Ive been using karmic since alpha 1 and finally its all coming together. A hot new theme, the software store, ext4 and xsplash are the main highlights. Another improvement is the effective use of package kit. It really bugged me that I had to imput my password to check for updates but thats gone now and you just need to imput your password to install updates. I wont put up any pictures of the new look so people can check it out themselves but one thing I can say is its still a little brown but its a lot darker. Now that karmic is in the freeze before beta its finally got everything I really wanted after jaunty. A complete overhaul of the UI and ext4 everything else was just a bonus. So new additions like slideshow of wallpapers, ubuntu one included by default and all the updates were just the icing on the cake. So congrats in advance for such a great job making karmic the best release yet.
Update: Mistake by me the update manager isnt using package kit its using aptdaemon.
Actually the update-manager doesn’t use packagekit, instead it is using aptdaemon. I agree, it’s a nice touch not having to enter your password just to check for updates (especially when running Karmic as Alpha, there are new updates every day)
Oh thanks I was wondering about that but the software store uses package kit then?
Nope, the Software Store still uses apt as far as I know, though they are considering using packagekit later, depending on how stable and useful it is in time for 10.04.