Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 ScreenShots

Ubuntu 11.10 : Dashboard - Transparent Control with Bigger Icons

Ubuntu 11.10 : Dashboard  - Search Files & Folders

Ubuntu 11.10 : Dashboard - Search Applications

Ubuntu 11.10 : Workspace Switcher

Ubuntu 11.10 : Nautilus File Manager

Ubuntu 11.10 : Software Center

Ubuntu 11.10 : Progress Bar Of Update Manger 

Ubuntu 11.10 : Alt Tab window with Shelf Like Icons at Corner

Ubuntu 11.10 : Preview of Original Window (in Alt Tab window)while holding Alt For long time

UBuntu 11.10 : Colourful Message Notifier

Ubuntu 11.10 : Update Manger, System Setting , Startup Application & Display Setting option 

UBUNTU 11.10( ONEIRIC OCELOT) BETA 2 has been Released

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot beta 2 is available for download after 1 day delay.

Download Link:


https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/TechnicalOverview/Beta2#Download_the_Beta_2 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/oneiric/beta-2/ 

 Those who have been using Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 are not required to download the new BETA but can get updated to BETA 2 using normal updates.

Updating Packages behind prxy server in UBUNTU 11.10

Problem :  apt-get , Update Manager not able to download packages behind college/comapny proxy server.

Note : Sometimes there may be connection failure because of busy servers. So Please be patient during new Ubuntu release

Solution :
 
1) Open the Terminal and type the following command
     sudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy

Note : 01proxy file is not present earlier.

2) Type the following line(in red) in the file:
     Acquire::http::Proxy “http://yourusername:yourpassword@yourproxy:yourport″;
    

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://foss:3189";

   


3) Save the file and your problem is solved.

Waiting for jockey-backend to exit

Problem: While Updating Packages,
                 i) Getting "Waiting for jockey-backend to exit" in Update Manager. &
                ii) Getting "Unable to get exclusive lock" , while updating using apt-get update
                iii) Updating Cache problem

What is jockey-backend ?

Jockey is a tool for installing third-party hardware drivers.

Jockey provides the infrastructure and the user interface for finding and installing third-party drivers which are applicable to the computer. This includes drivers which are added or updated after the release of a distribution, or drivers which cannot be included into the distribution for various reasons (CD space limitation, licensing problems, etc.).

Solution :
You only need jockey for enabling restricted drivers, afterwards you can safely disable it.

Open Terminal and type following commands:

1) To get into root mode
    sudo -i

2) To check the process id of jockey
    ps -e | grep jockey

Output: 2982 pts/0 00:00:00 jockey

remember the process id(2982)

3)Type the following to stop/kill the process

  sudo kill -9 [process_id]

 sudo kill -9 2982

No Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu 11.10

 ‘Synaptic Package Manager’ tool has been dropped from the latest builds of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot.

The removal of Synaptic Package Manager have been planned since the inception of the Ubuntu Software Centre. Many of the advanced features Synaptic currently provides are ear-marked for inclusion in the Ubuntu Software Centre.

Well, I really don't like SOFTWARE CENTER as it takes forever to start up and it doesn't list all packages. I mostly use Synaptic and apt-get for installing packages.

So I have installed Synaptic package from the repository.

sudo apt-get install synaptic

Installing C/C++ plugin(or CDT) in Eclipse

Problem : Eclipse does not have C/C++ project by default.

Solution:
Install Eclipse CDT (C/C++ Development Tooling)from Synaptic Manager or Terminal

1)  Install the package eclipse-cdt
     sudo apt-get install eclipse-cdt

What is CDT ?
The CDT Project provides a fully functional C and C++ Integrated Development Environment based on the Eclipse platform. Features include: support for project creation and managed build for various toolchains, standard make build, source navigation, various source knowledge tools, such as type hierarchy, call graph, include browser, macro definition browser, code editor with syntax highlighting, folding and hyperlink navigation, source code refactoring and code generation, visual debugging tools, including memory, registers, and disassembly viewer

Refrences:
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) Release Schedule