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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala: Photo gallery

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  • Boot logo
    Rather than show the dmesg information during boot-up, Ubuntu 9.10 shows this minimal boot screen based on the Ubuntu logo. The same logo is used during installation and later on when booting into Ubuntu 9.10 from the hard drive

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Installation
    Once booting from the CD is complete, this is the installation screen that welcomes you. Note the release notes link at the bottom.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Release notes
    Having a working instance of Firefox within the installation environment is a nice touch.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Time zone selector
    This is one of the better time zone selectors we've seen in any operating system install. Click near your location and it shows you the time at that place, as well as automatically selecting the region and zone beneath the map.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Partitioning
    Using a slider to determine partition size may not be the most precise way of determining a partition's size, but it is quick and easy if you are not terribly fussy.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Now with propaganda
    In case you were not convinced or well researched prior to installing Karmic Koala, a slideshow of features is presented while the files are copied.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Second stage boot screen
    Once installation is complete and the computer is rebooted, this boot screen follows immediately after the logo boot screen. Users with a graphics chip able to use kernel mode-setting (KMS) will be able to see the benefits of KMS at this point.

    The experience was seamless on a laptop upgraded from Ubuntu 9.04 using the Intel chip; however, when upgrading a Ubuntu 9.04 instance run on VirtualBox, the display would show a console and blink continuously, thus never reach this point. Installing a new Ubuntu 9.10 instance in VirtualBox had no errors though.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Log-in
    The GDM has had a fresh coat of paint applied to fit in with the boot screen theme. The minimalism of this screen is refreshing.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Selecting a user
    Selecting your user will show the GDM options available. The password field shows an alert as Caps Lock was on at this point.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • GNOME 2.28
    The Karmic Koala desktop makes use of GNOME 2.28 and sports an updated Human theme. Ubuntu One is found in the Places menu and the status of the service is shown by the cloud in the applet section in the top right. To the left of the clock is an envelope that represents the internet communication programs.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • No more Pidgin
    Clicking on the envelope shows that Empathy has replaced Pidgin as the default IM program, with Evolution remaining as the mail program.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Ubuntu One
    Ubuntu One is a service that synchronises and shares files across multiple Ubuntu instances; it is similar in many ways to Dropbox. Free sign-up gives users a 2GB limit that is upgradeable for US$10 a month to 50GB.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Ubuntu One site
    Just as with Dropbox, files can be manipulated via a website as well as via the file browser. We had no trouble with files, but would get Internal Server Errors when trying to access the Notes and Contacts part of the site. Clearly some work needs to be done on this side of Ubuntu One.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Ubuntu Software Center
    Gone is the "Add/Remove Applications" menu entry and in its place is the Ubuntu Software Center. Overall, this is an improvement on the previous Synaptic experience, especially in finding software already installed.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Finding software
    The search functionality works a lot better than in Synaptic.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Codecs needed
    When Totem cannot find the proper GStreamer plug-ins to play a piece of media, a prompt is shown to install them — a good usability improvement.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • PulseAudio
    The sound applet has been updated to have per-application audio levels.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Ext4
    By default, the filesystem is formatted to Ext4.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

  • Firefox 3.5
    Firefox has been upgraded to Firefox 3.5, doing away with the multiple Firefox versions needed in Ubuntu 9.04 to run the newest Firefox branch.

    Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

    Photo by: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au

    Caption by: Chris Duckett

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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala will be the distribution's eleventh release, and highlights include the addition of a new boot screen, an updated default theme, and the addition of the Ubuntu One service.

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Installation
Once booting from the CD is complete, this is the installation screen that welcomes you. Note the release notes link at the bottom.

Published: October 27, 2009 -- 01:21 GMT (18:21 PDT)

Caption by: Chris Duckett

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