[ubuntu-in] Interested in hearing about ser experiences about Karmic Koala (9.10) - WOW

[Ramnarayan.K]

Hi

just installed Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, last night.

To start with just one word *WOW*

where do i start the eulogies from - slick, fast, clean and almost
everything works - i have not found much missing and just absolutely
love it.

The new start up screen, the tonnes of available background options .
The general air of something good under the hood. I love it already.

Firefox is the latest and works well.
It fixed the bug which disabled me from using the BSNL CDMA Huawei ets
2288 - which now works without a hitch

the default print to file have added an SVG option (to the existing pdf and ps)

Ubuntu Software centre seems nice - will take getting used to, esp if
one uses synaptic

Latest openoffice

During the install they had a screen which was giving a running commentary

The gripes
1. missing wvdial had to install from files downloaded for 9.04 -
luckily they worked so i can have the internt
2. it missed my ubuntu 8.10 install and has not loaded it up in grub
?? this is a pain because i need to redo my system. However it picked
up a second OS - Ubuntu studio ?? Not good this ??

4. Missing Apps -
thunderbird -
inkscape
audacity
scribus
gthumb
wvdial (mentioned above)

Big Gripe
It did not know how to figure out a Data Card (another mail on this
posted yesterday). For once i would have liked to see Ubuntu pick up
my device and say here it works no need to do anything (it just
friggin works)

End of story - i can't wait to lay my hands on the repos to make sure
everything works and have a clear 4 months before getting excited
about 10.04

regards
ram

On 11/4/09, Gireesh Nagabhushana <gireesh.nagabhushana at gmail.com> wrote:
> I found that the hang was not only for Firefox but it was also for other
> windows (Opening home directory too).
>
> Here is what I did to get it work in my laptop:
> * While logging-in for the first time, choose GNOME's safe mode.
> * Logout
> * Login again but __not__ in GNOME's safe mode (normal mode). After
> this, I can open any window.
>
> -- Gireesh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್) <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>
> Reply-to: Ubuntu India Local Community <ubuntu-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: Ubuntu India Local Community <ubuntu-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Interested in hearing about ser experiences
> about Karmic Koala (9.10)
> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:53:01 +0530
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Gireesh Nagabhushana
> <gireesh.nagabhushana at gmail.com> wrote:
>         I tried 4-5 times in my laptop (Compaq Presario 2800T) both by
>         upgrading
>         from 9.04 to 9.10 and fresh installation.
>
>         With both of them, system hanged for just opening Firefox.
> You can try upgrading the firefox after a fresh installation, as they
> rolled out 3.5.4 after base system 3.5.3
>
>         In one of the
>         attempts, instead of opening Firefox, I tried by removing it
>         just after
>         installing OS, again system hanged.
>
> You can try going to
> Single user mode to un-install (command: sudo init1)
> or
> Non GUI mode with short cut CRTL + ALT + F1
>
> Or Avoid Firefox from system and Download tar.gz firefox from mozilla
> website and use it.
>
> Hopefully u will have problem solved.
>
>
>         I found the same issue on booting from Live CD.
>
>         MD5 checksum was also verified.
>
>         9.04 is running without issues in this laptop. I am using 9.04
>         since
>         September.
>
>         -- Gireesh
>
>
>         On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 10:19 +0530, Ramnarayan.K wrote:
>         > Hi
>         >
>         > am keen to know what user feedback there if for Karmic Koala ,
>         from
>         > users on the list who may have upgraded / reinstalled.
>         >
>         > regards
>         > ram
>
>         >
>
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