eeeXubuntu is a custom version of the Xubuntu 7.10 Live CD with fully-integrated hardware support, including native wireless drivers, functioning Ethernet support, tweaks for low-resolution desktop environments, and other miscellaneous fixes. Wherever possible, these changes are incorporated using custom .deb packages rather than spewing assorted files all over post-install.
I love XFCE.
Ubuntu Flight 4 has been announced and I'm already getting excited about the new stuff that I get to play with. I haven't upgraded yet since I've been too sick to do anything and have lots of school work due. I've always done an apt-get dist-upgrade well before the final release and had no problems, however, with a paper due soon and a lot of studying to do, I can't risk anything getting borked. That being said, I am really looking forward to the improvements of GNOME 2.14 (local mirror). I really like Davyd Madeley's previews that he writes and even though gedit may be a small and simple app, there are always improvements to be made and I liked the closer look to gedit 2.14. The network transparency kicks ass. Now I no longer have to use Nautilus to copy a file to my desktop, edit it and save it, then copy it back. Sweet. The Deskbar Applet looks like some hot stuff and I like how it works in conjunction with Beagle. Leaftag looks like pretty awesome software, I don't think it will make Dapper, but it too intergrates with Deakbar Applet. Also not for Dapper is Abiword's collaboration over Jabber which is plain awesome. Now when Christina and I offer review each other's papers, it will be a lot easier. An improved gnome-app-install will be available for Ubuntu Dapper. While I don't think I'll be using this, someone totally new to Linux would love a tool like this. Synaptic is not for them. While there have been claims of GNOME getting simpler and even simpler still, and to some extent I think mistakes are being made such as not having options for your screensaver, some KDE folks are simplifying too.
