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The best advert for Ubuntu you probably never saw
OMG! reader Sebastian stopped by the OMG! Mailbox to drop off a link to this immensely impressive Dell/Ubuntu promotional video that, curiously, I – nor anyone I showed this to prior to posting – had ever come across previously. Which irked me somewhat because it is fantastic! The video shows off the capabilities of Ubuntu [...]
Is Karmic Koala Ubuntu’s Vista?
To answer the title: no it’s not, but since the release of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala only one week ago the blog-o-sphere, forums and opinion-pieces on various sites have been ringing loud with hate, disappointment and even death-baited breath for this latest release. Has Karmic really been that bad? Looking at reports on tech sites [...]
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Now Available To Download
It’s been several months in the making but today finally see’s the official release of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala! Sloooooooow Day Ahead If you’re intending to upgrade from Jaunty to Karmic via Update Manager be prepared for a slower-than-usual upgrade as server speeds are likely to be impacted upon greatly as people the world over [...]
10 Useful Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
You’ve installed Ubuntu 9.10, now what? Here are my top 10 tips for getting a fresh install feeling your own… 1. Install Codecs, flash, Microsoft Fonts and DVD playback stuff Ubuntu cannot – for legal reasons- ship with a lot of popular media codecs, plug-ins and other useful bits and bobs. If they wanted [...]
A Guided Tour Of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
It’s set to be the biggest and best release of Ubuntu so far and it impresses right from the get-go with an impressive installer, fast boot times, new artwork and a whole lot more. Meet quite possibly the best operating system on the planet – Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala! The default Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop So [...]
Karmic Release Candidate Now Available To Download
The first – and hopefully only! – Release Candidate of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is released today, the 22nd of October. A release candidate is the final official “testing†version, and comes with potential to being the final version released bar any show-stopping bugs that might crop up between now and next Thursday. Download Grab [...]
Official Karmic Koala CD’s Are Awfully Pretty…
Perhaps the nicest looking official CD so far… ? (This also confirms that the default wallpaper in the beta and alpha’s -is- indeed the default for the final release! ) Get A Copy! If you have rubbish internet order a free CD from the ShipIt programme @ https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ If you love Ubuntu why not spare [...]
ShipIt Now Taking Orders For Karmic Koala CD’s.
ShipIt are now taking pre-orders for free CD’s of Ubuntu 9.10. ShipIt send copies of Ubuntu for free all around the world – you merely need to request one! It is important to note that delivery can take up to ten weeks so it may be worth downloading and burning your own copy if you’re [...]
UbuntuOne Gets A (Rubbish) New Icon
UbuntuOne – Ubuntu’s cloud storage service – has been given a new icon in the latest Karmic updates. The new icon is, presumably, to better integrate UbuntuOne into the new Karmic Panel Icon style. I will warn you that it is not spectacular in the slightest. It sucks. Simple as. I understand what it’s trying [...]
Karmic GDM Gets New Glowy Icons
Karmic’s GDM received some small updates today that brought with them a new HumanLoginIcon set full of beautiful glowing icons – much more akin to the mock-up than the previous humanity icons used in it’s place. [Click to view supersize] It also has replaced the ‘computer’ icon of the login window with a glowing Ubuntu [...]
Remove The 60sec Shutdown/Reboot Timer In Karmic Koala
Want to get rid of the ‘60 Seconds Until Shutdown/Reboot/Logout’ countdown? Blog reader knorre handily posted the how-to in a comment, which I’m re-posting here so it’s not overlooked! Simply open a terminal and: – gconftool-2 -s ‘/apps/indicator-session/suppress_logout_restart_shutdown’ –type bool true No countdown! Thanks knorre! Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk
Karmic Allows One Click Installation Of New Fonts
Installing fonts in Ubuntu Karmic has been made so super easy you might just die of "about-time" shock. It’s all thanks to Gnome 2.28 that Karmic comes packed with. Double-clicking on font gives you this: – I’ve added some arrows to point out the super easy new install button, which you just click to install [...]
Karmic Koala Beta Released Today (Now Live)
The first and only Beta release of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala will be available for download later on today – exactly one month before the final release is due on October 29th. Alpha No Hable Ingles If you’re already running the Alpha of Karmic then there is no need to reinstall using the beta; using [...]
‘Ubuntu Software Store’ Gets Renamed
The new “Ubuntu Software Store” has been renamed to “Ubuntu Software Center” – seemingly caving in to users dissatisfaction over the choice of name. Mattheweast posted on the Ubuntu Froums: – I had an email discussion with Mark Shuttleworth about this and he has decided to change the name to Software Center. I believe that [...]
Karmic’s New Default Wallpaper
It landed with the rest of the photo wallpapers in todays updates and replaces the Jaunty default wallpaper that the Alpha’s have been using up until now. Will it remain the default wallpaper past the beta or RC? That we’ll have to wait and see… but for now – say hello to Karmic’s Default Wallpaper! [...]