Ubuntu 9.10 Goals And Disappointments :
"There is plenty of stuff to get excited about in the comming release of Ubuntu, Karmic Koala. What has been confirmed is:
- About 10s boot!
- Gnome-shell in universe soon so people can bang on it
- Android apps running on ubuntu netbook remix
- Firefox 3.5 will be the default browser
- Gwibber by default if it's ready (woo!)
- EXT4 by default for new installs; dist-upgrade handling ext3 (whether to migrate to ext4- unlikely)
- Kernel 2.6.31
- Banshee might replace Rhythmbox if related bugs are fixed in time (if not, then surely in Karmic+1)
- Encrypted home directory offered to all users
- Ubuntu One will have install options in ubiquity
- Better Wine integration
- Further enhancements for the new notification system"
"The target is 10 seconds. Also, I neglected to mention (not on purpose!) that the 10 second goal is for 10.04. So likely more improvements for karmic and then hitting 10 for 10.04. After that it will become an engineering process to ensure that we stay at 10." - post