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[all variants] Share with the community your Karmic Koala install/upgrade experience
*** Disclaimer for those willing to analyse this poll *** Most of users voting here are users with issues. Users with painless experience are not likely to come here. If you want to compare Karmic release with other releases based on this poll anyway here are the previous polls : Jaunty Poll ...
Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala' launching today, could decide your future fate
Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala' launching today, could decide your future fate
engadget.com — It's October 2009 which means something very special for Linux fans: a 9.10 release of Ubuntu. Today... we see the launch of "Karmic Koala" featuring a faster graphical boot sequence (no more scary text scrolls), a revamped audio framework that ... (more) Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala' launching today, could decide ...
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Karmic Koala displays bad karma
TG Daily - All News — ... 9.10 work properly, what hope is there for the rest of us? Early adopters are the most technically-proficient, enthusiastic users around. If they hit a problem, they keep working at it until a solution is found - even if it takes all night as illustrated by the last comment below. It is, then, something of a damning indictment on the quality of the latest version of Ubuntu that almost a quarter of the expert enthusiasts say they're having serious problems upgrading to the new OS. A poll of more than a thousand users at ubuntuforums.org shows that while 12 percent report a ...

Karmic Koala Causes Anger and Frustration amongst Early Adopters
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... According to a poll on Ubuntuforums.org, more than one-third of about 1,500 people polled so far have encountered some major flaws. Users upgrading to 9.10 are experiencing more issues than those opting for a fresh install. ...

Does Wine Make Linux Too Loose?
LinuxInsider — ... among some users upgrading to the new version. "More than a fifth of people upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 have reported issues they can't fix, according to an Ubuntuforums.org poll," The Register reported. "Only around 10 per cent of those upgrading or installing reported a completely flawless experience." A Biased Snapshot Of course, the opinions represented in said poll aren't exactly representative of the population at large, as ...

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