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Ubuntu 9.10 is causing outrage and frustration, with early adopters wishing they'd stuck with previous versions of the Linux distro. Blank and flickering screens, failure to recognize hard drives, defaulting to the old 2.6.28 Linux kernel, and failure to get encryption running are taking their ...
Ubuntu 9.10 Feature Tour
Ubuntu 9.10 Feature Tour
ubuntu.com — Email and chat Chat with friends and colleagues through Empathy which integrates: Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL, QQ and many more. Evolution gives you email, an address book and a calendar and works well with colleagues and friends using MS ... (more) Ubuntu 9.10 Feature Tour
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
releases.ubuntu.com — This directory contains the most frequently downloaded Ubuntu images. Other images, including DVDs and source CDs, may be available on the cdimage server . See also the list of download mirrors . Select an image Ubuntu is distributed on three types of ... (more) Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
I could just hug Karmic Koala!
I could just hug Karmic Koala!
roytanck.com — Yesterday, one week to the day after the release of Windows 7, Ubuntu released version 9.10 of their Linux distribution . It’s got all sorts of new features that have been talked about extensively all over the web, but I just found out it also fixes a bug that’s been bothering me ... (more) I could just hug Karmic Koala!
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Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala): Are You Experiencing Problems?
PR News: — ... It is thought that users who are doing a clean install of the OS are experiencing less issues, however this is not ideal for all users, find out more on TheRegister. As we hear any useful information regarding the problems we will try to keep you updated. ...

Karmic Koala Causes Anger and Frustration amongst Early Adopters
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... Exactly a week after the much anticipated launch of Windows 7, Canonical rolled out Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). Although it may not have been as keenly awaited as Windows 7, Karmic Koala's launch was special for a particular demographic that romances Linux, and especially its subset that dotes on Ubuntu. But early adopters of the latest Ubuntu release are having a torrid time. ...

Does Wine Make Linux Too Loose?
LinuxInsider — ... last week, sentiments toward the FOSSy marsupial have become distinctly less enthusiastic in recent days -- at least for some. "Early adopters bloodied by Ubuntu's Karmic Koala" was the headline on a piece that ran in The Register on Tuesday, which chronicled multiple cases of frustration 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 ...

Ubuntu 9.10 upgraders report frustration
Betanews — ... "Early adopters bloodied by Ubuntu's Karmic Koala" was the headline on a piece that ran in The Register last week, which chronicled multiple cases of frustration among some users upgrading to the new version. ...

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