Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Beta Released, Complete Review

The beta version of Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' has been released. The final version will come out on October,10.

You can download the beta from the links below. Please note that though it is fairly stable, it is still not the final version and there will be bugs.

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May Be It Is or May Be Not : Maverick Default Wallpaper

There is lot of buzz going around the new Maverick default wallpaper and almost everyone hates it (comments, tweets, questions).

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New Maverick Meerkat Wallpapers: Ubuntu Artwork Shortlist

The Ubuntu Artwork group on flickr shortlisted 20 wallpapers to be featured in Ubuntu 10.10 out of a whooping 5,345 submssions. Have a look, download and set one of them as dektop background now.

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Choose Addons while Installing Applications: Ubuntu Software Center

There has been no new posts in last couple of days as I was travelling. Now that I am back to work, something about the new 'Software Center' in Maverick will be a nice start.

The Software Center came up with yet another impressive feature: Install related addons/plug-ins while installing your favorite applications.

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Cardapio is Maverick Ready

Cardapio is an alternative application menu launcher to the default menu bar that comes with Ubuntu. It can also be used as an standalone application launcher just like Gnome Do. Cardapio have a native gtk interface that integrates well with the gnome desktop environment. It also includes a plugin system that  integrates different types search capabilities like file search, google search, youtube video search etc.

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New Unity Version 0.2.28 Released

The netbook interface Unity for Ubuntu 10.10 got a new update. The new version brings lots of new features to the Unity interface.

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Submit Your Wallpapers for 10.10 : Deadline August, 20

Ubuntu Artwork Group on Flickr is accepting submissions for wallpapers from Ubuntu users all over the world. Winning wallpapers will land into official Maverick Meerkat Pool. By the time I am writing this, there are already 3,991 photos in the group.

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Ubuntu 10.10 will support Multi Touch with uTouch 1.0

Maverick Meerkat will support multi touch with a new gesture stack developed by Ubuntu Developers. The developers have created an open source gesture recognition engine that will be a means for applications  to obtain gesture events from uTouch.

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Ubuntu One Store will Stream Music to Your Phone

You will be able to stream your music purchased from Ubuntu One store to iPhone or Android mobile device. The feature will be released with Maverick Meerkat Version.

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Maverick Meerkat Themes (Beta) Released, Get Them Now!

Canonical Design Team just released new themes (beta) for the next Ubuntu version Maverick Meerkat scheduled to be released on 10.10.10 (October 10, 2010). For now there is only Ambiance theme, Radiance will follow soon.

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Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat Alpha 3 is Out !!

The third Alpha of Ubuntu 10.10.10 Maverick Meerkat is out.

Some notable new features include new improved software centre, sound indicator with music player integration, embeded calender in date and time applet, improved unity netbook edition.

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