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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released

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Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released

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Post by barnaby »

a-priori wrote: post #2

As someone pointed out when this just appeared on Slashdot, if you go to http://ubuntu.com you'll see in big letters "Coming Soon!" EDIT: Nevermind, the website just changed.

Yeah, but it's coming out today, and it's going to get like a gazillion upvotes... so somebody wanted to earn the points by being the first to post.

I've been using the beta for a while now, it is B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. It's competing with OSX now (having surpassed Windows long long ago)

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released

#6

Post by daleharvey »

barnaby wrote: post #3
a-priori wrote: post #2

As someone pointed out when this just appeared on Slashdot, if you go to http://ubuntu.com you'll see in big letters "Coming Soon!" EDIT: Nevermind, the website just changed.

Yeah, but it's coming out today, and it's going to get like a gazillion upvotes... so somebody wanted to earn the points by being the first to post. I've been using the beta for a while now, it is B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. It's competing with OSX now (having surpassed Windows long long ago)

is it really a big jump from 9.04? the last few releases havent changed a whole lot in terms of ui polish, which I always thought was really nice until I used osx.

and to be fair to the original poster, the link is available now, the site was in the middle of updating

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released

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Post by megaman821 »

barnaby wrote: post #3
a-priori wrote: post #2

As someone pointed out when this just appeared on Slashdot, if you go to http://ubuntu.com you'll see in big letters "Coming Soon!" EDIT: Nevermind, the website just changed.

Yeah, but it's coming out today, and it's going to get like a gazillion upvotes... so somebody wanted to earn the points by being the first to post. I've been using the beta for a while now, it is B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. It's competing with OSX now (having surpassed Windows long long ago)

Actually, with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard out Ubuntu feels even further away from becoming mainstream. I want to like Linux on the desktop but looking at it objectively Win 7 and Snow Leopard are better.

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released

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Post by daleharvey »

megaman821 wrote: post #7
barnaby wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, but it's coming out today, and it's going to get like a gazillion upvotes... so somebody wanted to earn the points by being the first to post. I've been using the beta for a while now, it is B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. It's competing with OSX now (having surpassed Windows long long ago)

Actually, with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard out Ubuntu feels even further away from becoming mainstream. I want to like Linux on the desktop but looking at it objectively Win 7 and Snow Leopard are better.

I genuinely believe (ignoring vendor support) that ubuntu is by far the easiest to use operating system, ahead of windows and osx for the basic operations of installing and using new applications, I would rather use gnome over leapords window manager any day.

but the polish has always been lacking

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released

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Post by daleharvey »

timmaah wrote: post #8
danielh wrote: post #4

It seems the website is in transition. While still coming soon on the homepage, the download page now lists 9.10 as newest version. http://twitpic.com/ndx0v

Front page is updated now as well.. My download via torrent is cruising right along..

whats the url to the torrents? not listed on the download page yet here
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