Ubuntu 7.04 Beta Released. Wireless and CSS working!

Yesterday I found out about the Ubuntu 7.04 beta having been released and I thought that it might be worth getting and might actually work (only one of the three alphas worked for me and even then it wasn’t worth using). But anyway, after having downloaded it and booted up the LiveCD it tells me that I’m not connected to a wireless network, I click the little icon and choose my network. It then requests my network key and then a keychain to store it in so that I don’t have to enter it every time. This is an incredible improvement over previous versions which I could never make work due to awful wireless tools.

After installing I started configuring it. Now, instead of having to either install MPlayer or go searching for codecs I can run a terminal command which downloads all the codecs I need (ie: mp3, java, flash etc). I also found a system menu similar to the SuSE Slab. Installation was as simple as running a .deb file and then adding it to my top panel.

I also installed WINE 9.33 as well as Steam which runs much more nicely than it did on openSuSE. For example, I no longer need to write something in a Linux window and then copy/paste it into steam to write. I started my CSS download yesterday and tried it out today. Graphics aren’t perfect but I don’t care, I play the game to have fun, not to see what it’s like. It also runs at almost full speed and this it without running anything like FIXME! I’ve been considering for some time getting CS 1.6 and CZ so if I do I’ll probably be able to run them even better. Good bye Windows!