Fast-boot version of Ubuntu is based on new netbook
Canonical demonstrated a fast-boot version of Ubuntu, said to launch a running browser in less than 10 seconds. Ubuntu Light is based on a new netbook- and touchscreen tablet-oriented desktop environment called "Unity" that will also drive the Ubuntu Netbook Edition of Ubuntu 10.10 ("Maverick Meerkat").
Canonical unveiled Unity and Ubuntu Light at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in La Hulpe, Belgium yesterday, announcing that an early version of Unity is available for public download. The Ubuntu Light "instant-on" distribution, meanwhile, is now available to OEMs in a netbook-targeted version, and a desktop version is said to be in the works for a future release.