The first alpha of Ubuntu 11.10, codenamed “Oneiric Ocelot”, has been released today. The biggest change in Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 1 from Ubuntu 11.04 is GNOME 3.0.

Today, Jason Warner from Canonical has made the feature list for Ubuntu 11.10 official. Let us take a look at the new features that are making it into Ubutnu 11.10 one by one.

According to the release schedule, we will see the first alpha of Ubuntu 11.10 as early as 2nd June and the final release is scheduled on 13th October.

This is the second part of the article How To Backup Your Files Using Deja Dup [Ubuntu]. In the first part, we discussed how to install Deja Dup and how to set up the storage location and the select the folders to be backed up. Now we continue with how you can set up the backup schedules.

Ubuntu 11.10 is going to come with a backup tool – Deja Dup – by default. Using Deja Dup is not difficult. In this article, I will explain how you can use Deja Dup to back up the files in your Ubuntu machine.

In a surprising move, the Ubuntu Studio developers have decided to switch over from GNOME to Xfce.

Last week, we talked about the constrain of the CD size and the need for Ubuntu to move to a DVD ISO. Well, today at the Default Apps Discussion, something happened which further supports the need to move to a DVD image. As usual, the disk space is a big constrain for Ubuntu 11.10. Before [...]

At the Ubuntu Developer Summit – Oneiric at Budapest, the Ubuntu developers have decided to drop two applications from the default installation – PiTiVi and Computer Janitor.

In Ubuntu 11.10, the GDM will be replaced by LightDM and dialog boxes will be replaced by dialog sheets.

It has been decided that Thunderbird will become the default email client in Ubuntu 11.10 if these issues are fixed. For now though, development for Ubuntu 11.10 will go ahead with Evolution.

Today, Lubuntu has been finally accepted as an official Ubuntu derivative. Lubuntu is based on the Ubuntu core while using a very light weight desktop environment – LXDE.

In the GNOME mailing list, Deja Dup developer, Michael Terry, has announced that it has been included by default in Ubuntu 11.10.

With every Ubuntu release the 700MB limit of a CD is becoming a major factor in deciding which applications gets approved. Should Ubuntu switch over to a DVD image instead?

Canonical and Lenovo has announced a collaboration to provide Ubuntu certified Lenovo products such as laptops, desktops and servers.

Today the Ubuntu Developer Conference for Ubuntu 11.10 has kicked off in Budapest, Hungary. It will be a while till we get a clear picture of what is in store for Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot”. But we already have some interesting details.