[ubuntu-uk] jaunty available

[Rob Beard]

Robert Flatters wrote:
> downloaded a copy last night and installed it on two machine tonight. 
> First impression are good, all though ive come across some small 
> issues with window message screens freezing
I installed it on my notebook (Acer Aspire 2920) last night and I was 
very impressed.  I did find though that the installer wanted to wipe my 
entire hard drive rather than re-size any partitions (I had just 
reinstalled Vista but still had my existing install of Intrepid on there 
so it might have been due to having 4 primary partitions).  Using the 
manual partition option I was able to sort it all out quickly and 
easily.  I've now got the root partition formatted as EXT4 and the home 
partition formatted as EXT3.

I was amazed how fast it boots, must be only about 30 seconds.  It is 
MUCH quicker than Intrepid in this respect.  Usage wise it seems pretty 
snappy and I'm not sure if it's me but the fonts look much more polished 
and clear to read.

Another great feature too is the fact that the wireless button works 
properly now.  In Intrepid I could turn the wireless off by pressing the 
hot key above the keyboard but not turn it back on without having to reboot.

A niggly thing I found was that the display was slow (I have Intel 
video) although reading the Ubuntu Wiki I found a couple of options to 
speed it up although I haven't done the hack to enable Compiz, I'll just 
wait for the bug fixed drivers.

I was a bit disappointed too to see that Plymouth doesn't appear to be 
implemented although uSplash does look better.  Anyone know if it's 
possible to add Plymouth at all or if it's going to be in 9.10?

Anyway, all in all I'm impressed.  It looks slick and runs quick so I'm 
a happy bunny.

Rob