The next iteration of Ubuntu gets a new look. I am not sure if I like it that much. A part of me wants to see a new Ubuntu which looks drastically different than the current theme, the other part of me looks at the new theme and says, “not exactly what I was hoping for”. But it’s not that bad either. You can judge for yourself and try it out.

The CD image can be downloaded from here:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/intrepid/alpha-1/

It is highly advisable that you do not install it on your main computer, but rather on a virtual machine. This alpha version is for developer to help weed out issues with new changes. There is no live cd or wubi installation available yet. Live installation will be available from the next alpha/beta release.

Here is how the new Ubuntu (named Intrepid Ibex), currently looks like:

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