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Ubuntu 9.10: New Feature Roundup

  • Written by Christopher Tozzi
  • October 26, 2009
With Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) set to debut this week, here's a run down of all the new features and changes covered by WorksWithU in the last several months.

As the final non-LTS release before Lucid Lynx in April, Karmic is heavy on new features--which are likely to be less pronounced in Ubuntu 10.04, where Canonical will concentrate on stability and performance.

Aesthetics

With Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) set to debut this week, here's a run down of all the new features and changes covered by WorksWithU in the last several months.

As the final non-LTS release before Lucid Lynx in April, Karmic is heavy on new features–which are likely to be less pronounced in Ubuntu 10.04, where Canonical will concentrate on stability and performance.

Aesthetics

First, in the look-and-feel department, Karmic will feature a new theme and icons, as well as a flashier and more elegant gdm login manager.  These changes are a beginning to the aesthetic overhaul that has been promised for some time, and will hopefully continue with future releases.

NetworkManager has also received a facelift, with new icons and animations.

New apps

Probably the most visible addition to the default application stack is Ubuntu One.  Also noticeable is the replacement of the instant-messaging client Pidgin with Empathy, a decision marked by more than a little controversy among users and developers.  I concluded from my own comparison of Pidgin and Empathy that the differences between them are negligible for most people, and those up in arms over the change should calm down.

The Ubuntu Software Center, called the "Software Store" in earlier iterations but renamed after a debate among developers, will also debut with Karmic.

Finally, a slideshow now accompanies the ubiquity Ubuntu installer to provide new users an overview of their system.

Stuff for geeks

For geeks, new applications and utilities include the Grub 2 bootloader, kernel mode setting on Intel chipsets, and a more sophisticated command-not-found hook in the bash shell.  And Ubuntu 9.10 will deliver faster boot performance.  None of these changes is likely to matter much to your grandmother, but they're cool all the same.

Also appearing with Karmic is a utility to diagnose how well Ubuntu will run on a given computer, which is something everyone can appreciate.

Will all these changes position Ubuntu 9.10 to compete with Windows 7, which has just been released?  Only time will tell.

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9 comments

  1. Avatar Jef Spaleta October 26, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
    Reply

    Chris:
    Did Canonical ever confirm that the diagnostic software will be made available to the public? In the comments on the article you reference, Joe never came back with a firm answer from Canonical as to when the software would be made available publicly.

    -jef

  2. Avatar BR Jones October 26, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
    Reply

    Got Ubuntu 9.10 on my Dell 2400 and loving it!
    Ubuntu is great!

  3. Avatar Christopher Tozzi October 26, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
    Reply

    Jef: no, I couldn’t find any information about public availability of the diagnostic software that Canonical demonstrated. Any updates, Joe?

  4. Avatar Leo October 26, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
    Reply

    A stripped down version of Kubuntu is running incredibly fast (and cute) on my Dell Vostro A90)

    http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3106858.0

    The machine came with Ubuntu 8.04, which was nice, but this is just plain lovely!

  5. Avatar Leo October 26, 2009 @ 3:38 pm
    Reply

    Forgot to mention “Karmic” in my previous post. Also: I tried the kubuntu netbook preview, which is pretty cute but still unstable. I haven’t seen that feature to run diagnostic on the hardware, either.

  6. Avatar Jef Spaleta October 26, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
    Reply

    Chris:

    Shouldn’t you strike that section of the original article until you get confirmation that the utility will be made publicly available?

    -jef

  7. Avatar Joe Panettieri October 26, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
    Reply

    Checking for updates. Sorry for delay.
    -jp

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