The new Ubuntu 13.10, namely Saucy Salamander is almost here. As per the latest news the final beta is scheduled to launch on October 17 and the most important news for Ubuntu's corporate backer will be the release of its latest smartphone, Ubuntu Touch.
Its a fact that the Ubuntu powered super phone, the Ubuntu Edge will now on remain as a story as the developers themselves officially announced that the super phone was a failure. But still the company is still trying to become the the number three smartphone operating system after Android and iOS in a short period of time. And with only a short period of time for launch, Ubuntu Touch is still having some problems. On its reference hardware the Ubuntu Touch works well on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 and on tablets, it works pretty well on Samsung Nexus 10 but showing real trouble on Asus Nexus 7.
And for the app developers the GUI Toolkit has made things easier. Jono Bacon, Ununtu's community leader, wrote on September 20: "We are finalizing much of the core infrastructure (SDK, docs, knowledge, support, publishing) I really want to focus more and more on widening the awareness of Ubuntu as a powerful and fun developer platform." To help with this, Ubuntu has recently updated its developers' Web site.
And now on to the Desktop, Ubuntu 13.10, jokingly known as Linux for Workgroups. It will include the usual Linux desktop programs: Firefox 24 for the Web browser; LibreOffice 4.1 for the office suite; Thunderbird for email; and Rhythmbox will be the default music player.
So much for the basics. Where things get interesting, and controversial, is with Ubuntu's new graphics stack and its built-in search options: Smart Scopes. Inoeder to make Ubuntu one good OS for tablets, smartphones and PCs they have introduced anew display server of their own named Mir to replace the vanerable and slow X Window.
Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical and Ubuntu's founder, is happy with the Mir graphics stack. Others, led by Red Hat, prefer Wayland as an X Window replacement. Even Kubuntu, an Ubuntu spinoff that uses KDE for its desktop, will be using Wayland instead of Mir. Mir won't be 100-percent ready for Ubuntu 13.10. Instead, it will use Xmir. This is a stack where X and Unity 7, the Ubuntu desktop, will run on top of the Mir system compositor by default, with a fallback of running X if there's no hardware that the Mir drivers can support. Intel, for one, will not be supporting Xmir.
And for users, these are not gonna be an issue but for the developers it's a different story. At this point, while Wayland has the momentum, there's still no telling which, if either, will succeed X Window. It's worth noting that Linux game vendor Valve is electing to stick with X in its forthcoming Ubuntu-based SteamOS.
Smart Scopes, formerly known as Lens, will finally ship. When Lens was first introduced, it integrated Amazon search results with local Unity Dash search results. Many users regarded this as an invasion of their privacy. Shuttleworth defended this commercial search when it was introduced in 2012, but it eventually was pulled as a mandatory feature and it became optional.
After that the operating systems, such as Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8.21 has also integrated internet search with local search. In this release, Canonical will be extending Ubuntu's Dash searches as well. In Ubuntu 13.10, when you search with Unity Dash you'll have the option of having your local search not only look into Amazon but in Facebook, Google Drive, Yelp, and dozens of other services as well. Personally, I think this will be a handy feature.
And now as you can see the Ubuntu 13.10 is far more than on the desktop, that Canonical is counting on to bring in the business to finally make it a profitable company.
Its a fact that the Ubuntu powered super phone, the Ubuntu Edge will now on remain as a story as the developers themselves officially announced that the super phone was a failure. But still the company is still trying to become the the number three smartphone operating system after Android and iOS in a short period of time. And with only a short period of time for launch, Ubuntu Touch is still having some problems. On its reference hardware the Ubuntu Touch works well on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 and on tablets, it works pretty well on Samsung Nexus 10 but showing real trouble on Asus Nexus 7.
And for the app developers the GUI Toolkit has made things easier. Jono Bacon, Ununtu's community leader, wrote on September 20: "We are finalizing much of the core infrastructure (SDK, docs, knowledge, support, publishing) I really want to focus more and more on widening the awareness of Ubuntu as a powerful and fun developer platform." To help with this, Ubuntu has recently updated its developers' Web site.
And now on to the Desktop, Ubuntu 13.10, jokingly known as Linux for Workgroups. It will include the usual Linux desktop programs: Firefox 24 for the Web browser; LibreOffice 4.1 for the office suite; Thunderbird for email; and Rhythmbox will be the default music player.
So much for the basics. Where things get interesting, and controversial, is with Ubuntu's new graphics stack and its built-in search options: Smart Scopes. Inoeder to make Ubuntu one good OS for tablets, smartphones and PCs they have introduced anew display server of their own named Mir to replace the vanerable and slow X Window.
Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical and Ubuntu's founder, is happy with the Mir graphics stack. Others, led by Red Hat, prefer Wayland as an X Window replacement. Even Kubuntu, an Ubuntu spinoff that uses KDE for its desktop, will be using Wayland instead of Mir. Mir won't be 100-percent ready for Ubuntu 13.10. Instead, it will use Xmir. This is a stack where X and Unity 7, the Ubuntu desktop, will run on top of the Mir system compositor by default, with a fallback of running X if there's no hardware that the Mir drivers can support. Intel, for one, will not be supporting Xmir.
And for users, these are not gonna be an issue but for the developers it's a different story. At this point, while Wayland has the momentum, there's still no telling which, if either, will succeed X Window. It's worth noting that Linux game vendor Valve is electing to stick with X in its forthcoming Ubuntu-based SteamOS.
Smart Scopes, formerly known as Lens, will finally ship. When Lens was first introduced, it integrated Amazon search results with local Unity Dash search results. Many users regarded this as an invasion of their privacy. Shuttleworth defended this commercial search when it was introduced in 2012, but it eventually was pulled as a mandatory feature and it became optional.
After that the operating systems, such as Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8.21 has also integrated internet search with local search. In this release, Canonical will be extending Ubuntu's Dash searches as well. In Ubuntu 13.10, when you search with Unity Dash you'll have the option of having your local search not only look into Amazon but in Facebook, Google Drive, Yelp, and dozens of other services as well. Personally, I think this will be a handy feature.
And now as you can see the Ubuntu 13.10 is far more than on the desktop, that Canonical is counting on to bring in the business to finally make it a profitable company.
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