<div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/27 Morgan Collett <<a href="mailto:morgan@ubuntu.com">morgan@ubuntu.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 17:50, Chris Schoonbee <<a href="mailto:cmschoonbee@mweb.co.za">cmschoonbee@mweb.co.za</a>> wrote: > > > Quintin van Rooyen wrote: >> >> >Or am I just being masochistic at this early stage in the release >> cycle? >> >> >> Hey. I have played with Karmic Alpha 1 and I can tell you that the new >> changes are not readily apparent right now, it is a lot like running a >> weird Jaunty. It is rather stable so far as I can tell, but unless you >> are really interested in the inner workings of Karmic (for development >> for instance) there is not enough of a change to really satisfy mere >> curiosity. It looks identical, same theme, same widgets etc. I'd wait >> for a later release unless you have a real need to run it. >> >> If you are in Pretoria you can collect the ISO from me. I am on study >> leave right now so I am not doing a lot of travelling/tinkering. >> >> Cheers! >> >> Q >> >> > Thanks for that advice. I think I'll wait for one of the later alphas - > that will probably be a better use of my time. > Oh, and thanks for the ISO offer. </div>Yeah, the first alpha is largely just the previous release built with a new toolchain (new version of compilers, libs etc). The more interesting stuff will land as time goes by - they're only having the Ubuntu Developer Summit this week to plan the new shiny stuff for karmic... Regards Morgan </blockquote><div> +1 for Shiny Stuff!!! I am really hoping for something good with the new theme that has been hinted. I quite like the new notifications and would love to see some more coolness... </div></div> -- Quintin van Rooyen 0824772477 <a href="mailto:quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com">quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com</a> The New SA Geek! <a href="http://blog.sageek.co.za">http://blog.sageek.co.za</a>