Sunday, March 7, 2010

Lucid Lynx First impressions

Howdy folks,I just wanted to make a couple of observations of my first experiences with Lucid Lynx Alpha3.
First showstopper bugs - None up to now,which is creepy due to past experiences with 'stable' versions of Ubuntu. No problems getting both the B43 and the STA driver to work in LiveCD mode from the start. Internet works, Audio works, Bluetooth works...
And second - Visuals. I have to admit that they are a refined version of Karmic, which is good, because there were some good ideas in there, but the execution was a tad ... lacking. All in all,it's a big improvement,though the repositioned Maximize/Minimize/Close buttons might take a little getting used to.
Now,the annoyances - The Random SNAFU start so beloved in 9.10 is still here, which is not that good. I had 2 good starts of the LiveCD and one random black screen. Also of some note is that for now at least unetboot doesn't handle lynx dailies, but it should be solved soon.
All in all, I'm going to try this A3 and I already signed up on launchpad to do some testing for the community
bk109 out

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