First review - Karmic Ubuntu Moblin Remix
No one has posted a review of the upcoming Ubuntu remix, so here we go!
First of all, I installed it via usb-creator on a 64gb USB (you need more than 1gb usb for installation via usb - even a 2gb will do) with no problem at all.
The boot stage is identical to the Ubuntu 9.10 and way slower than Moblin’s boot stage (+10secs). After that, the environment seems the same, but now we have the Ubuntu wallpaper and many Ubuntu programs (OpenOffice, Empathy, Synaptic package manager, etc).
The network still has the same bugs as the Moblin has (can’t save password and I couldn’t connect to wifi) and the main problem is that every time you run a program, it doesn’t seem very integrated into the Moblin UI, so when you close the application, a white screen welcomes you. After that you have to click the menu bar and return to whatever you were doing.
Another thing is that whenever you are starting a program you have to decide whether you want a new space or you want to squeeze it to an old one (the dialog stays for about 3 secs).
Definitely not a production-ready image (it’s called “development iso” for a reason) but I think that in order to utilize the Moblin v2 UI, many application must be rewritten or replaced.
You can check the images in better quality and some more here
