I decided to install the Alpha of the upcoming Ubuntu distribution. I was hoping it would be stable enough that I could use it for a while, but I'll be running another version of Linux soon. After running from the CD, I decided to install it because it was so quick. From the CD the system seemed to operate very fast. I know that the system is quicker than my former Linux Mint set-up, but that may be because there are fewer programs installed.
This alpha is supposed to have Xorg 7.3. The alpha 4 wiki says,Xorg 7.3 has "an emphasis on better autoconfiguration with a minimal configuration file." I couldn't get compiz to work and I don't know if the problem is the Nvidia drivers or what and I didn't feel like experimenting too much as this is an alpha release.
After I installed the updates, the restricted drivers icon appeared. I'm not sure it is working as it did not get my broadcom wireless card working. It has worked using the restricted drivers tool in past versions of Ubuntu. Combine that with compiz not working and that was my guess for a culprit. Again, I didn't want to spend too much time as I would likely have to re-install everything later.
The Hardy Heron wiki that discusses the new features can be found here. Above are two pictures of the new gnome system monitor.
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