Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 11th Mar 2006 21:26 UTC, submitted by Maarten Vanheuverswyn
The 5th preview release of Ubuntu Dapper Drake is out on the mirrors. As usual, there are both install and live CD's for PowerPC, x86, and x86-64. "We are now in the final stages of Dapper Drake development. Everything is stabilizing, and Ubuntu 6.04 will certainly be a top-notch professional OS. Now that all of the lower level improvements have been made, it is time to close the hood and rub on a coat of wax. With Flight 5 comes a new and improved Human look-and-feel, a few new GUI power tools, and much more." Update: Screenshot tour.
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Well I can say for my part that Dapper is _really_ faster than Breezy was, especialy booting time has greatly improved (I have the same services loading at bootup as before, plus 2 more) and the general desktop feeling is also much nicer. OOo 2.0.2 also loads considerably faster, as do Firefox 1.5 & Thunderbird 1.5. When you enable XGL then all the redrawing problems of Metacity are gone, and the desktop is A LOT faster (like when you're moving windows around quickly)
Tom