Comments on: What’s New in Ubuntu 9.10

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:05:29 +0000

The reason were all so angry (though we don’t like admitting it) is.. ubuntu is so good that we get really angry when this awsome operateing system’s future is so uncertain, really scary seeing all these changes and not knowing what the next release will take away from us. I hate the idea of haveing an “$app center$” and the whole stupid proof desktop in 9.10 is scareing me, what happend to fixing the minor bug’s?.. the whole o.s get’s odd changes with every new release!. Were angry because we care – ubuntu though free is valuable to us but we have a hard time showing appriciation (thank you ubuntu developers) ^_^ and sorry about my spelling i’m in mandriva and i’ve really goofed thing’s up.

By: Kev

Kev — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:57:12 +0000

Here we are in 2010 and you still have less than a 20% chance of network manager actually making a connection. I hadn’t read this post earlier and want to thank Jon Biddel for the wicd mention. It’s solved all my network issues and will keep the 12 desktops and 2 servers running while I evaluate opensuse and fedora. I’ve had enough of this garbage.

Once again, thanks Jon.

By: Felix

Felix — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:58:50 +0000

Anyone who has really been following Linux and waiting for that little push that they needed to finally piss Microsoft off that cliff would not be criticising Ubuntu 9.10.
Who cares about the finer graphical points?
All I know is that I can now simply connect my Canon MP160 Scanner/Printer, my Logitech Webcam and any other hardware I own,…AND THEY WORK without having to spend hours searching for non-existent drivers that don’t work anyway if I found them.
Last night I cut the apron strings, formatted my C drive and installed Ubuntu unilaterally. Just have to shift 200gb of files off the XP backup Hard drive then format it to Linux and I’m finally free of Gates’s slave machine.
No more anti-spyware nor anti-virus applications that slow down my machine. I can perform my banking transactions without fear.
Better audio,and I can even download YouTube and Google video via FVD or several other Open source applications.
Stop whining and enjoy the freedom from M$oft, the fine tuning will come sooner than you think.
Besides SUPER DOOPER FLASHY graphics aren’t everything even if they are fun.
Remember when the Linux fonts looked like a duck dragging it’s ink stained arse across a glass coffee table? How long did it take the open source community to clean up those fonts? Well they’ll be just as fast in sorting out the minor irritations of Linux OSs.
But don’t forget to throw any loose change in Ubuntu’s developers’ way, sure it’s free but they deserve whatever support we can manage.

By: sean

sean — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:47:32 +0000

Well people really never get to appreciate the truth behind the effort of linux makers thats why they keep on complaining But as for me having an os which is free of use and have the opportunity to learn new stuff is a reward itself. Honestly for a software like linux that is still paving its way to make it better I think because of their good principle to help is one greatness they achieve for now . There maybe some stuff missing compared to the giant microsoft os but i hope in near future they can even surpass and do more .Keep it up and continue learning God bless!!!!

By: magpie

magpie — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:53:05 +0000

Still not fixed, is it?

I really do think we should look closely at the team who bundled the 9.10 distro – I have heard that Microsoft were treating Linux with respect now and are looking at ways to discredit it.

Questions that must be asked…

1. Has any Conical employee ever worked for Microsoft?

2. Why did the Ubuntu 9.10 team DELIBERATELY remove the very good wireless/ethernet CD drive default drivers that were part of 9.4?

3. Why was the 9.10 not tested? Don’t tell me it was, unless it was tested to make sure it did not work.

4. Grubber2 – what a complex, stupid way to run a dual boot system. Is it because that UBuntu have found Grubber1 to be hackable?

5. And the big question – why did Ubuntu go all out to talk to the media prior to the launch of 9.10 knowing full well it was designed not to work in some computers? Check out this…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8326264.stm

It looks more and more like a case of sabotage, either that or Conical are just incompetent – and I don’t buy that.

The only answer is to move to another Distro and everybody in the Linux community should avoid Conical/Ubuntu until the truth comes out and the people responsible are brought to book.

Look out for a new website which will be investigating this matter in greater depth, hopefully with insider interviews.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:19:02 +0000

You guys complain an awful lot about an OS thats free, and who cares about the removal of pidgin. I mean omg I have to spend 5 mins to apt-get the damn app. Seriously, if you hate it that much start programming your own linux OS and STFU.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:23:35 +0000

Karmic is a total joke – as soon as I upgraded by wirelss and CD drive stopped working altogether. From looking for help with this I found that everyone is in the same boat and the fixes are so specific to particular models of parts that finding one for my old lappy is impossible for me at the moment. So much for the Ubuntu claim of being simple and human!!!!!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:45:32 +0000

Lets not forget though that gnome is much more customizable. My gnome desktop looks nothing like the default. That’s why I love it. Although it seems dry, a new look would attract new users. The new MS look basically is a combination of the bottom toolbar and the Mac dock IMO. You can easily customize the distro to look the way you want. Props for windows for making windows seven nice, but it’s too little too late for me. Lets not forget they have been around many more years

By: Disapointed

Disapointed — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:46:36 +0000

From above, I quote:

“Ubuntu 9.10 – The great excuse to try Windows 7″

Is Conical owned by M$?

The 9.10 upgrade, in my case is a complete and unmitigated disaster. I wish I had never upgraded, I know its free, but…

I will not be using Linux (read Ubuntu) any time soon, I was going to switch over from XP, as all of the programs I need are now open source.

After this update I do not, will not trust Canonical.

By: tbak

tbak — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:05:42 +0000

I still dont get why is it so difficult for all people complaining about empathy to install pidgin…