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 […]
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 […]
Say hello to the default wallpaper for Ubuntu 9.10! It landed with the rest of the photo wallpapers in todays updates and replaces the Jaunty default wallpaper that the Alpha builds have been using until […]
A bevvy of photographic wallpapers from the Ubuntu Photo Wallpaper Shortlist arrived with this morning’s Alpha 6 updates. They range from the "I would never use that": – To the visually impressive: – The rest […]
The login window that will be greeting all users of Karmic Koala has finally been revealed! The GDM design as a whole, like with the XSplash, sticks very closely to the mock-ups the Ubuntu Design […]
Karmic Koala’s visual refresh to Ubuntu’s ‘Network Manager’ was this afternoon pushed out on the the update wagon. As i told you about a month or so ago in my post on “Ten Things You […]
An update to Karmic Alpha 6 has finally replaced ‘Add/Remove’ with the ‘Ubuntu Software Store’. As you can see in the screenshot above, Ubuntu Software Store finally get’s it’s official icon. Bigger view: – The […]
Alpha 6 of Ubuntu 9.10 has been released, and brings with it a few nice surprises. Alpha 6 (once you’ve run update manager) finally has the gorgeous new XSplash Screen. This is the xsplash design […]
Alpha 6 of Karmic Koala was due for release today, but has been postponed for a little longer to iron out some last minute bugs which have affected many alpha testers. (“affected” being an understatement!) […]
The 6th and final Alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala lands today – the 17th of September. Alpha 6 brings with it, as always, a truck load of bug fixes and tweaks as well […]
Kubuntu users will finally be able to use Ubuntu’s notification system in Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. Jonathan over at ConservativeTechie has posted a sweet guide on how to enable them in Kubuntu 9.10 ” as […]
Karmic’s session applet icons have been updated to a new set of stylish glossy status symbols. If you don’t know what i’m talking about, these are the instant messenger status ‘icons’ integrated into the user-session-applet […]
