Over the weekend I had the opportunity to use Kubuntu 8.10 Beta.
I used the upgrade features - running Kubuntu 8.04 - and it took about 3-4 hours for the Laptop to be ready with 8.10. No work, no reinstalling software, nothing ... It just worked.
This release again, fine tuned prior releases. We can see how Ubuntu is becoming every step more mature. It works excellently on my laptop with all the usual office and INTERNET application. Some User Interface Innovations (Mouse Pointer, Network Manager, Menu Ribbon, etc.) make it even more interesting.
There was no need to use the command line or terminal at all - for nothing.
This is the beta and i found one issue: The dual monitor setup for the laptop works as described in 8.04, however, the external monitor has one flicker every few seconds. It seems linux (Xserver or Randr etc) is rechcking this external monitor constantly. I saw a few bugs reported and trust, these will be worked out during the beta phase.
Other then set "smooth sailing".
Cheers,
Axel