Tag Archives: Maverick Meerkat

Multi-touch Support Lands in Maverick

Canonical is pleased to announce the release of uTouch 1.0, Ubuntu’s multi-touch and gesture stack. With Ubuntu 10.10 (the Maverick Meerkat), users and developers will have an end-to-end touch-screen framework — from the kernel all the way through to applications. Our multi-touch team has worked closely with the Linux kernel and X.org communities to improve […]

Feature Freeze in place for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)

The Feature Freeze is now in effect for Maverick. The focus from here until release is on fixing bugs and polishing. If you believe that a new package, a new upstream version of a package, or a new feature is needed for the release and will not introduce more problems than it fixes, please follow […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #205

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #205 for the week August 1st – August 7th, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: Maverick Alpha-3 Released Desktop Testing Team Request For Candidates: Application Review Board Making room in the sound indicator Interview with Isabell Long Mark Shuttleworth apologises for alleged […]

Maverick Alpha-3 Released

Welcome to Maverick Meerkat Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.10. Pre-releases of Maverick are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing […]

Maverick Alpha 2 released

Welcome to Maverick Meerkat Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.10. Pre-releases of Maverick are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing […]