Ubuntu 9.10 review: Karmic Koala

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Karmic Koala cements Ubuntu’s position as the best of the free desktop Linux distributions, but Windows remains the most advanced and cohesive desktop operating system.

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Happy User of Ubuntu

Nice review. As far as software in Ubuntu looking dated. It is improving super-fast. I have been using Ubuntu for more than a year and am delighted. It kinda grows on you. I had just started using this out of curiosity as a Dual booted Laptop. Now I have it on the PC & keep telling people how fast and safe the Internet is on Ubuntu. It is also very stable. It can be customized to a great degree.

By IndianArt on Wednesday Nov 4

Point-and-click...

...is the way the average computer user navigates. They have other things to think about than trying to remember the exact name of that file or program they're looking for; they remember where it's filed, and they can recognize it when they see it. Linux is usually criticized for being too command-line oriented for the average user. Ubuntu is trying to change that - so you criticize them for their simple GUI. There's no pleasing some people!

By greenknight32 on Friday Nov 6

ubuntu failing?

the one main thing that stops me trying ubuntu, apart from its idiotic two partition set up outside windows installation is the lack of voice recognition software. anyone know any ubuntu voice recognition programs coming near dragon 9?

By chasingclouds on Friday Nov 6

Upstart not that fast

Most lab tests of "Upstart" have shown that although it should, in theory, be quicker, in reality there is little significant gain; so it is interesting that it is noted by David Fearon that Koala "feels" faster. In other words, as he says, the desktop appears before all files have finished loading. Isn't that a Microsoft ploy? I have to agree with @greenknight32, however, that point and click is a far better system for the average user than "search", and for the same reasons.

By 6tricky9 on Friday Nov 6