Ubuntu 9.10 with codename “Karmic Koala” have been released few days ago..
Yes, it is a free Desktop O/S that can be downloaded from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download or can also request for Free CD to be shipped to your house. [Free CD shipping might have discontinued.]
It is not that large. about 690Mb.
[namran@nb-namran iso]$ ll -h ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 690M Oct 31 20:51 ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso
as usual let’s see some screenshot..
Boot menu from live cd :
while booting up…
nice splash image :
and the shiny new Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop :
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A peek to “Applications-> Internet” list… :
Empathy Messenger and File Browser :
Firefox :
Gparted for partition editor purpose.. really glad it come together by default : )
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And of course the favourite … “Terminal” :
p/s : .. not much playing with it this time.. might be later …
oh well.. this post can be edited at any time .. 🙂
I have the same issue with eeebuntu on eeepc too, sudo this, sudo that.
And feels weird typing my own password instead of root’s.
what to do, stuck with centos/rhel for work … and since use the work machine so much, might as well make the other home machines the same for familiarity (except for the eeepc, for which the default centos is a bit too slow).
that remind me on one event at one of my project site.
requirement was easy..
“need to set a new ip address to the machine.”
and the machine happened to be running Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) because someone else already installed it earlier..
First few minute wasted to guess the root password as the one who installed it also not quite familiar..
then only realized it need normal user password instead of root password.. (one of occupational hazard i think.)