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Ubuntu Ready for Another Crack at Netbooks
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| The Ubuntu founder says that the new Ubuntu
| 9.1 Netbook Remix will support 25 different
| netbooks out of the box and offers a
| simpler, more user friendly interface,
| quicker boot and log-in times, a better
| audio framework, improved 3G connectivity
| and the new Empathy instant messaging (IM)
| program integrated into the OS.
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http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/10/ubuntu-ready-for-another-crack-at-netbooks/
10 reasons Ubuntu 9.10 will be a game changer for business
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| October 29, 2009. Mark your calendars,
| people, because that is the day the Linux
| landscape will shift, and the bar will be
| raised. Why do I say this? Ubuntu Karmic
| Koala is released that day and, even without
| reading between any lines, you can easily
| see where Canonical is taking its flagship
| operating system: Business and enterprise.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1122
Yes, Ubuntu can absolutely be the default Windows alternative
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| If Ubuntu can work well on every device
| users encounter (including non-Intel
| smartbooks and other new classes of portable
| devices that will be emerging in the next
| couple of years, displacing notebooks for
| many consumers), then name recognition will
| follow.
|
| Obviously, the PC space is dominated by
| Windows. Yet no matter how spiffy Windows 7
| is (and even Shuttleworth acknowledged that
| it was a good OS, worthy of competing with
| Ubuntu), Vista taught us all a lesson
| (consumers and techies alike). There are
| alternatives to the latest and greatest from
| Microsoft, even if thatâs Windows XP. We
| donât have to upgrade.
|
| This âPC spaceâ is changing, though. Windows
| Mobile stinks. Microsoft has no plans to
| develop Windows on ARM platforms.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26606
Ubuntu 9.10 for desktops heeds user complaints
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| Canonical Ltd. has shown users some love
| with Ubuntu desktop release 9.10; the new
| version will be officially available on
| Thursday with more than 50 fixes that users
| have requested.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1372663,00.html?track=sy184
Running Ubuntu 9.10 With Older PC Hardware
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| Ubuntu 9.10 offers a number of new features
| to Linux desktop and server users along with
| other core improvements to this incredibly
| popular Linux distribution. In a number of
| our tests today with an older ThinkPad
| notebook, Ubuntu 9.10 also provided the best
| performance when compared to earlier Ubuntu
| releases from the past 18 months. However,
| in six of the eighteen tests that were run,
| there were notable performance regressions
| involving Ubuntu 9.10. Many performance
| improvements can be attributed to the switch
| from the EXT3 to EXT4 file-system by
| default, but in the tests that did not
| benefit from this newer file-system, it
| ended up degrading the performance. The
| ioquake3 performance with the open-source
| ATI R300 driver is another troubling area
| with Ubuntu 9.10. Fortunately though when
| using newer hardware we have not encountered
| as many performance drops, and even still,
| most users will find Ubuntu 9.10 worth the
| upgrade.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_karmic_old&num=1
Ubuntu 9.10: confidence riding high at Canonical
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| Recent moves by Shuttleworth to market
| Ubuntu through IBM are again an indication
| of his cleverness at trying to embed Ubuntu
| in the desktop space. His competitors under-
| estimate him at their peril.
|
| He must be more than encouraged by
| Microsoft's growing, often clumsy, attempts
| to gain traction in the open source space.
| The latest indication of Microsoft's
| realisation that lock-in may just do more
| harm than good to itself is the announcement
| that it will be releasing documentation on
| Outlook Personal Folders.
|
| This must be music to Shuttleworth's ears.
| Five years ago, one could not imagine an
| 800-pound gorilla practising anything but
| total lock-in.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28830/1090/
Whatâs New In Ubuntu 9.10 âKarmic Koalaâ
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| I have to say that this has been a very
| solid release so far. With so many
| improvements both under the hood and on the
| user interface, youâll be hard pressed to
| find someone that doesnât find something new
| and exciting about Ubuntu 9.10. The best
| part though? All of these improvements are
| merely leading up to the powerhouse that
| will be Ubuntu 10.04, the next Ubuntu Long
| Term Support (LTS) release. With goals of 10
| second boot times, improvements in the new
| Ubuntu Software Center, improved Artwork, as
| well as a long list of other improvements,
| Ubuntu 10.04 is sure to blow you away!
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http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/10/27/whats-new-in-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala/
Get A Free Ubuntu 9.10 CD Through The Post
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| If the details of Ubuntu 9.10 have you
| salivating to give it a whirl but you donât
| fancy chewing up your download limit, donât
| forget that Ubuntu does offer an option to
| get a CD shipped for free.
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http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/get-a-free-ubuntu-9-10-cd-through-the-post/
Q & A: Defragmenting a Linux System
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| Q. I recently bought a netbook with Ubuntu
| as its operating system and would like to
| know if there is any simple way to
| defragment the drive. The help manual for
| the system only talks about a complete
| start-over with reinstalling the OS, rather
| than defragmenting it.
|
| A. Ubuntu Linux uses a different file system
| â or method of storing and organizing data â
| than other operating systems do. Most Ubuntu
| systems use the ext3 file system, which does
| not need regular defragmentation like a
| Windows system does.
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http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/q-a-defragmenting-a-linux-system/
Recent:
Karmic Koala: The best Ubuntu Linux ever?
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| Another real nice addition to this
| distribution for new users is the Ubuntu
| Software Center. This take on an apps store,
| makes it mindlessly easy for people to find
| and install software. Experienced Linux users
| won't need this. For them, the Synaptic
| package manager and all the other usual
| package installation programs are there, and
| that's great. But, if you have a friend who's
| just getting their feet wet in Linux, this
| feature is great.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/14871/karmic_koala_the_best_ubuntu_linux_ever
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