Ubuntu 9.10 is available!

[vishalrao]

how i can change from ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 alpha release.. directly...

If you are asking such a basic question then you might struggle with 9.10 alpha since its actually pretty unstable right now if you are not careful

If you are really enthu about trying it, then I would suggest you download the alpha 6 live CD and install afresh after backing up any of your files because upgrades will most likely cause a lot of pain.

But Beta release (Oct 1st I think) should be more stable so you can wait for that! It will also have some bootup speed improvements which are little unstable right now...

(I am using Ubuntu and Kubuntu 9.10 on my tablet and desktop and this time they are little tricky heh)

 

[alig]

I have a question, If I install a Beta on the 1st Oct. will it automatically convert in to the stable release once it is out, by updating or do I need to download the iso file again and install again. I am trying alpha 6 on a USB stick. it stary away from my main system. Also I read it on launchpad that one should be careful about what updates are available right now and what is needs to be updated, is it because some of the updates right now are experimental /unstable. I mean updates for alpha 6 release and not 9.04 .Edit: I think it should because my system right now used to be alpha for 9.04. but anyway can anyone confirm this?

 

[Sushubh]

ubuntu does support distor update. but it is not recommended.

if you made the home partition, you can easily do a fresh install without messing up with your home partition!

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btw, i think i am switching back again to ubuntu.

vista has for some reason decided that it wont work on my core2duo laptop.

i have tried 3 fresh installations. it just freaking crawls!

would miss some windows only software...

and would have to see how i can connect it to my desktop running windows 7 RC.

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alright. i wanted suggestion for the partition sizes...

i think we need at least three.

/
/swap
/home

home is the largest (remaining space)

whats the recommended size for / and swap?

which partition is used for applications?

 

[alig]

The way I usually do it is eg. I have 10GB of space I can spare. I would use an opensource partitioner and partition it into a speprate drive. and Format it to Fat 32. Then I would just ask ubuntu to use the largest free space.

 

[Sushubh]

oh well i install ubuntuand i dont like what i see. too much lag for my taste.looks like this PC has indeed gotten old.

 

[vishalrao]

I have a question, If I install a Beta on the 1st Oct. will it automatically convert in to the stable release once it is out, by updating or do I need to download the iso file again and install again. I am trying alpha 6 on a USB stick. it stary away from my main system.

Also I read it on launchpad that one should be careful about what updates are available right now and what is needs to be updated, is it because some of the updates right now are experimental /unstable. I mean updates for alpha 6 release and not 9.04 .

Edit: I think it should because my system right now used to be alpha for 9.04. but anyway can anyone confirm this?

Yes, if you install beta then by updating (not upgrading) it will "become" stable/final 9.10 release, but again, updating can have problems and some leftover instability, so its advised to once again fresh reinstall when the final release comes out

BTW, to try to avoid unstable stuff as much as possible I do updates from the command line like:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

(heh, yes i know i said just update and not upgrade, but this command is a little safer and it updates only - not upgrades... confusing huh?)

 

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[alig]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zx7yFcscqVc

sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
hmmm intresting I didnt know that "safe" could be used. What does it do?

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oh well i install ubuntu
and i dont like what i see.

too much lag for my taste.

looks like this PC has indeed gotten old.

maybe try out xbuntu. Can you tell us what the configuration is for this PC you are using? (I'm using 9.04 on MSI 6777 board which was made in 1999)Thats 10 yrs old ! It would work perfectly the only problem is that I am using an onboard GPU(NVIDIA) Still am able to use compiz fusion, If I put in an AGP 1 card, it would work perfectly

 

[Sushubh]

Ubuntu 9.10 RC edition released

 

[Sai]

Canonical launched Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition featuring Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) this week, on the heels of Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 release.UEC is an open source cloud computing environment based on software from Eucalyptus Systems, providing an infrastructure for creating on-premise (private) cloud computing environments. It uses the same application programming interfaces (APIs) as Amazon EC2.Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition will also be available on the Amazon EC2 environment as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). This means images available on UEC or on Amazon's public cloud can be deployed in either a public or private cloud environment, giving users more flexibility.There will also be a store capability that gives users access to ready-to-deploy appliances for UEC environments. A first preview of this store is available in Ubuntu 9.10 along with a sample appliance.This release, code named Karmic Koala, also includes enhancements to the core server product and kernel; MySQL 5.1 has been added, the directory stack and Single Sign On tools have been upgraded and support for both Xen (guest) and KVM (host and guest) virtualization was improved.System management support now includes WBEM (web-based enterprise management) protocols, and Ubuntu's own systems management tool, Landscape, has added a dedicated server to its hosted version so that deployments can be managed entirely within the firewall and will fully support Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition and UEC.Canonical had no new hardware certification announcements with this release. Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition will be available for free download starting October 29. (Today):thumb:

 

[Sai]

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala launch on 16.00 UTC . around 10pm in India

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