Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 2 Released !!!
Good new for Ubuntu lovers. The developers has declared the general availability of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Beta 2. The 1st beta of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS came earlier in March this year. Earlier we have also got two Alpha1 & Alpha2 release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
The Unity Files lens used to only rely on Zeitgeist, meaning it could only find files you've opened. In the latest Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin beta 2, the File Lens can also display results for files you've never accessed / interacted with. Unity (both 2D and 3D) gained an option to configure the launcher for multi-monitor setups: you can now select to display the launcher on the primary monitor or on all monitors. The Launcher behaviour for multi-monitor setups can be set from System Settings (Displays, under Launcher Placement). HUD got various improvements which include a new animation, it now respects the launcher behaviour (autohide, visible) and launcher icon size. For those not familiar with HUD, it's a searchable smart menu that can be summoned by tapping the ALT key. HUD is optional and it doesn't replace the regular menus.
Default Applications:-
Firefox 11, Nautilus 3.3.92, Thunderbird 11, Gedit 3.3.8, Rhythmbox 2.96, LibreOffice 3.5.1, Totem 3.0.1, Transmission 2.50, Empathy 3.3.92, Deja Dup Backup Tool 22.0, Shotwell 0.11.93, Gwibber 3.3.93, Ubuntu Software Center 5.1.13.2, System Settings (GNOME Control Center) 3.3.92, all on top of GTK 3.3.20. Also, Precise beta 2 comes with 3.2.0-20.33 Linux kernel which is based on the v3.2.12 upstream stable Linux kernel.
Firefox 11, Nautilus 3.3.92, Thunderbird 11, Gedit 3.3.8, Rhythmbox 2.96, LibreOffice 3.5.1, Totem 3.0.1, Transmission 2.50, Empathy 3.3.92, Deja Dup Backup Tool 22.0, Shotwell 0.11.93, Gwibber 3.3.93, Ubuntu Software Center 5.1.13.2, System Settings (GNOME Control Center) 3.3.92, all on top of GTK 3.3.20. Also, Precise beta 2 comes with 3.2.0-20.33 Linux kernel which is based on the v3.2.12 upstream stable Linux kernel.
There's also great news or GNOME Shell users: even though it was initially said that Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin will have GNOME Shell 3.2 in the official repositories, thanks to Jeremy Bicha and Rico Tzschichholz, Precise has the latest GNOME Shell 3.4 in the official repositories, along with most other GNOME 3.4 applications / components.
Note that:- The current stable release of Ubuntu is 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" from October 2011, while the most recent LTS version is Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS "Lucid Lynx".
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