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Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

rover_25_parts — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:21:21 -0000

Thanks for sharing this information, I really need it.
I am a newbie using the Ubuntu open source, my friend told me that it was a great software because it filters virus and it is better than the proprietary OS.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Polaris — Tue, 25 May 2010 08:33:07 -0000

Maybe you need more ram according to 'simply not true!'....I have timed it and mine shuts down in 2.7 seconds. Ubuntu 9.10 is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

CC — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:32:42 -0000

Actually Yaro reply that's very close to what you said "he'll likely find many "legacy" devices (cameras, scanners, printers) ***unsupported*** by Windows 7." In our experience Linux runs much better on anything a few years old with less effort required than Windows 7.

Manolito, an Internet connection is NOT required to install Ubuntu, you just have to choose not to set up the network connection at this time. Both the Live and Alternate Ubuntu CDs have this functionality.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Yaro Kasear — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:23:12 -0000

Really? There's only one driver I ever have to download for Linux. And it's because I use a minimalist distribution that doesn't even have X installed by default to begin with (Arch.). All my other stuff ALWAYS worked out of the box.

Meanwhile, those 6 or seven drivers you whine about? Windows. That's where I actually have to manually go on driver fetch quests, because Windows supports next to nothing off the shelf, and Linux supports next to everything.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Paul — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:33:20 -0000

I'm a Mac user but run a Linux Mint 8 media server off of an Acer Veriton Nettop and XBMC.

I do get excited whenever doing a fresh install, this blog post makes me want to format and start again.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Guest — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:34:15 -0000

Ok - I completely forgot about Google Chrome! I've only tested Firefox, Swiftweasel, Swiftfox, the default one and Opera. I don't like Opera's interface and it doesn't have Xmarks so I thought I'd be out of options.

So thanks for the hint - let's see if Chrome satisfies my "eyecandy" needs. Does Chrome have similar hanging issues (always after a certain amount of surfing the whole computer not just the browser randomly hangs at (flash? and maybe other) websites) as Firefox and Opera seem to have?

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

nivek1385 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:14:45 -0000

As much as I enjoy using the various *buntus, I do have to say that, at least for me, Karmic has far from helped boot times. Prior to upgrading Jaunty to Karmic, my boottimes were anywhere from 19 seconds to 32 seconds, usually ending up around 22-23 seconds. This is just power on to login screen. Since the upgrade, my initial boot was 3 MINUTES and 24 seconds. That's 9 times my usual boot time and more than 6 times my previous max boot time (even with a fsck!). Granted, I have since trimmed some of the new services that I find unnecessary and have trimmed it down to 1:28 and 1:24 in my last two boots. I had not profiled by boot with the last Jaunty kernel I was running (2.6.28-16 if memory serves) and have not profiled Karmic yet, but we'll see how much that helps.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Joey Sneddon — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:58:22 -0000

That is specifically Firefox's issue - it determines its own font settings and doesn't abide by those set by the system.

Chrome doesn't have this issue.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Guest — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:24:24 -0000

If Ubuntu and Firefox (or any browser in Ubuntu) would finally manage to produce "font-wise" a sleek looking system as I'm capable of producing on an old Windows XP-machine I'd be happy. This may not be directly Ubuntu's fault, but all internet browsers have ugly fonts (settings don't seem to have an effect and yes I've followed font guides on the net).

E.g. Calibri with ClearType smoothing on Ubuntu within all applications and I'm happy.

Examples of nice font reproduction throughout the whole system:
http://savouryspacemonkey.d...
http://syfo.deviantart.com/... (maybe nsfw)

E.g. www.aqua-soft.org-forums (thread Desktop '09) has plenty of other good examples.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Joey Sneddon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:26:20 -0000

This https://help.ubuntu.com/com... should help you :)

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

babydoll25 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:24:58 -0000

I want it!!! I have an acer netbook with no optical drive, running win xp, howcan I install this wonderful new OS?

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Danesh Manoharan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:44:06 -0000

Very nice!! Loving the new karmic koala... significant improvement

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Saji Nediyanchath — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:02:43 -0000

Very good review.. Covers almost everything.. I'm also using Ubuntu 9.10 now...

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Dean Soto — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:13:17 -0000

Oooh, that's really cool. I'd imagine using dropbox and UbuntuOne would be cool too. I don't really like evolution and I'm waiting for TB3, but I use Tomboy a lot. Thanks for mentioning this!

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Fonix — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:18:29 -0000

ye ubuntu is all very well and it means to do good, but some basics are always screwed up for me when i install ubuntu, namely gfx drivers (although easy to fix) sound drivers (havnt found a fix yet) and network. Somehow without fail there will be something wrong with those. i have a pretty standard setup at home, and a pretty standard pc set (maybe the gtx 275 drivers didnt get detect properly cuz its pretty new) but the other stuff in my pc is not exactly the newest tech... so why is it so broken :(. i installed kde as well which i like alot, but the network is probably even more screwed up lol :/. but i must say its a nice improvement over the last versions

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

ahalliwell — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:31:56 -0000

When my wifi card wasn't supported (it is now), I would install ndiswrapper from the live cd, and have the windows driver for my card on a flash drive. This way, I wouldn't have to connect to a repository to download packages. Sure, I had to use another computer (ONCE), but when I downloaded the driver, I kept it in case I ever needed it again. My wireless wasn't supported out of the box in Windows either (and still isn't).

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Name — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:53:58 -0000

Sounds like eye candy to me

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Manolito — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:55:35 -0000

Well, I don't see the problem if you need to download docens of drivers... as long as the wi-fi works in the first place.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

aminfaiz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:50:56 -0000

enough with the eye candy. lets talk about real features we all need, shall we..

is there any internet sharing option like OSX or Windows in this edition? fingerprint / face detection support? any new changes / improvement on networking and file sharing? also support for icon in executable file like OSX/WINDOWS? automatic icon changing with changing file association? folder and multiple file send/receive support via bluetooth? any file or folder create/ rename/ move /copy / delete support in "Open File" dialogue box ? a modified nautilus that shows "computer:///" as the top most and default location rather than "/" (root filesystem) ? folder color option (an alternative to emblems) ? improved / speedier file copy operation in flash drives?

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Manolito — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:49:55 -0000

What? What... what? Good for you if you have wi-fi out of the box. Others don't. Simple as that. Of course you can install Ubuntu... but what do you want a OS without Internet for? Maybe you don't need it. Others do.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Jonathan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:43:24 -0000

Where do i find the font information window?

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

C. B. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:05:14 -0000

Worst. Ubuntu. Ever. This is bloated with crap I don't need, hideous, removed some stuff that was good, (Ekiga wasn't though, Pidgin was) and the changes only benefit the social. Either Xubuntu or Debian. No Ubuntu with GNOME. (unless they make a slim version)

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Fede — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:42:42 -0000

Try this:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/...

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

Ian D. Miller — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:08:40 -0000

One of the coolest features that isn't getting much press is just HOW UbuntuOne is getting used in the OS. Evolution contacts are auto-synced to UbuntuOne and Tomboy Notes now has an option to auto-sync to UbuntuOne. For me, that's huge. Keeping synced Tomboy Notes across my work and home computers is the bees knees!

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - A Guided Tour

scouser73 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:40:51 -0000

The first thing i always do is to edit the menus, I've come unstuck before with Computer Janitor when I had Jaunty. Karmic is excellent and the devs need a big pat on the back for the work they've done. I've noticed that there isn't a faster start time for me on Karmic, but that's not so much of a problem. As for the shut down times, that was blisteringly fast.