Download EasyPeasy 1.6 beta 1

EasyPeasy was formerly known as Ubuntu Eee, but changed its name after Canonical expired trademark-streaks has risen. This Linux distribution focuses on netbooks, such as the Asus Eee PC, Acer Aspire One and Dell Inspiron Mini 9. The developers released EasyPeasy 1.6 beta 1 at the beginning of this month, with the stable version expected to be released by the end of the month. to follow this month. The accompanying announcement reads as follows:

EasyPeasy 1.6/Beta 1

The team has been working hard to bring you the best netbook experience. The 1.6 Beta 1 is the first release of EasyPeasy 1.6, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of EasyPeasy. Released March 2 03:00 PM UTC+1

This is a beta release. Don’t install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released on March 25, 2010.

Features:

• New interface
• Social By Default: We now feature built in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, and other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel, which is built upon the Gwibber project, which has a completely new, more reliable backend built on top or desktop couch.
• All packages are upgraded
• All Gnome packages upgraded
• Default search engine has been changed to Yahoo! Default Home Page will use either Google or Yahoo! depending on user setting.
• Beta 1 includes the 2.6.32-14.20 kernel based on 2.6.32.8.
• 1.6 Beta 1 sports full removal of the hal package, making EasyPeasy faster to boot and faster to resume from suspend.
• The likewise-open package, which provides Active Directory authentication and server support for Linux, has been updated to version 5.4.
• New default open source driver for nVidia hardware
• Improved support for nVidia proprietary graphics drivers

Known bugs:

• Ubuntu branding instead of EasyPeasy branding in top left corner, boot and install
• Wrong icon theme. Defaults to Tango
• On video hardware that supports KMS, the live CD sometimes does not reboot successfully, instead displaying the boot logo indefinitely. To work around this, you will need to power down the system manually. Investigation of this issue is ongoing. As a workaround, users can boot from a USB stick instead of from a CD. (506418)
• Because of the new alternatives system used for nvidia driver packages, the nvidia installer from NVIDIA’s website currently doesn’t work.