Comments on: Ubuntu Karmic Koala preview

By: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter « S.E.T.

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter « S.E.T. — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:23:18 +0000

[...] http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/04/ubuntu-karmic-koala-preview/ [...]

By: Walk-through installation of OpenSuSE 11.2

Walk-through installation of OpenSuSE 11.2 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:05 +0000

[...] it has been a veritable onslaught of distribution releases: Ubuntu 9.10, Fedora 12, Mandriva (article coming soon) , Debian 5 (article coming soon), and many more. With [...]

By: The new Ubuntu Software Center

The new Ubuntu Software Center — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:28:06 +0000

[...] may remember my mention of the Ubuntu Software Center in my article “Ubuntu Karmic Koala preview“. Well, Karmic Koala is now officially Ubuntu 9.10 and is on the streets. I have installed [...]

By: Weekly Rewind #35 | Adventures In Open Source

Weekly Rewind #35 | Adventures In Open Source — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:15:10 +0000

[...] looking after them, but that would be a big fat lie. It’s mostly luck. I installed Ubuntu Karmic on my laptop later in the day and got to testing it. I’ll write up my thoughts tomorrow and [...]

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:47:47 +0000

I have been an Ubuntu user for about 6 years now and have converted many people from Windows. Ubuntu has certainly got better and better over the past few years and I enjoy using it. However, I have not been able to enjoy the Software Center (Should be spelt Centre as this is an English distribution). This brings me to mention that I have been in education all my life in England, and one of the pleasing facts was that everything in Ubuntu had proper English spelling. I think this is a very important factor when trying to get English Schools to adopt Ubuntu and it would be very sad to see American language taki9ng over or infiltrating. After all there are enough things American in our society already. Lets stand up for the English Language for goodness sake.

I for one will have to find a different distribution if it starts to turn American. Crunchbang for instance would be a good alternative!.

However I do hope that Ubuntu sees sense, because it is the best Linux I have come across..

By: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala – informatii si imagini! | Windows 7 Bucharest

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:40:21 +0000

[...] Via. [...]

By: Elderlybloke

Elderlybloke — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:37:20 +0000

Information on reporting bugs to be useful can be found on http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/f1920

By: labatts

labatts — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:43:37 +0000

Elderlybloke says:
October 6, 2009 at 8:51 am

Zak_Neutron,

You were told that there would be bugs in it and not to install it on any computer except for testing purposes

It is the first Beta , just emerged from Alpha.

Why not keep your critical remarks until the final version is refeased.

How do expect things to be improved if you never mention what needs improving. He mentioned something legitimate, and you jump all over him…. its called Trolling.

By: zak_neutron

zak_neutron — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:49:11 +0000

@Elderlybloke

i’m sorry you perceived the comments as critical – I’m just saying I have found ext4 to a possible problem and that influenced the speed of it running. I do test linux distro’s and I will try 9.10 on another rig and I will post bugs accordingly.

BTW I have 9.04 – which I’m delighted with

By: Jack Wallen

Jack Wallen — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:15:25 +0000

JB: I stand corrected. Or should I say “Thank you for deprecating my misuse of the term”. This term always confused me because the original definition was to “express disapproval of”. So I guess the Ubuntu developers are expressing their disapproval of HAL? ;-)

But seriously – thank you for point that error out. I did make the correction.

By: Zac

Zac — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:41:21 +0000

I’m quite impressed with 9.10 beta so far. I think the planning they started talking about a while back are starting to materialise. The Software Centre will be one of the key features that should help general computer users. In the future, the ability to have commercial software in there is great, but I don’t think the commercial channel will be in the default install, it will most likely be an opt in. And I wish there would also put drivers in there as well. The artwork and bootup process is starting to look quite smart now. Wow, Linux certainly has come along way in three years (that was my first install).

By: Elderlybloke

Elderlybloke — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:51:15 +0000

Zak_Neutron,

You were told that there would be bugs in it and not to install it on any computer except for testing purposes

It is the first Beta , just emerged from Alpha.

Why not keep your critical remarks until the final version is refeased.

By: Mihir Patel

Mihir Patel — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:26:36 +0000

Hello,

Ubuntu is rocking now a days. Thanks for showing a very beautiful snap shots for Ubuntu 9.10.

Thanks for sharing info.

Regards,
Mihir
ask4itsolutions.com

By: Install and use Ubuntu One

Install and use Ubuntu One — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:36:50 +0000

[...] I previewed the up and coming release of Ubuntu, Karmic Koala (”Ubuntu Karmic Koala Preview“.) In that article I covered some of the new features in the upcoming release. Once of those [...]

By: Ubuntu Karmic Koala preview | Ubuntu-News - Your one stop for news about Ubuntu

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:41:25 +0000

[...] features and give you a few screen shots as well as my opinion on how the release will fare More here After using 9.10 for a day I have to say I am impressed. I have been using 9.04 on nearly all of my [...]

By: zak_neutron

zak_neutron — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:51:56 +0000

Sorry to be a naysayer – but I recently installed the beta version on an old dell latitude (D600) – used to run fedora 10 fine – fancied a change of distro and dipped my toe in the ubuntu pond. The beta 9.10 ran like a dog! I then tried 9.04 and it was great. The only conclusion I can determine is ext4 and ext3. The former seems not to play well with earlier ide hdd’s. I had a similar problem with a fedora fresh install on a desktop: F10 (ext3) played nice. Fresh install of F11 (ext4) – NOT!

By: Links 05/10/2009: GoblinX 3.0 Chooses KDE 4, New Chumby Arrives | Boycott Novell

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:36:50 +0000

[...] Ubuntu Karmic Koala preview But what can you expect and how should it run? In this preview of Ubuntu 9.10 I will fill you in on the upcoming features and give you a few screen shots as well as my opinion on how the release will fare. [...]

By: JB

JB — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:12:13 +0000

It’s DEPRECATION – not depreciation. Sheesh. You’d think anyone who was writing in public – whether or not they are actually getting paid for it – would know the difference.

Depreciation is an accounting term to describe the process of calculating the reduction in value over time of a tangible asset.

Deprecation, in the computer science sense of the word, is the process of obsoleting a software component and phasing out its use.

By: Kris Bergstrom

Kris Bergstrom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:46:58 +0000

Or you bought the wrong PDA. :) Remember, gnu/linux *wants* to support every piece of hardware available but some companies make this harder than others. Also remember that this is community-built software. Perhaps you can help fill in the gaps!

In any case, hope your PDA works out-of-the-box with Koala!

By: Kris Bergstrom

Kris Bergstrom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:44:29 +0000

Commercial software available through the “Software Center” application?! Ubuntu, please, please don’t have this option installed by default. Ubuntu is the go-to distribution for computer users new to free software. Having commercial applications available alongside free software sends the wrong message to them and it clouds Ubuntu’s mission of empowering users.

It seems to me that enterprise users who feel they need commercial software will have the IT know how to install the software outside of the Software Center application. Software Center should be a way to expose new users to the incredible breadth of free software. A new user should feel impressed and overwhelmed that they can use a computer so freely. It will be a loss for us all when a user says “I see these 85 free email clients over here… and then there’s one in this section for $15. I guess it must be the good one…”