Ubuntu's Karmic Koala bares fangs at Windows 7
source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/29/ubuntu_9_10_review/
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The Koala - due for its official release today[10/29] - brings faster boot times, a revamped software installer, better disk encryption, online services, and quite a bit more to the popular Linux desktop.
We took the release candidate for a spin and are happy to report that while work remains, Ubuntu 9.10 has plenty of improvements and that it's well worth upgrading your current system.
For long-time Ubuntu fans, the most immediately noticeable change in Karmic Koala will likely be the new Software Center, the graphical utility for package management which replaces the traditional GNOME Add/Remove tool.
Another bright spot in Karmic Koala is significantly faster boot times. This is an issue that goes beyond Ubuntu, with Microsoft making much of the improvements in Windows to make its latest operating system - Widows 7 - start faster than Windows Vista.
As it stands with the 9.10 release Software Center doesn't really do anything Add/Remove didn't, but the interface is considerably cleaner and will likely be easier for Linux newbies to navigate.
More interesting is where Canonical plans to go with Software Center in future releases. The goal is to eventually replace Synaptic, gdebi, some parts of the Computer Janitor, and possibly the Update Manager as well, with the all-in-one Software Center. Ubuntu also plans to offer commercial software through Software Center, though that won't likely happen until version 3.0 - currently Software Center is a 1.0 release.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/29/ubuntu_9_10_review/
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Anthony_Delgado
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I have Ubuntu 9.10 Kamric on my ACER NETBOOK and its fast as hell . . . . Even got the whole Win7 theme going on this week . . . you can tweak everything on ubuntu - install apps in a few secounds via Ubuntu download FREE software center all with out a restart . . . . . . micro . . .. who????
who needs em??
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Anthony_Delgado
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lordsbassman
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"The boot time tests for the final release of Ubuntu 9.10 mirrored our earlier experience with the beta release - the average startup time was 26 seconds, with the Xorg starting around the 15-second mark.
The times are a little disappointing given that the eventual goal is ten seconds. But of course it's worth asking how often the average user actually boots up Ubuntu. Given its stability, most Linux users tend to just leave the system running indefinitely, making the faster boot time of dubious benefit.
Perhaps the most common use case for faster boot times are netbooks, where Solid-State hard drives are becoming increasingly common. Netbooks are an area Microsoft hopes Windows 7 will do well, compared to Windows Vista. Given that SSDs boot faster anyway, coupling them with Ubuntu's boot optimizations will likely make for some very fast boot times."
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lordsbassman
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lordsbassman
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Just ran the live upgrade on my desktop!
I currently have Win 7 [Ultimate 64bit] on my Toshiba laptop - 2 years ago
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