First Look: Ubuntu ‘Intrepid Ibex’ Beta Delivers Improved UI, New Features

I just fired up the beta on my MacBook Pro (which hasn't had an upgrade since 7.10) and... wow.<p>No hardware issues, everything installed itself, even my keys light up again. Multiple monitor support has gone from being a 3 hour configuration nightmare to two clicks.<p>Far and away the best bit is the UI polish. It seems to have everything functional I liked about clunky old KDE 3.x (window shading! focus on mouse!) plus all the good bits they could swipe from OS X and Vista.<p>However I wish they would enable the dark theme by default, it looks much better than the light one. None of the review screen shots do it justice.

This looks very nice. I finally installed Ubuntu Hardy on my main desktop and got dual monitors working after a lot of hassle, but now I'm excited to try this out. Going to hold off on the beta until a final release though

I tried installing the beta... But the fglrx graphics driver for my ATI card doesn't work :(<p>So now I'm just downloading an ISO and trying that first.