Howtoforge posted a tutorial about setting up Percona Server 5.5 on Ubuntu 12.10
Percona Server is a drop-in replacement for MySQL. It offers more performance and scalability than the default MySQL server coming with your Linux distribution, while it uses the same init scripts and command line tools which makes it easy to use. This tutorial explains how to install Percona Server 5.5 on Ubuntu 12.10.How To Install Percona Server 5.5 On Ubuntu 12.10
