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In Ubuntu 12.04, a font can be opened with GNOME Font Viewer, a lightweight utility that not only displays a preview of the opened font, but also allows the users to 1-click install it, nevertheless the mentioned app features a more on-demand approach, in the sense that can only be opened in relation to a particular font (as opposed to all the available fonts in one's operating system).

GNOME Font Viewer 3.5.1 is available in Quantal Quetzal (installed by default), introducing new interesting additions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS uses, by default, Unity (3D), and Unity 2D as a fallback, useful and usable for users with low-specs computers, 2D session that provides a decent set of actions, enhancements and specific attributes.

It seems that, although Unity 2D is mainly to be "ignored" and the 3D session is to be usually chosen, there are Unity 2D-specific interactions that are highly anticipated or desired for the inclusion in Unity, like for instance the kinetic scrolling and the bounce effect, bundle of interactions that could/might add a more fluid, vivid scrolling in the Dash.

Quantal Quetzal daily builds are now available for download.

The Precise development cycle has been characterized by a serious amount of work oriented towards the daily builds with the clear objective of maintaining a quality and stability standard in every Ubuntu image from the very beginning to the final 12.04 LTS release.

It seems, according to Mark Shuttleworth and various developers, that the quality standard is to become per release and not only per LTS release.

It seems that Quantal will probably introduce exciting new features, approach that is suitable for a release after the LTS, where stability was a focus much more important than new features.

According to a UDS-Q session, GNOME Control Center is to probably be renamed to Ubuntu Control Center, change that, although not entirely new (the developers patched the GNOME Control Center in Precise, etc), is to be a patched version or a fork.

UDS-Q is an interesting event in progress at-the-moment, generating exciting news, plans and objectives that are to probably land/materialize in the Quantal development cycle.

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal is to probably feature the Linux kernel 3.5 or 3.6 (RC x), depending on how the 3.5 version will be received by the developers, furthermore, there is another possibility to ship Linux kernel 3.6 release candidate (3, 4, 5, etc), action that is to shortly be followed by the landing of 3.6 stable release (via the Update Manager).

Ubuntu Developer Summit will start on Monday, May 7th 2012, nevertheless, interesting details have already started to land in the wild, like for instance, the Quantal Quetzal logo shared by Ubuntu's Alan Pope.

The colored bird is gracefully represented with modernistic patterns and shapes "surrounded" by a pair of big symmetric wings, expressing a powerful bird, suitable to carry and handle new challenges.

Ubuntu Developer Summit Quantal Quetzal will start on Monday May 7th 2012, gathering an impressive and exciting number of developers, community members, Ubuntu staff and more.

According to Ubuntu's Jono Bacon, one interesting "guest" at UDS-Q is Electronic Arts, a globally known games company, famous for Crysis, Battlefield, Star Wars, etc, games enjoyed by millions and millions of users on non-linux operating systems.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS was released just days ago, release generated by a development cycle filled with a massive amount of work.

Nevertheless, the developers have just announced the start on Quantal development cycle, furthermore featuring initial changes in various packages, such as GCC 4.7, OpenJDK 7 and Python 3.

"Quantal is now open for development, with syncs from unstable starting shortly".

The latest months witnessed "official rumors" related to a new icon theme that is to land in Ubuntu in order to improve or change the actual icon set.

Although the new icon theme will not land in Precise Pangolin, it seems that chances are high related to Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal.

Mark Shuttleworth affirmed that in or starting with Ubuntu 12.10 is to be adopted "a project on iconography, with the University of Reading, to refine the look of apps and interfaces throughout the platform".

Upstart is an event-based tool that handles the starting of tasks and services during the boot process, then stopping them during shutdown and supervising the task and services while the system is running.

Ubuntu uses by default Upstart, although there were various rumors regarding Ubuntu;s shifting to Systemd, a tool with similar capabilities.