The second alpha of Ubuntu 12.04 has been made available for download.
As Ubuntu 12.04 is a ‘Long Term Support’ release development is focused on creating a dependable stable experience. As such this latest Alpha features only a handful of modest user-visible changes to the desktop.
As Ubuntu 12.04 is a ‘Long Term Support’ release development is focused on creating a dependable stable experience. As such this latest Alpha features only a handful of modest user-visible changes to the desktop.
New Unity Configuration options have been added to the User Interface (formerly called ‘Appearance‘) pane in System Settings.
The leaner, faster Unity 5.0 is included. This brings a handful of minor new features to the desktop including Lens Quicklists:
Home folder Quicklists: -
Additional options in CCSM for adding a ‘Show Desktop’ item, changing Dash colour, etc.
Unity’s Overlay Scrollbars sport a slightly chunkier look: -
One new function you might be expecting to find in the Alpha is Ubuntu’s much-heralded ‘HUD’. This is not included in the Alpha build but it can be installed in Ubuntu 12.04 by adding the HUD testing PPA.
General Stuff
Alpha 2 specifics aside there are a number of other general changes testers should be aware of:- Rhythmbox is the default music player
- There is no Ubuntu One Music Store plugin at present
- Tomboy and gBrainy are no longer installed by default
- LibreOffice 3.5 beta 2 is installed
- ‘Apport’ Crash reporting is enabled by default
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