Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Canonical
Millions of Karmic Koalas descend on the 'net as Ubuntu 9.10 downloads go live
by Lee Mathews Oct 29th 2009 at 9:20AM
As usual, there are plenty of ways to get your hands on the new OS. Unlike Windows 7, that includes certified, honest to goodness torrents straight from Canonical. They're already fairly well seeded, so P2P downloads should be nice and speedy.
To save you sifting through the massive list of links, here are the three big ones:
- Desktop, 32-bit [torrent] [direct download]
- Desktop, 64-bit [torrent] [direct download]
- Netbook Remix 32-bit [torrent] [direct download]
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The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Drew Green said 10:22AM on 10-29-2009
Wish I could throw the latest UNR on my Dell Mini 9 but there's no way after I spent so much time getting Snow Leopard on there. My Dell E1505 will have to suffice for the full version.
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Trinae A Ross said 9:33PM on 11-02-2009
Why not run a live USB? Or set it to another partition?
Drew Green said 9:39PM on 11-02-2009
Usually I'm adventurous when it comes to loading new OS' and such, but it was a total PITA to get SL on my Mini. I have another machine (actually a few others) that I can put Ubuntu on, and actually, as of this writing, I already have. Overall, I'm not really that impressed with 9.10. It totally hosed my 9.04 when I tried to upgrade and my wifi did not work out of the box, even though it did with 9.04.
Jeremy said 10:27AM on 10-29-2009
Is the package selection of 64-bit as good as 32-bit? Any reason to use one over the other at this point?
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Marty K. said 12:04PM on 10-29-2009
I've been using Jaunty x64 for a few months now, and not a single architecture problem. I've had a problem or two when I installed Jaunty via Wubi for some reason, but none with a real (non-Wubi) Ubuntu install. And if you ever have any architecture problems, you can always force the installation with getlibs.
A tip: go to http://noncdn.releases.ubuntu.com//karmic/ and download the torrent of the *.iso. It'll be way faster than Ubunut's servers for at least a few days. Just make sure you get the right one. For a regular 64-bit desktop install (as opposed to an upgrade), you'll want the "ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent" file.
Marty K. said 12:08PM on 10-29-2009
Oh, and the reason you'd want to choose the x64 edition is if you have more than 3GB of ram, since you need a 64-bit OS to take advantage of it.
libeco said 10:50AM on 10-29-2009
I have installed Windows 7 Professional on my desktop a few days ago.... I'm not as optimistic about it as I was during all the previews. It turns out to be even more Vista and less XP...
Seriously considering on making a full switch to Ubuntu. For this to happen I first need to make sure:
- My video card is supported (tried 8.04 and had loads of problems with my videocard).
- I can use Adobe's CS4 suite because I don't think there's a replacement for Photoshop, Flash, Premiere and After Effects.
When I have a drive formatted I will first try to dual boot to test this.
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matt b said 11:20AM on 10-29-2009
GIMP is an excellent alternative to Photoshop. Also, Cinelerra is a great video editor with a lot of features.
libeco said 11:41AM on 10-29-2009
The last time I tried Gimp (while trying 8.04) it was miles behind on the combination of Bridge and Photoshop CS4. I will give both programs a try when I have Ubuntu up and running though, thanks!
Brian said 11:41AM on 10-29-2009
I installed 9.04 and was able to install almost everything. i have a dual boot with xp and it works seamlessly almost that is (minor issues with ntfs read write exist but should be able to close that out) i changed my video card and it worked seamlessly did not even bother me to load a driver. My xp installation asked me to. loaded some other driver for some other work and it worked as well
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Tony Zito said 12:04PM on 10-29-2009
Doh! I just (out of the blue) downloaded and installed 9.04 yesterday. Is there a big difference, or is this just the first non-beta 9.x release? Is there an easy upgrade path from 9.04 to 9.10?
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sRc said 12:15PM on 10-29-2009
just let Synaptic download the updated packages for you, instead of reinstalling
by the way, you'll want to have it select a different repository mirror (there's a tool part of Synaptic to automatically scan for the fastest mirror to you) instead of using the main Ubuntu server, so that it will download the updated packages much faster
sRc said 12:17PM on 10-29-2009
just let Synaptic download the updated packages for you, instead of reinstalling
by the way, you'll want to have it select a different repository mirror (there's a tool part of Synaptic to automatically scan for the fastest mirror to you) instead of using the main Ubuntu server, so that it will download the updated packages much faster
although not all of the mirrors have had Karmic uploaded to them yet, but it lets you select from a list too so you can pick from somewhere you know is close to you ( a lot of colleges are mirrors)
motang said 7:52PM on 10-29-2009
Been running it for a while now and love it. It is the best Ubuntu release thus far.
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