Ubuntu 12.04 precice pangolin features.

Ubuntu 12.04 precise pangolin is expected to be releasing tomorrow, sources confirmed that 12.04 LTS is coming with loads of new features along with a fresh Kernel.

The Head Up Display or HUD is the prime change in Upcoming 12.04 LTS

HUD is a new way to quickly search and access any desktop application’s and indicator’s menu,” HUD can be accessed by pressing the Alt key and typing in a description of what you want to do. The software will then return a set of corresponding entries, including some fuzzy matching, the project team says. Over time, it also learns from your previous choices to make the search more and more accurate.

Power Savings

Definitely power saving is the important change after HUD. 12.04 enabled with RC6--the technology that allows GPUs to go into a very low power consumption state when the GPU is idle--is now enabled by default for Sandy Bridge systems. The result can be improvements of between 40 and 60 percent in power usage under idle loads.

Clickpad or Trackpad support

Ubuntu 12.04 now includes support for ClickPads, On which the physical button is integrated into the trackpad surface. Coming in Ubuntu's next release will be support for Apple Magic Trackpads and more devices, the Ubuntu team says.

Improved language support

When users install new software through the Ubuntu Software Center, the corresponding language support packages--including translations and spell check modules--are now installed automatically as well. reduces user effort to install them manually after software installation.

New Kernel

Stable release of Precise Pangolin,  includes the 3.2.0-17.27 Ubuntu kernel, which is based on version 3.2.6 of the upstream stable Linux kernel.

Updated Unity 

In this new release, the "Appearance" panel in the software's system settings lets you more easily configure some properties of Unity. For bookmark users, the Unity launcher now also includes Nautilus quicklist support.

Along with the above changes Ubuntu 12.04 coming with New version of Libre office and as usual, Rhythmbox as Default music Player

Ubuntu 12.04 release date

Normally Ubuntu releases every 6 months. The ubuntu 12.04 LTS aka Precise Pangolin will be releasing on 26th April 2012. apart from the early LTS versions Precise Pangolin will be coming with 5 years of support.
the beta version is already available for download. you can download ubuntu 12.04 LTS here. 
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[Solved] Ubuntu 12.04 blinking screen on startup

After installing Ubuntu 12.04 beta version, if you are getting a blinking screen, probably it will be the problem with hardware. it is advised to choose try ubuntu before installing it to check whether the OS is working without any problem.


try the following steps if you are facing this issue. 


nomodeset, which is needed for some graphic cards that otherwise boot in to a black screen or corrupted splash, acpi_osi= to fix lcd backlight and other problems, and noapic and nolapic to work around various ACPI BIOS issues. In this how to I will explain briefly what this is and how to do it. 


nomodeset
The newest kernels have moved the video mode setting into the kernel. So all the programming of the hardware specific clock rates and registers on the video card happen in the kernel rather than in the X driver when the X server starts.. This makes it possible to have high resolution nice looking splash (boot) screens and flicker free transitions from boot splash to login screen. Unfortunately, on some cards this doesnt work properly and you end up with a black screen. Adding the nomodeset parameter instructs the kernel to not load video drivers and use BIOS modes instead until X is loaded. 

Note that this option is sometimes needed for nVidia cards when using the default "nouveau" drivers. Installing proprietary nvidia drivers usually makes this option no longer necessary, so it may not be needed to make this option permanent, just for one boot until you installed the nvidia drivers.

acpi_osi=
This option frequently solves problems with LCD backlight, fan control problems and misreporting of thermal events. What I understand it does (but corrections are welcome), is prevent the kernel from reporting to the bios that its any windows version the bios asks for. By default, the kernel pretends to be all windows versions, that way we are certain the bios executes all the code needed to initialize the hardware. Unfortunately, some bioses contain fixes to fix problems with specific windows versions (notably vista) that arent needed or dont work for other OS's. Setting

Code:

acpi_osi=

(nothing behind the = sign) as boot option makes the kernel not respond to osi queries.

If the bios has provisions for Linux, you can also try

Code:

acpi_osi="Linux"

Or you can try 

Code:

acpi_osi="Windows 2006"

To make the kernel pretend its vista and make the bios execute routines on machines that require them.

acpi=off
This disables ACPI completely. 
Note: this may not work with all computers and will disable a lot of useful (or even needed) features. In some cases it may even disable some crucial features, like.. fans. Be careful with this option, it might cause your machine to overheat if the fans no longer turn. Think of this as a last resort. Also note some machines requireacpi=ht instead.

Noapic and nolapic
noapic and nolapic kernel options instruct the kernel to not use certain programmable interrupt controllers. To understand what that means exactly requires a deep knowledge of PC hardware, I will not go in to that here, Ill limit myself to saying on some bioses, especially for older systems, there are problems in the implementation of this and it may be necessary to disable either or both to cure a wide range of obscure problems, often but not always related to keyboard and mouse and power management (standby/resume issues).

vmalloc=xxxM 
In some cases kernel drivers can not be loaded due to a lack of virtual addressing space on 32 bit systems. Logs will show errors like. 

Code:

allocation failed: out of vmalloc space - use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.

thanks for p4man who explained this here.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 

Ubuntu 12.04 is now on its final beta

ubuntu 12.04 is here

Here is a good news for ultimate ubuntu lovers. Ubuntu the much avaited 12.04 long term support is now all set to release. now the final beta version of ubuntu 12.04 LTS is available here. 

