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Is it just me, or is this release treading water? There doesn't seem to be anything beyond minor UI improvements and a few features scattered here and there.

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tomjen3 16y ago
Not really - they blog post specifically said they would only look at the visible changes, so there aren't going to be that many changes. And the concept of paid apps are pretty damn nice, seeing as this a great way for canonical to make money and might make money for a few developers too.
- wazoox 16y ago
  > And the concept of paid apps are pretty damn nice... I've got nothing against paid applications, but I'm rabidly against non libre applications. So this is definitely not good as is.
  - tomjen3 16y ago
    Ubuntu has a lot of stuff that isn't free: unrar, java, flash, etc. You are free not to use it, but personally it doesn't bother me too much, as long as the data formats are open.
mishmash 16y ago
Same feeling here when I saw the top "new" feature the link lists is a new wallpaper. sigh
barnaby 16y ago
It felt that way for me too... then on further reflection I think system-wide multi-touch support is a BIG deal. There may not be any applications taking advantage of it now, but I predict that in a few months this will give iPads and android tablets a run for the money.
icco 16y ago
It's a Linux release. Basically it updates the base image to include all of the latest versions of things from the last six months. If you really wanted to see everything that changed, you could do a diff of http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/allpackages http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/allpackages and whatever release you are running. But yes; this release is just a cleaned up version of the previous release with updated versions of all of the internal parts. But in my mind, that's all I really want, and I am very glad Ubuntu is still updating regularly.

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tomjen3 16y ago

Not really - they blog post specifically said they would only look at the visible changes, so there aren't going to be that many changes. And the concept of paid apps are pretty damn nice, seeing as this a great way for canonical to make money and might make money for a few developers too.

wazoox 16y ago
> And the concept of paid apps are pretty damn nice... I've got nothing against paid applications, but I'm rabidly against non libre applications. So this is definitely not good as is.
- tomjen3 16y ago
  Ubuntu has a lot of stuff that isn't free: unrar, java, flash, etc. You are free not to use it, but personally it doesn't bother me too much, as long as the data formats are open.

mishmash 16y ago

Same feeling here when I saw the top "new" feature the link lists is a new wallpaper. sigh

barnaby 16y ago

It felt that way for me too... then on further reflection I think system-wide multi-touch support is a BIG deal. There may not be any applications taking advantage of it now, but I predict that in a few months this will give iPads and android tablets a run for the money.

icco 16y ago

It's a Linux release. Basically it updates the base image to include all of the latest versions of things from the last six months. If you really wanted to see everything that changed, you could do a diff of http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/allpackages http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/allpackages and whatever release you are running. But yes; this release is just a cleaned up version of the previous release with updated versions of all of the internal parts. But in my mind, that's all I really want, and I am very glad Ubuntu is still updating regularly.