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook

RexRollman3• 16 years ago

I have a Lenovo Ideapad S10 which has been running 10.04 since April and I've been pretty happy with it. I imagine that I will install 10.10 on it tomorrow.

shaddi• 16 years ago

Not sure what the Ideapads use for wifi, but there is an issue with the iwlagn driver (what my Thinkpad X61 uses) that disables 802.11n modes. Not a problem if you're using not using 802.11n, but something to be aware of. Check the release notes for details.

moxiemk1• 16 years ago

The original S10 has an Atheros chip (non-N)

I'll also be throwing this onto my OS-of-the-week S10 (I was trying to get Plan 9 running, but it wasn't having any of it)

RexRollman3• 16 years ago

My IdeaPad S10 uses a Broadcom BCM4312.

lazyant2• 16 years ago

I installed it from CD in a friend's PC. Couple of little complaints: he was confused by the installation screen showing that he didn't have the requirement of "2.6 GB of available drive space": http://lh6.ggpht.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TH7Lkl4Jd-I/AAAAAAAAByc/tt...

He thought this was because there was another OS in the drive and didn't know how to proceed (the "Forward" button was grayed out). I took a look at it, suspected no hard drive detected and that was it, the newly install HD had no power attached to it.

I just wished (for the newbies' sake) that instead/besides the disk space requirement with an X there was a note saying that no HD was detected.

The second issue is that even if I chose "yes, install proprietary stuff" the WiFi card wasn't working because of missing firmware (at least the message was right there when clicking on the network icon -strange up/down arrows btw-).

It took me only a few minutes to figure out and find the firmware update submenu and solve the issue but they could have linked that in the wifi connection message; my friend (someone with no experience outside Windows) would have not solved this issue by himself.

pedrokost3• 16 years ago

what/where is the firmware submenu? I have WIFI issues after fresh install too.

superos4• 16 years ago

System | Administration | Additional Drivers

jeffreyg• 16 years ago

released on 10/10/10. cool.

bergie• 16 years ago

Not only that, but also at 10:10 UTC

zacharypinter• 16 years ago

Clever that Ubuntu 10.10 is released on 10/10/10.

javanix2• 16 years ago

That's how their version numbers work - 9.10 was released in October 09, 9.04 in April 09, etc.

dekomote2• 16 years ago

i don't think that the case. The first number is the year and the second is the month.

zachrose• 16 years ago

I want to upvote this, but then it would go past 10 upvotes.

kijinbear• 16 years ago

> The Ultimate answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is... 42, and in its' purest form 101010.

Source: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-Octob...

sudonim• 16 years ago

Ubuntu's Software Center == Apple's iTunes Store. Making it as easy is a huge opportunity for Ubuntu. Looking forward to giving it a shot.

jackolas• 16 years ago

Well if Apple actually used unified updates... But yes it's very nice compared to what it used to be. I feel comfortable having people use it now.

cdr4• 16 years ago

There appear to still be serious issues with both the proprietary Nvidia and ATI drivers with Xorg 1.9 - kind of a shame. If you have an older Nvidia card, or an ATI card plus certain monitors, you're not going to be able to use the good drivers with 10.10 for awhile.

paol3• 16 years ago

Is that with the ubuntu supplied drivers or the nvidia ones?

Everything is working well for me with the latest nvidia drivers (256.53) on a GTX 260 card.

cdr4• 16 years ago

According to the release notes, nvidia-96 and nvidia-173 are the ones with the issue.

rgarcia• 16 years ago

i've run into this issue after upgrading--cpu usage is high and graphics rendering is slow. after disabling the proprietary nvidia driver everything went back to normal.

there's a beta nvidia driver that claims to fix some of the problems, i'm trying it now: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1577997

liljimmytables• 16 years ago

Boring, obvious advice from someone who's been using Kubuntu since Feisty: if it's your main desktop, don't upgrade now unless you have to. For the sake of a couple of weeks' waiting you stand a much better chance of avoiding any teething troubles, or at least being able to to find documentation for your problem. This is especially relevant if you use a laptop or unusual hardware.

(For the record I've been hit with laptop wifi incompatibility (the Intel wireless driver got changed, config files didn't update) and software RAID in the GRUB 2 update.)

javanix2• 16 years ago

For anyone unfamiliar with it, many wifi issues can be taken care of with a little research and the compat-wireless (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download) downloads. Very easy to patch in the latest drivers for your chipset.

SkyMarshal3• 16 years ago

Second that. Unless there's something major you just can't live without, which there doesn't appear to be in the upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10, let the pawns go first.

tvon4• 16 years ago

Unless I'm seeing some leftovers from the beta/rc, I think the default theme still ships with a nearly impossible to grab window border, which is somewhat infuriating.

dekomote2• 16 years ago

Usually i use shiki themes and elementary from time to time. They all have the same issue. I think that's metacity perk and not theme related. Recently I became switched to LXDE (try it on High Performance PC - Mind blown) and i don't have that problem as openbox has nice borders and handles.

paol3• 16 years ago

You can make borders as thick as you like. The "1px border" disease is a theme design problem.

It wouldn't matter if bottom-right resize handles were standard, but as it is only a few windows have them.

paol3• 16 years ago

No, you're seeing it correctly. I was of the (apparently minority) opinion that they had really dropped the ball with the new theme introduced in 10.04.

That one release later still suffers from blatant UI screwups like that is really disappointing.

tvon4• 16 years ago

It's a pretty stupid bug to ship with, I'd easily call it a showstopper.

superos4• 16 years ago

Usually I do not grab borders in GNOME. I use Alt-Button1 to move and Alt-Button3 to resize (alternatively Alt-F7 or Alt-F8).

tvon4• 16 years ago

You don't have much of a choice if you're using the default theme.

mgunes2• 16 years ago

The long term fix for the issue of window resizing being difficult (unless you use Alt + Button2) has only just landed in GTK+ 3 master:

http://blogs.fedoraproject.org/wp/mclasen/2010/10/09/getting...

It makes it possible to implement an easy to grab window handle in every GtkWindow regardless of whether it uses a status bar, among other things.

acabal• 16 years ago

Hasn't this been a bug for years? I think it has something to do with the core theming system making it difficult/impossible to do, so while it appears to be a minor bug it's actually a very deep problem.

Symmetry• 16 years ago

Or possibly so many developers are just used to using ALT-button 2 that it isn't a pain point for them.

hristov2• 16 years ago

I am surprised at how well their servers are handling this. I am using the standard method of updating from the update manager and I am getting over 1 Mbit/s speeds.

So if you were waiting for the crowd to clear, no need to wait.

icco2• 16 years ago

How long did your upgrade take?

hristov2• 16 years ago

The download part was no longer than 30 min. I am not sure how long the entire upgrade took because I left my computer and the upgrade stopped at one part because it needed to ask me a question.

bd• 16 years ago

When I updated Ubuntu in VirtualBox, I got X-Windows completely broken. This helped:

"If you are testing Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat in VirtualBox, you may notice that guest additions are not working, it seems that the problem is the new xserver they put in Ubuntu 10.10, the modules are not build against this new version."

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
  sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11

http://www.unixmen.com/linux-tutorials/1157-install-guest-ad...

TorKlingberg2• 16 years ago

I just installed 10.10 on my netbook, and the user interface has been completely redone... again. I am happy that Canonical are working so much on UI, but I wish they would stick to a basic layout for a while and improve it until it is solid and all the details are right. It will never be just right if they keep throwing it all out every six months for something new. I am having some serious problems figuring out how to start applications and whether buttons open new windows or switch to current ones.

On the plus side, it hasn't broken anything major. Wireless just works.

Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)

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