Ubuntu is all set to go Mobile: Ubuntu for android

This time ubuntu stunned the mobile world by announcing a future concept of carrying a desktop within your very smart android phone.

A full Ubuntu desktop, on your docked Android phone thats what ubuntu desktop for android. which means ubuntu is ready to launch their solution for android phones, which enables a powerful android phone a desktop when docked. a keyboard and mouse duo can also be associated with this andro ubuntu desktop. why  carry two devices when you can do it all with your dual core android phone.

Canonicals words about the new venture. "we’ve brought Android together with Ubuntu, the world’s favourite free operating system, to give you a full productivity desktop that fits in your pocket. Android for the phone experience, Ubuntu for the desktop, all on one device, running at the same time."

 So forget the office PC. Just dock your corporate phone and enjoy Ubuntu. Anywhere. One address book. One set of bookmarks. One place for your text messages and email. No more typing on a tiny screen when all you want is a keyboard and a mouse. Seamless integration of your desktop and mobile worlds. Brilliant.

Users will want at least one dock, complete with monitor, keyboard and mouse. Many will want two of each - one for the office and one for the home. And mobile users will opt for clamshell devices that give them a laptop experience whenever they need it - on the train, on the plane or in meetings.

Desktop productivity goes well beyond the keyboard, monitor and mouse. Imagine projectors with a phone dock built in, so you can carry less to your presentations. And imagine TVs that become home PCs when you dock your phone: perfect for the emerging market where LTE will be the normal way for new users to connect to the Internet.

get more details here. 

Ubuntu Cloud Computing Video

Hi all it is sure that ubuntu cloud makes cloud computing for small business simpler than ever. Ubuntu has a handful of features in their enterprice cloud platform. It enables a small business solutions to stay updated in technology with cost effective solutions. While surfing through the web, I found this video on ubuntu clous computing. www.archive.org/details/UbuntuCloudComputingVideo follow the link or copy and paste the url in your address bar. They are offering this video in many formats. Hope this will be useful for those ones who is thinking about ubuntu enterprise cloud.

Must have apps / software for ubuntu

Ubuntu comes with handful of free applications which satisfies use of a regular user. but for those ones looking for the extra quotient, there are plenty of applications available in the web, as a ubuntu user from 4.10, I am listing some must have software a Ubuntu user must have.

Browsers
As ubuntu is used by netisons, Browsers are the most used application in any linux distro. most of the popular browsers are available for ubuntu too. here is the most used bowsers.

Google chrome:
Firefox is coming with ubuntu. but google chrome is the most preferred  browser, anyone can download chrome from googles download mirrorsfor free of cost.
Opera is the next option for a big number of web users. opera, firefox and chrome are now sharing the market of browsers with huge shares. we can also install Internet explorer in ubuntu using Wine. Wine will be described later in this post.

Wine
Wine is translation layer which is capable of running Windows applications.  Though not all applications can be installed using WINE, yet it is the best choice for some Windows only software to run under Ubuntu.  Learn more about WINE at http://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu.

Media Players

Everyone needs a fine media player in his machine. for ubuntu, Movie player comes built in but VLC is the Best options Because it does not require any additional plugins to open any files VLC works fine with most of the media formats. click here for more about VLC

SMPlayer another multimedia player for Ubuntu which is available in ubuntu software center for free of cost. SMPlayer is basically a Qt based MPlayer front-end. SMPlayer remembers the settings of all files you play. Smplayer also features a video resume function So, when you restart a video after quitting SMPlayer, it will start from the exact same position. click this link to Install SMPlayer from Ubuntu Software Center.

Media Management

Kino video editor: Kino: Kino is an ideal video editing application on Ubuntu.  It supports firewire to capture video from your camcorder and to transfer videos from them for editing purpose as well. Vfx can also be added, though initially it feels a little hard to work with this.  Definitely a must have for all video editors. Get kino

GIMP Image Editor: GIMP ican do anything adobe photoshop can do,in short GIMP is Adobe Photoshop for in Linux but FREE.    You can  even extend its capabilities with free plug-ins.

Audacity: Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
You can use Audacity to Record live audio, Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs, Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files, Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together and Change the speed or pitch of a recording etc. get GIMP

Office suite

OpenOffice.org: OpenOffice is the Linux alternative for Microsoft Office on Windows.  OOo came as the default Office application on Linux till last year.  It is very powerful office suite which includes Word (Word Processor), Excel (Spreadsheet), Presentation, Drawing, Database and other applications.  Other than that you can install add-ons too to make it even more powerful.

Calibre E-book Library Management

Calibre manages your e-book collection for you. Calibre is a free and open source tool as well. It even supports e-book syncing with a variety of popular e-book readers out there.

Install Calibre from Ubuntu Software Center

Calibre manages your e-book collection for you. Calibre is a free and open source tool as well. It even supports e-book syncing with a variety of popular e-book readers out there.Install Calibre from Ubuntu Software Center

Web

Filezilla:

FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. It is not only easy to use but also boasts load of features like IPv6 support, Drag and drop, pause and resume file transfer and remote file editing etc.

Bluefish : Bluefish is a powerful HTML editor targeted towards programmers and web designers, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-useWYSIWYG web page editing. KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding.