Tonight I updated my Ubuntu install to the latest Gutsy beta (7.10). So far so good. This is the first upgrade I’ve done where it correctly set my widescreen monitor resolution so that was nice (no manually editing config files!).
I’ve also enabled the new flashy Compiz window effects but am not that impressed. And it doesn’t appear the help works so I have no idea how to do anything with it – I have to dig around a bit and see if I can find some docs. Performance seems about the same – my CPU meter barely moves :)
Some of the preferences are a bit improved – but some things like the Deskbar applet seem to have taken a step back. I’ve always been a Gnome fan but am looking forward to KDE4.0 as well – might switch for awhile and try out the alternatives. I love Linux :)
I ran into some feisty to gutsy upgrade issues (http://www.peterryan.net/2007/10/30/feisty-to-gutsy-upgrade-duo-cpu-detection-for-d620/) with setting an invalid kernel and the upgrade crashed. Otherwise everything else seems fine although I haven’t tried any of the new desktop effects. This upgrade was through kubuntu’s package manager (kde) which never even gave me the upgrade version icon when I went from edgy to feisty.