Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released

Post by aarongough » Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 8:19 PM UTC

tmitchell wrote: post #89

aarongough wrote: post #86

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I think he meant using VMWare Tools on Ubuntu As opposed to running Ubuntu under VMWare

Tools runs on the guest OS to provide better mouse/graphics/etc integration. Typically it gets broken with new kernels. I am still hoping for a reliable/official VMWare Tools .deb repository.

Post by weavejester » Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 8:26 PM UTC

actf wrote: post #59

megaman821 wrote: post #7

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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 couldn't agree more. The last time I ran Ubuntu as my primary OS its desktop experience was a long ways from Windows or OSX. Compviz was full of bugs that in my opinion significantly detracted from the the overall desktop experience. I'd constantly run into problems where windows wouldn't be placed correctly on the screen or would have artifacts drawn in them. Some of the compviz effects would fail to run altogethe…

Post by natrius » Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 8:30 PM UTC

Tuna-Fish wrote: post #75

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Disk space is required to install the OS. The alternative is letting the user download the .iso, burn it, then try to install only to have the installer complain about not having enough space. That is failing at UI. The additional cognitive load of reading a disk space requirement is negligible, especially compared to what someone who needed that information has to go through without it. You haven't even considered t…

> Not only are you wrong I might well be wrong about whether it's worth it to show disk space or not. I have no problem admitting this, because I haven't done any studies about it. > but "You fail at UI" is a particularly abrasive way to be wrong. >The additional cognitive load of reading a disk space requirement is negligible Apparently I was too abrasive, or not abrasive enough. NO amount of cognitive load is negli…

Post by rms » Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 8:32 PM UTC

spamizbad wrote: post #90

ivenkys wrote: post #82

Its all well and good for Ubuntu to push further ahead but they would do a real big favor to the push of Linux on the Desktop if they could solve 1 major issue , remove the ugliness in the default rendering of the Fonts. Yes, i know it can be done via a bazillion font config options and yes its very powerful and flexible, but lets get it right by default.

Basically, here's what's going on: 1) There aren't many free typefaces for daily use that are beautiful, so you have to buy (or commission) several and "open source" them. 2) Techniques for AA font rendering that maximize aesthetics and readability are protected by numerous software patents. Years ago there was a short-lived patch in Xorg that had a modern font-AA algorithm that held its own against the competition,…

Post by grandalf » Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 8:36 PM UTC

jsz0 wrote: post #93

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How long has it been since you looked at Ubuntu's fonts? I use both OS X and Ubuntu, and Ubuntu is at least equal to OS X these days IMO.

I dunno... http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu139/jsz0/fonttest.png