Can't wait for the Proud Panda! :) O/H Savvas Radevic έγραψε: > Next ubuntu in line! > > Code name: Karmic Koala > Future release: 9.10 > Release date: October 2009 > > Cheers > Savvas aka medigeek > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mark Shuttleworth <[email protected]> > Date: 2009/2/20 > Subject: Introducing the Karmic Koala, our mascot for Ubuntu 9.10 > To: Ubuntu Devel Announcements <[email protected]> > > > Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce the *Karmic Koala*, the > newest member of our alliterative menagerie. > > When you are looking for inspiration beyond the looming Jaunty feature > freeze, I hope you'll think of the Koala, our official mascot for Ubuntu > 9.10. And if you'll bear with me for a minute I'll set the scene for > what we hope to achieve in that time. > > Server > > A good Koala knows how to see the wood for the trees, even when her head > is in the clouds. Ubuntu aims to keep free software at the forefront of > cloud computing by embracing the API's of Amazon EC2, and making it easy > for anybody to setup their own cloud using entirely open tools. We're > currently in beta with official Ubuntu base AMI's for use on Amazon EC2. > During the Karmic cycle we want to make it easy to deploy applications > into the cloud, with ready-to-run appliances or by quickly assembling a > custom image. Ubuntu-vmbuilder makes it easy to create a custom AMI > today, but a portfolio of standard image profiles will allow easier > collaboration between people doing similar things on EC2. Wouldn't it be > apt for Ubuntu to make the Amazon jungle as easy to navigate as, say, APT? > > What if you want to build an EC2-style cloud of your own? Of all the > trees in the wood, a Koala's favourite leaf is Eucalyptus. The > Eucalyptus project, from UCSB, enables you to create an EC2-style cloud > in your own data center, on your own hardware. It's no coincidence that > Eucalyptus has just been uploaded to universe and will be part of Jaunty > - during the Karmic cycle we expect to make those clouds dance, with > dynamically growing and shrinking resource allocations depending on your > needs. A savvy Koala knows that the best way to conserve energy is to go > to sleep, and these days even servers can suspend and resume, so imagine > if we could make it possible to build a cloud computing facility that > drops its energy use virtually to zero by napping in the midday heat, > and waking up when there's work to be done. No need to drink at the > energy fountain when there's nothing going on. If we get all of this > right, our Koala will help take the edge off the bear market. > > If that sounds rather open and nebulous, then we've hit the sweet spot > for cloud computing futurology. Let me invite you to join the server > team at UDS in Barcelona, when they'll be defining the exact set of > features to ship in October. > > Desktop > > First impressions count. We're eagerly following the development of > kernel mode setting, which promises a smooth and flicker-free startup. > We'll consider options like Red Hat's Plymouth, for graphical boot on > all the cards that support it. We made a splash years ago with Usplash, > but it's time to move to something newer and shinier. So the good news > is, boot will be beautiful. The bad news is, you won't have long to > appreciate it! It only takes 35 days to make a whole Koala, so we think > it should be possible to bring up a stylish desktop much faster. The > goal for Jaunty on a netbook is 25 seconds, so let's see how much faster > we can get you all the way to a Koala desktop. We're also hoping to > deliver a new login experience that complements the graphical boot, and > works well for small groups as well as very large installations. > > For those of you who can relate to Mini Me, or already have a Dell Mini, > the Ubuntu Netbook Edition will be updated to include all the latest > technology from Moblin, and tuned to work even better on screens that > are vertically challenged. With millions of Linux netbooks out there, we > have been learning and adapting usability to make the Koala cuddlier > than ever. We also want to ensure that the Netbook Remix installs easily > and works brilliantly on all the latest netbook hardware, so consider > this a call for testing Ubuntu 9.04 if you're the proud owner of one of > these dainty items. > > The desktop will have a designer's fingerprints all over it - we're now > beginning the serious push to a new look. Brown has served us well but > the Koala is considering other options. Come to UDS for a preview of the > whole new look. > > UDS in Barcelona, 25-29 May > > As always, the Ubuntu Developer Summit will be jam-packed with ideas, > innovations, guests and gurus. It's a wombat and dingbat-free zone, so > if you're looking for high-intensity developer discussions, beautiful > Barcelona will be the place to rest your opposable thumbs in May. It's > where the Ubuntu community, Canonical engineers and partners come > together to discuss, debate and design the Karmic Koala. The event is > the social and strategic highlight of each release cycle. Jono Bacon, > the Ubuntu Community Manager has more details at > http://www.jonobacon.org/2009/02/19/announcing-the-karmic-koala-ubuntu-developer-summit/ > including sponsorship for heavily-contributing community members. > > More details of the Ubuntu Developer Summit can be found at > http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS. > > A newborn Koala spends about six months in the family before it heads > off into the wild alone. Sounds about perfect for an Ubuntu release > plan! I'm looking forward to seeing many of you in Barcelona, and before > that, at a Jaunty release party. Till then, cheers. > > Mark > > -- > ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce > >
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