Now that the Koala is just hours from being released, here are point by point 10 things I love about Karmic Koala (while still in RC). Many points mentioned here is a comparison to previous Ubuntu. So embrace yourself, here we go...
10 things I love about Karmic Koala :
Next time around, maybe I'll write 10 things I hate about Koala, just to make a balanced review, that is if I could find them :)
One more thing, please download Karmic via torrent to reduce main servers traffic and don't forget to seed. Enjoy Ubuntu!
Screen shots :
touchpad setting
Ubuntu Software Center
desktop wallpaper Dragon Crash by Hamsterfly.
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10 things I love about Karmic Koala :
- the code name itself : there's something cool and cute about it, karmic koala, compared to the not so catchy jaunty jackalope,
- fast start up and shutdown,
- easier to customize touchpad, e.g. : enable horizontal scrolling, disable while typing,
- Intel graphic works without tweak, you know what I mean if you've tried Google Earth in 9.04.
- new new-user friendlier software management, Ubuntu Software Center,
- darker theme, personally I don't have problem with previous theme, even if I had it can be changed easily with few mouse clicks. But this new default theme makes Ubuntu looks mature.
- although I had problems with network manager in 9.10 beta, things are looking up after the RC. There's an option to disconnect from wireless connection.
- USB 3.0 support, thanks to the latest kernel. I don't have USB 3.0 devices yet but it's great to have an OS that supports them. Did you know that Linux is the first to support USB 3.0 ? Cmiiw, even Windows 7 RTM doesn't support USB 3.0.
- easier to enable ctrl-alt-backspace, not everybody needs it but for me it's a must have.
- longer battery life, at least compared to jaunty.
Next time around, maybe I'll write 10 things I hate about Koala, just to make a balanced review, that is if I could find them :)
One more thing, please download Karmic via torrent to reduce main servers traffic and don't forget to seed. Enjoy Ubuntu!
Screen shots :
touchpad setting
Ubuntu Software Center
desktop wallpaper Dragon Crash by Hamsterfly.
keyword : ubuntu, karmic koala, review
How about starting a "10 things I Don't Like", just to be balanced, as I always find those interesting also.
I've stayed on Intrepid the last 6 months because of Jaunty's graphics problems.
10 Things I don't like (after less than a day with Karmic):
1: No Login screen (GDM) customisation. My login screen only looked like nice new one the first boot. Since then it's been a flat style that looks like mid-90s style. Don't know why and can't fix it. And moving from GDM Login customisation was deliberate! Also having problems adding a GRUB background (which dog knows, should be standard).
2: Some Applet icons screwed up and not refreshing
3: The Software Centre. Very basic. Should have held off until next release till it became usable.
4: Dual screen setup (Laptop + external), which has worked fine since Feisty, now screwed up. No (easy) way of setting my external display as the primary.
5: Back to GDM Login. One obvious security issue not fixed is showing the list of users at login screen. A lot of people wouldn't want this. (Yes it's fixable, but it shouldn't be standard).
6: Google Earth display text finally correctly, you're right, but the split screen sidepane now takes up 50% of the screen & I can't resize so have to switch it off.
7: Still incomprehensible options in system>adminsitration. IBus? What the hell is that? If I click it I get if I want to start the IBus Daemon. I have no idea what it is so I click "No".
Also the bloody SCIM Input Method setup, which I find the best way to screw-up your keyboard, which has no revert to previous option.
8: System>Appearence>Theme>Customise STILL doesn't have a "cancel" option to go back to where you were. So you open it, click something, and you can't remember which you were using previously. And this didn't make 100 Papercuts project?
9: Ubuntu One subscribing failing for me with some Indescipherable Firefox error. No idea how to fix it. I get an Options Firefox display and when I click it some screen pops up for less than a second and can't see it. "We've made it easy"??? No way.
10: Desktop display of Icons is still crap. I still can't have my icons in a small ordered list? (Nautilus options imply otherwise but they don't work)
wow, great list. some are new to me (what is Ibus anyway?), this could be a valuable addition to my next list.
thanks donal :)