Ubuntu 9.10

Dreamaker · 1 Week Ago

Ubuntu 9.10 is out now, so what are people's opinions of it?

Mine is that it hasn't made much of a difference to me. Since I upgraded to 64 bit at the same time, my sound card has stopped working (no drivers).

The second problem I found was that by default, it now displays the user accounts at the startup screen, rather than the username/password box of before. If you are using 2 accounts, one for TB stuff, and one for normal stuff, I'd advise you to turn this off. You can't do it in the Login Screen settings however.

Google finds these instructions (run in terminal):

Code:

sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true

About the only other change I noticed is that Firefox 3.5 is now the default (and no longer called Shiretoko).

Paul_Fox · 1 Week Ago

I have got as far as downloading it. I havent yet had a chance to install it but i was gonna try running my media center off the USB key and see how it runs. Ill keep you posted

Butterfly Mage · 1 Week Ago

I downloaded it too but have not installed it. I need to pick up a 4gb usb drive first. it looks reasonably good.

h3g3l · 1 Week Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul_Fox

I have got as far as downloading it. I havent yet had a chance to install it but i was gonna try running my media center off the USB key and see how it runs. Ill keep you posted

You won't want to run a swap partition from that USB key/thumb/flash drive; it'll suck the life right out of it.

Chromos · 1 Week Ago

I've had Karmic Koala as a VM for a while now... kept up with the updates and everything, so it is essentially the same final product now. I already had FF 3.5 on 9.04 when the final was released, so so far I haven't bothered upgrading my 9.04. It works perfectly, so why change really? I'm stubborn. Plus, ext4 doesn't seem to quite click with some of my hardware yet, so... I'll give it more time before I fully migrate.

pamperchu · 1 Week Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by h3g3l

You won't want to run a swap partition from that USB key/thumb/flash drive; it'll suck the life right out of it.

Yah but a 4GB key is only like $10. < wow when i was in highschool, a 128MB USB drive was like $100

dcviper · 1 Week Ago

I've not upgraded yet, but what does everyone think of the Empathy?

Dreamaker · 1 Week Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcviper

I've not upgraded yet, but what does everyone think of the Empathy?

I'm still using Pidgin. I can't be bothered to try out the new IM program.

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Dreamaker Clever Title Pending Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Age: 16 Posts: 766 Threads: 55 Gallery Uploads: 12 Wiki Edits: 40 Blog Entries: 42 Reputation: 17	Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.10 is out now, so what are people's opinions of it? Mine is that it hasn't made much of a difference to me. Since I upgraded to 64 bit at the same time, my sound card has stopped working (no drivers). The second problem I found was that by default, it now displays the user accounts at the startup screen, rather than the username/password box of before. If you are using 2 accounts, one for TB stuff, and one for normal stuff, I'd advise you to turn this off. You can't do it in the Login Screen settings however. Google finds these instructions (run in terminal): Code: sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true About the only other change I noticed is that Firefox 3.5 is now the default (and no longer called Shiretoko).

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Paul_Fox Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 23 Posts: 48 Threads: 9 Reputation: 4	I have got as far as downloading it. I havent yet had a chance to install it but i was gonna try running my media center off the USB key and see how it runs. Ill keep you posted

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Butterfly Mage VIP Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 987 Threads: 14 Reputation: 33	I downloaded it too but have not installed it. I need to pick up a 4gb usb drive first. it looks reasonably good.

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Chromos ... Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: the Fountain of Youth Posts: 1,191 Threads: 50 Wiki Edits: 13 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 39	I've had Karmic Koala as a VM for a while now... kept up with the updates and everything, so it is essentially the same final product now. I already had FF 3.5 on 9.04 when the final was released, so so far I haven't bothered upgrading my 9.04. It works perfectly, so why change really? I'm stubborn. Plus, ext4 doesn't seem to quite click with some of my hardware yet, so... I'll give it more time before I fully migrate.

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dcviper Regular Donor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Atlantic, VA Age: 26 Posts: 228 Threads: 5 Wiki Edits: 1 Reputation: 2	I've not upgraded yet, but what does everyone think of the Empathy?