Ubuntu has released its new version Ubuntu 11.10 the Oneiric ocelot. Take a look at the new features in Ubuntu 11.10. Now the procedure for initiating a narrated install has changed. Read below.
New features:
Lenses and Interface Changes
11.10 includes a new release of compiz and Unity.
Highlights of this release are:
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• A new Alt+Tab switcher.
• "Places" are renamed to "Lenses". This feature now also integrates multiple sources and advanced filtering options like ratings, range, and categories.
• The Dash has a new music lens, linked to Banshee, that searches your personal and online music collections.
• Better performance of launchers and panel, ported to GTK 3 and GTK 3-based indicator stack.
• Full support for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other script languages.
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Unity 2D reduces the delta with Unity, shares more code with it, and has an almost completed accessibility support set of features. See known issues for the missing accessibility parts.
The indicators got a visual refresh that includes a refactoring of the session indicator and a new power indicator.
The Ubuntu Font Family,developed under the guidance of the
Dalton Maag type foundry and the Canonical design team,has been expanded with Ubuntu Mono and Ubuntu Condensed.
Ubuntu Software Center 5.0
11.10 includes Ubuntu Software Center 5.0, featuring a completely revamped interface that provides a simpler and more enjoyable experience for browsing,
searching, and managing your software. The navigation tree view pane from previous Ubuntu Software Center versions has been replaced by a much cleaner
toolbar approach for navigating between views. Top-rated applications are now displayed prominently in the main view as well as in category views, leveraging
the extensive database of excellent review data that has been provided over the past year by the Ubuntu community.
Application list views can now be dynamically sorted by top-rated, by name, and also by the date the application appeared in the Center. A dynamic banner
has been added to the main view that will serve to highlight interesting new applications as well as themed collections. These banners will be updated
regularly, and this, along with the dynamic What's New and Top Rated sections, should help to ensure an interesting and fun experience each time you open Software Center.
Last but not least, OneConf is now built in to keep your installed applications in sync between multiple computers. To activate it, use "File → Sync between computers…".
Revised DVD content
In Ubuntu 11.10 there is now a revised, smaller (in size) DVD based on community feedback over the last few cycles. This new DVD has a more manageable size of 1.5G, and is an extension of our current CD image that includes all the language packs and some other useful applications, such as Inkscape, GIMP, Pitivi, and a more complete
LibreOffice suite. All the packages that used to be on the DVD are still available from the archive.
Updated Applications
Thunderbird is included as the default email client. This now includes menu and launcher integration via Unity.
Backups are easy in Ubuntu 11.10 now that Déjà Dup
is included as the default backup tool. Securely store copies of your important data on a separate hard drive, cloud server, or even Ubuntu One.
The new Gwibber landed in Ubuntu 11.10, bringing improved performance and a new interface using the most recent GNOME technologies.
GNOME 3.2 is included and is a major upgrade from GNOME 2.32 included in Ubuntu 11.04. GNOME Classic is no longer installed by default, but can be enabled after
installation completes by installing gnome-panel. Note that the indicator status menus have not yet been ported to the new gnome-panel and the default
upstream panel layout is used instead of the heavy Ubuntu customizations. GNOME Shell is also available for install.
Ubuntu now uses the LightDM login manager with the Unity greeter.
Synaptic and Pitivi are no longer included in the default install but are still available in the Ubuntu repositories.
The release of Ubuntu 11.10 includes some clever enhancements to make your Ubuntu experience even more enjoyable. Take a look at what’s new and then feel
free explore Ubuntu for yourself.
Oneiric Ocelot includes new releases of all major flavors of Ubuntu: desktop, server, cloud, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Edubuntu, Mythbuntu, and Ubuntu
Studio. Click below link to read whats new in Ubuntu and its major flavors.
Read more from Ubuntu Wiki Starting the screen reader installer
The procedure for initiating a narrated install has changed. No longer do you have to press space during some time interval after the startup when there
is an on-screen icon that you can’t see! When booting from CD or USB wait until you hear some drums and press ctrl+s to start speech. (if it doesn’t work,
wait a few seconds and press ctrl+s again, there appears to be a timing issue remaining). Orca will then start, and focus will be on the Orca window. From
this point you can alt-tab to get to the Ubiquity installer and proceed with the install.
We recommend you do the install whilst connected to a wired internet connection, this will allow it to auto detect your location and get your locale and
keyboard settings right, these bits of the installer are not easily operated with a keyboard and orca can’t see some important parts of them.
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