Topic Change: Does everyone like the Koala

[Melissa Draper]

On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 14:42 +1100, Andrew Swinn wrote:
> I haven't found any issue as yet, all working wonderfully for me. 
> Although I cannot say I have been much of a power user of late as I have 
> been spending a lot of time in Windows world due to work needs.
> 
> I see that the next version is going to be an LTS! Hopefully the team 
> polish that sucker right up and deliver another outstanding release.
> 
> My only critisim of late is the desire to ditch long standing products 
> for half baked new ones. I don't like reinventing of the wheel and would 
> prefer to see more co-operation in developing individual products further.

I've found I have better life from my Dell Vostro 1310 with 9cell
battery by like an hour or more (10am to 3:30pm with the same charge is
just... :D), bluetooth is *much* more usable and suspend works pretty
much every time (was typically only once per boot last release).

Sadly, I've also found that NetworkManager is noticeably more painful
than last release -- almost sticky in that it doesn't seem to roam with
the same fluidity any more. Thankfully it normally doesn't seem to
require a reboot to un-stick it though, I just flick the RF switch off,
right click the icon and check disable wireless, count to 20, reverse
and voila.

Overall it's a big step up IMHO.

> Ubuntu is still a nice distro to work with. Heppy Ubuntu'ing!
> 
> Andrew Swinn
> 
> Andre Mangan wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 2009/11/15 bwright <bwright.au at gmail.com <mailto:bwright.au at gmail.com>>
> > 
> >     In light of recent events, I thought I would take the liberty of
> >     changing the topic! How is everyone finding the Koala? Soft and cuddly
> >     or does it have claws and red eyes? I am quite pleased with the new
> >     boot screen and theme makes it more visually pleasing.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > What a very good and positive idea!
> > 
> > Karmic Koala, on the desktop, is a considerable improvement over 
> > previous releases.  It is fast to start and fast to shut down.  I have 
> > not found any glitches yet.
> > 
> > The Netbook Remix of Karmic Koala is quite stunning and looks quite 
> > different to the "norma  desktopl" version.  I have this running on an 
> > Asus Eee PC 1000H.
> > 
> > Andre
> > 
> >  
> > 
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