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Introdução
The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. This Release Candidate is the final milestone on the road to Ubuntu 6.10, and with it comes a whole host of excellent new features. Improvements have been made all around such as faster system boot up times, faster GNOME start up times, improvements to the user interface, a shiny new optimized kernel, GNOME 2.16, and much, much more.
Installation
Get it while it's hot. CD images for installation and live demonstration are available for direct download and BitTorrent. A list of mirrors can be found on EdgyReleaseCandidateAnnouncement.
Upgrade from 6.06 LTS
If you want to upgrade from 6.06 LTS to 6.10, run the following command (either via ALT-F2 or a terminal):
gksu "update-manager -c -d"
The "-d" switch instructs Update Manager to consider pre-release versions, including this Release Candidate. Without this switch, only official, final releases will be considered. The "-c" switch tells it to look for upgrades at all. By default the 6.06 LTS release will not offer that automatically because of its long support cycle and high stability.
If you have a working network connection, it should then inform you about a new release and offer to upgrade your system.
Upgrades with apt-get
If the upgrade is performed on a system without update-manager (e.g. on a server). The upgrade must be done in two steps. The first run of apt-get dist-upgrade will upgrade everything except for upstart. After this a second apt-get dist-upgrade will finish the upgrade.
Upstart - inicialização remodelada
O novo método de inicialização, upstart, vem pré-instalado no Edgy. Para a maioria dos usuários, esta mudança pode passar desabercebida, mas o upstart oferece algumas vantagens nítidas, tal como um design mais limpo e a habilidade de tornar o boot mais rápido. Detalhes sobre esta mudança podem ser vistos em Replacement Init wiki page (Página em inglês).
Novo boot gráfico
Melhorias no usplash, boot em modo gráfico do Ubuntu. Além de vir com um novo tema, ele agora funciona melhor em telas mais largas e em diferentes resoluções.
GNOME 2.16
Edgy vem com a versão mais atual do GNOME, a 2.16. Depois do Dapper, uma grande quantidade de correções de bugs e novas funcionalidades foram trazidas ao GNOME. 2.16 é a culminação de todo esse trabalho, tornando o GNOME mais seguro, rápido e estável. Além disso, muitas aplicações foram atualizadas ou adicionadas ao Edgy.
Tomboy
It is a wikiwiki world out there and now your desktop does not have to be left behind. Beta comes with Tomboy pre-installed, allowing easy note taking and linking.
F-spot
Edgy vem com um substituto ao gthumb, o gerenciador de fotos, na forma de uma aplicação totalmente nova: F-spot. F-spot permite facilmente a edição, marcação, gerenciamento e até o envio de suas fotos para vários sites de foto online, como por exemplo o Flickr.
Evolution
New Evolution 2.8.0, included in Gnome 2.16, new features include vertical message panes:
Firefox 2.0 RC2
Fitting the theme of Edgy new apps, Firefox 2 RC2 is included. New features in 2.0 include inline spell check support in web forms, restore session that crashed, built in phishing detectors, enhanced search engine management with built in OpenSearch support, improved tab support with undo close tab support, better support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds, and many more.
OpenOffice 2.0.4
OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 RC2 is also included. This is mostly a security and bugfix release, dealing with specific issues regarding sandboxing of Java applets and macros.
Gaim 2.0 3.1beta
GAIM 2.0 beta 3.1 is a large leap forward, including a great many tweaks to the UI, Yahoo Doodles, ICQ file transfer, SIP support and much more.
Orca
Replacing the venerable Gnopernicus is the new Orca, a scriptable screenreader for the GNOME desktop. Expect some great things from this in the coming months and years. Best of all, it is written in Ubuntu's favourite language, Python.
New Theme
The new Edgy Theme brings together the best of the art-team, new login page, new desktop wallpaper, new sounds.
Firefox
Firefox has a new theme, called 'Tangerine', which allows it blend more into the rest of the theme.
Login screen
The login screen has been updated as well, the first change since the original release of Ubuntu 4.10.
Login splash
The GNOME login splash has also been updated
Rounded window borders
With Edgy, we've enabled rounded window borders for all corners of the window.
Wallpaper
The final piece of the new artwork is the new wallpaper.
New translations
New language-packs were uploaded to Ubuntu this week, pulling the latest work out of Rosetta. If you want to help the translations teams out, head over to [Rosetta] and dive in.
Crash Reports
Reporting crashes is now easier thanks to automated problem reports. When a userspace application experiences a crash a automated problem report will be generated. This means that users do not have to create debug version of software and will no longer have to spend hours trying to re-create a crash.
Reporting Bugs
Edgy Eft has bugs! (I bet you're not surprised). Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help fix bugs and improve future releases. Please report bugs through Malone:
If you want to help out with those bugs, the Bug Squad is always looking for help.
Participate in Ubuntu
If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at
More Information
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All comments, suggestions, etc... can be fired, out of a cannon, at: Corey Burger
EdgyEft (last edited 2011-09-19 23:19:55 by localhost)