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Please only post in this thread with genuine 12.10 changes and updates.
Please Create a discussion thread in the forum if needed. Cheers.
First up. Electronic Arts to attend Ubuntu Developer Summit Quantal Quetzal which will start on Monday May 7th 2012.
Also earlier news indicates theming changes for QQ. http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/theming-update-planned-for-ubuntu-1210-codenamed-quantal-quetzal.ars
@philinux, your thread in Precise was quite popular, I'm going to assume this one will be too, so I stickied it. :)
The previous thread was popular measured by the number of page views.
The intention is not that this thread attracts a lot of replies and discussion, as mentioned in original post.
LibreOffice received new default extensions (PDFImport, OGLtrans, Presentation Minimizer and Presenter Console)
Sorry I missed this in my emaills. From Nick Skaggs.
The Alpha Two milestone will be released next Thursday. Starting today, I am issuing a call to everyone to take a moment this week and test your favorite iso using the daily image. Be sure and record your results (and bugs) if any.
Starting next Monday the first images will be generated for the milestone and we'll begin milestone testing. By taking a moment now to make sure we don't have any critical issues, we can avoid re-spins and re-testing next week during the milestone. A bug found, can be a bug fixed, and a respin avoided :-) For alpha 1, we as a community reported 11 bugs this way and of them, at least 4 were critical enough to cause a respin. Instead, they were able to be fixed before the first iso builds for alpha 1. The amount of work saved cannot be understated. A big thank you to those that enabled this to happen from all of us :-)
Also occurring this week is the debut of the new qatracker. Some of you have gotten a preview of the tracker by participating in the "12.10 kernel on 12.04 testing". Many thanks to everyone who helped test and contributed feedback on using the site. The new tracker will land early in the week; I will let everyone know once the changeover has occurred. From an iso testing perspective, your workflow should stay the same for now. I'll detail some of the enhancements and plans later this week. If you encounter any issues, please file a bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-qa-website/+filebug?no-redirect&field.tags=qa-tracker
Finally, here's a few links that may come in useful for you during iso testing; don't hesitate to ask questions if you need help!
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures
I can highly recommend zsync and, if your testing must occur in a VM, testdrive. Zsync makes it easy to keep your isos up-to-date without having to re-download them.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ZsyncCdImage https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UsingDevelopmentReleases
As always, happy testing everyone!
Nicholas
http://iloveubuntu.net/redesigned-indicator-session-landed-ubuntu-1210
[edit] How to easily display the username on Unity panel. http://iloveubuntu.net/how-easily-display-username-unity-panel-ubuntu-1210
Mine shows my real name now. I posted the above just in case someone else's doesn't.
Thought I'd linked this already.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/a-new-interface-for-handling-third.html
Launchpad up-to-date official blueprint: Add overlay scrollbar support for Thunderbird and Firefox (probably Ubuntu 12.10)
They've not landed yet but this article says soon.
[edit] Well that was sooner than expected.
http://www.iloveubuntu.net/refreshed-ambiance-and-radiance-landed-ubuntu-1210
Likely to be unstable.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/ubuntu-tweak-073-adds-support-for-linux.html
Lets hope they nuke Unity 2D too and replace with llvmpipe.
Caveat.
As Previews is still in active development it’s not suitable for daily usage.
But it will be coming to the Unity Staging PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 users to install later today.
And another take on this.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/unity-dash-gets-cool-new-previews.html
[edit] Update on this. Official branch's Unity Previews add proper previews for video clips, images and PDF files
Three takes on the Beta 1.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-beta-1.html
and
and
Ubuntu’s Messaging Menu has been updated with a couple of new features in the development builds for 12.10 – the most notable of which is the ability to hide.
http://www.iloveubuntu.net/mark-shuttleworth-explains-shopping-lens-decision
Opt out for beta 2.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Beta2
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-1210-beta-2-available-for.html?m=1
Another take on this. http://www.iloveubuntu.net/ubuntu-1210-beta-2-released
Gnome remix http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-gnome-remix-1210-beta-released.html?m=1
A more cynical take on B2.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/02/ubuntu_12_10_beta_2_review/
Plus enhancements and bug fIxes.
For those who prefer nautilus 3.6 or the patched 3.4
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-install-nautilus-36-or-patched.html
From Kate Stewart.
Dear Developers,
The Unseeded Universe Final Freeze is now in effect. This effectively finishes up the changes going into the Quantal Ubuntu archive for the 12.10 release.
The archive is looking in very good shape indeed due to your efforts and all those excellent fixes submitted since Beta 2.
On behalf of the Ubuntu Release team, Thank you!!
Kate
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