With the latest version, Ubuntu will give you integration with cloud computing and net-books. The ability to deploy applications in the cloud much easier than before is one of Canonical’s goal for 9.10 using Amazon’s EC2 platform. Canonical is also trying to beat the 25-second booting time when using Ubuntu 9.04 on net-books.
Free and useful applications are also the main strong points of the OS, just as in Ubuntu 9.04, and the ease of installation has never been this good. Now you can run Ubuntu within Windows using the Wubi – a Windows-based Ubuntu installer – for those people who just want to test out Ubuntu before giving up Windows.
The CD image gives you three ways of installing: live from the CD, as a demo and then a full install and as an install within Windows.
With the “install within Windows”, Wubi adds just adds an entry to the Windows boot menu that allows you to run Linux. Ubuntu is being installed within a file in the Windows file system c:/ubuntu/disks/root.disk. This file is seen by Ubuntu as a real hard disk.
You should note that when using Ubuntu within Windows, the Hibernation mode is disabled and there is a “slightly reduced disk performance”. At the moment, Ubuntu 9.10 cannot be installed in Windows 7, which is quite obvious since the Wubi installer is supported on all versions of Windows 98 through Vista (expect Windows ME). But they said that more platforms will be supported in the future, as well as Mac OSX.
Ubuntu comes loaded with a lot of valuable software and system tools. The most basic of all of these is of course OpenOffice, and by basic I surely mean “a must-have”. It features Presentation, Spreadsheet and Word Processor. For your mailing need you have the Evolution mail client which can sync up IMAP and SMTP e-mail accounts. There’s also a calendar, also supplied by Evolution. Users can import vCards, .csv, vCalendar and others into Evolution.
As a web browser, you have Firefox 3.5.3 by default, for instant messaging you have the Empathy IM client and for your torrent needs you have the Transmission BitTorrent. Included in Ubuntu 9.10 is also a Terminal Server client and a Remote Desktop Viewer.
For multimedia, you have at your disposal applications such as F-Spot Photo manager, which is a very simple image editor. Fortunately, you have GIMP Image Editor which is a much more feature-rich app. Sound and video applications: Brasero Disc Burner, Movie Player, Rtythmbox Music Player and Sound Recorder.
Stepping into the system management tools area, you have Computer Janitor, which is a utility that helps you get rid of all those software packages that you might not need anymore and also suggests configuration changes that are meant to boost the overall system performance. System Utility is an app that tests various components of the system in order to see if they are working properly, such as audio, fingerprint readers, peripherals and more.
Some other changes in Ubuntu 9.10 include the ability to add software with the new Ubuntu Software Center instead of the old “Add/Remove” feature in the Applications menu.
Problems such as the boot-time flickering has been taken care of, thanks to the new Intel video architecture, and also, the suspend/resume time has been improved.
A more detailed in-depth information is found on Ubuntu.com
With the release of Ubuntu 9.10 , Canonical is certainly bringing Linux more closer to the “normal user” and coupled with the fact that it is FREE, I see no reason in not wanting to test it.
This article basically describes Ubuntu 6.06 … With the given title you would expect more emphasis on what’s different since 9.04.
Also I wouldn’t call it a review, I would call it a list of installed software
Ive been using Ubuntu for about a yr & recently upgraded to 9.10 & I find it to be an amazing OS Ubuntu It has cleaned up the audio issue that 9.04 had with the newer PC’s I currently have it on a Compaq 515 laptop I think this is the version that the general public will embrace its easier to work than Win 7 everything is mapped out well you dont have to go on a safari to find a system tool It runs much lighter then 7 which means your PC is faster I also tweaked it up with Compiz fusion which is one of the many great free apps you can get that allows you to really pimp your desktop Ill never go back to Windblows again I totally recommend this OS & you cant beat free
you said ubuntu 9.10 cannot be installed inside windows 7 using wubi, but I installed ubuntu 9.04 inside windows 7 and am still using it. I don’t think that they’ll take out this feature from the newer version if they had in the older one (and it is there in the older one)
There’s pros and cons to all OS’s out there. Linux in general has come a long ways in the past few years when it comes to the ease and use for the end user. Ubuntu from what I can see is one of the fastest growing when it comes to development and the increase in users. 9.10 is no exception! Unlike Windows (for the most part)- Ubuntu and other linux distros rely on community support and feedback to develop their products. I agree with Ishan where I don’t think they will take the feature out, if anything, with updates and bugfixes.. enhance it over time.
I’ve been using Ubuntu for years. I’ve seen major and minor improvements in each release, and sometimes a regression or two. I think 9.10 is truly the best linux I’ve ever seen. I installed it on an old P4 HP/Compaq at my parents-in-laws’ house. I’ve installed several different distro’s on there, trying to make it perform as well as my old AMD machine at home. Finally, with Karmic Koala, it is really very responsive and useful.
By contrast, my laptop came with Vista preloaded, which was a bloated mess and a nightmare to use. I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on it as a dual-boot, and ended up putting the Windows 7 RC in place of Vista. Seven is a definite improvement over Vista, and in some ways better than XP, but nowhere near the quality of linux in general, or the ease-of-use of Ubuntu in particular.
Yesterday, I tried to connect to my printer through the network, like I do in Ubuntu, but Windows couldn’t find the printer! I even tried giving it the host computer’s IP address. Nothing. With Ubuntu, I have no problem. The printer is found and I just click to connect. I don’t have any problem finding and connecting to printers on the Windows network at work either.
I haven’t had time to upgrade my laptop to 9.10 yet, but I’m looking forward to it. Ubuntu just keeps getting better, while Windows continues to frustrate me.
If you have an internal floppy better to stick with 9.04 as an internal “floppy’ will not work in 9.10, and it will not be able to detect the media. So the older versions work better. It does not seem as though Ubuntu even cares, but it is hard to tell as the “bug nazi geeks” latch on and then drive people away. I would almost think Microsoft people log in and then start sending out hate mail to all the people commenting on a bug, trying to stimulate brainstorming to get it fixed. For what its worth 9.04 and the older LTS 8.04 work great. From what I have heard 10.04 will have the same problem and not be able to read or write to an internal ‘floppy’ Not to smart as millions of people use floppy drives.
@Sam seriously? Floppy drives?