Ubuntu 9.10 is available!

[vishalrao]

On to 9.10!

Karmic Alpha 1 released: Karmic Koala Alpha 1 | Ubuntu and First Karmic Alpha Available | Kubuntu

Release schedule: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseSchedule

I'm currently running Kubuntu in VirtualBox updated for KDE 4.3 beta 1, sadly no Air theme packaged, will have to get it from somewhere else...

If you're brave or crazy to try it out now and/or just want to join in the discussion there is the official forum: Karmic Koala Testing and Discussion - Ubuntu Forums

The Developer Summit is starting May 25th: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDSKarmic

Some interesting features/projects to look out for:

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/kernel-karmic-kms
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/kernel-karmic-ssd
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-karmic-usb-creator-for-windows
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-karmic-gnome-3
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-karmic-audio
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-karmic-grub2
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-karmic-desktop-artwork
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/dx-karmic-gdm-greeter

Not too revolutionary as expected, hopefully they will focus on stability and polish to give the impression of a high quality desktop OS.

Will post some Youtube videos of the developer summit and blogs about Karmic development as they come 🙂

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KDE devs on IRC say Air is not available in Kubuntu at the moment, managed to grab the Air theme from KDE source:

svn checkout svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/playground/base/plasma/desktoptheme/air

Then copied the air folder to ~/.kde/share/apps/desktoptheme

It now shows up in right-click on the desktop and select desktop settings. :dance:

Much better than the black oxygen theme... even managed to barely get desktop effects running in virtualbox! new "slide" effect is decent.

 

[krish_88]

I have ordered a cd. Waiting for it

 

[Nuxer]

I have ordered a cd. Waiting for it

Ubuntu 9.10 is an upcoming release. Shipit service only offer current version Ubuntu 9.04 CD.

 

[SVK]

So we would have this Ubuntu release by Oct?I believe the numbering for Ubuntu mentions its release period, e.g. 9.04 means 2009-April.For new release can we upgrade existing 9.04 directly by retaining all softwares/settings or all existing setup will wipe up?

 

[Nuxer]

Yes, The numbering for Ubuntu mentions its release period.9.04 means 2009-April, 9.10 means 2009-October.You can upgrade to a new version of Ubuntu without losing data and settings.

 

[vishalrao]

Added release schedule link to original post: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseSchedule

I personally just reinstall and avoid upgrading coz some users seem to complain of problems... nothing like a fresh and clean install every 6 months! 🙂

 

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[Sunny93]

Ubuntu has lost it's charm now. Gusty was the best one. Hardy and Ibex were both too buggy and bloated. 9.04 is again showing signs of Ubuntu coming back but if you want to try Linux, go the Arch way😀

 

[vishalrao]

i will try arch when i get affordable 1-2 mbps UL connections 😀 currently 512 is not enough for me...

 

[krish_88]

oops 9.04

 

[Nuxer]

oops 9.04

You got it 🙂

 

[vishalrao]

You can follow this week's Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) microblogging here: lifestream

 

[vishalrao]

First video! :dance: Shuttleworth talking about Karmic plans and the Ubuntu One controversy. Social integration (Facebook, Twitter, Identi.ca etc on the desktop), Fast/beautiful (10-15 sec) boot with Plymouth/Usplash/KMS, server side, power management, green computing, Amazon EC2, appliances, ubuntu one to be moved as part of desktop, translations effort, package archive arrangements/access for contributors, distributed development, infrastructure (bazaar/launchpad etc)...More topics/videos to come!

 

[vishalrao]

OMG they actually discussed speech recognition at UDS!

See https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-mobile-voice-user-interface via UDS 2009 @ Eurion · RainCT’s Blog

 

[Sushubh]

speech recognition on linux? 😀 i hope it works.

 

[Nuxer]

oh! Thats a good idea............:thumb: