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Netstat -vat by Sean Michael Kerner (bio)

A command line view of IT



Ubuntu's next release: Karmic Koala

By Sean Michael Kerner on February 20, 2009 3:37 PM
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From the 'wacky names r us' files:

From the great minds that brought us the Hoary Hedgehog, Intrepid Ibex,Dapper Drake and Jaunty Jackalope comes the next wacky name for an Ubuntu Linux release: Karmic Koala.

Ubuntu has always had wacky names and Karmic Koala continues the tradition. The official release name is Ubuntu 9.10 meaning a October 2009 release - the next Ubuntu release will be Jaunty in April.

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has already given some indictation of what he wants the Koala to achieve and once again he's aiming high. As high as the clouds in fact.
"A good Koala knows how to see the wood for the trees, even when her head is in the clouds," Shuttleworth wrote in a mailing list posting. "Ubuntu aims to keep free software at the forefront of cloud computing by embracing the API's of Amazon EC2, and making it easy for anybody to setup their own cloud using entirely open tools."
Yup you read that right. Ubuntu is workin on cloud stuff including the development of a build your own cloud technology called Eucalyptus.

Shuttleworth is also aiming to further improve the Linux desktop experience with Koala:
The goal for Jaunty on a netbook is 25 seconds, so let's see how much faster we can get you all the way to a Koala desktop. We're also hoping to deliver a new login experience that complements the graphical boot, and works well for small groups as well as very large installations.
One this is for sure from where I sit - amongst all the names that Ubuntu has ever had, the Koala is likely the first one that will inspire a degree of 'cuteness'. After all have you ever seen a cute Hedgehog, Drake, Ibex or Jackelope?

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JM said:

You wrote: "The official release name is Ubuntu 9.10 meaning a September 2009 release". This actually means a release in October (2009 obviously). Wait and see the Koala, I'm still running the Hardy Heron (8.04).

*SMK * Yup! You're right and thnx for commenting (now corrected)

February 20, 2009 4:42 PM
CBNorrie said:

The best reason that Shuttleworth's wacky names are so good is that it is easy to set up a Goole New Alert for the beast and not get too many false positives.

February 21, 2009 3:00 AM
justin said:

I just installed jaunty on my Acer netbook and it is working great. I can't wait for Karmic Koala to be released!

July 8, 2009 7:24 AM
John said:

I just bought a Dell XPS M1730 for £1300. Vista doesn't work on battery power -> it's even on the Dell forums and they continue to sell it (it's the Nvidia drivers with no fix in sight).

Enough was enough, I shrank Vista, installed Ubuntu (Jaunty).

EVERYTHING WORKED - first time - and no battery power.


July 9, 2009 3:23 AM
DonaldJ said:

Is there anywhere to download 910 now?..

Ubuntu-904 is so good that I don't need to do any fixing like I did with windows which probably was built on a faulty base, probably because that's all they had to go with... I'm growing bored of not having the perpetual prolific problems and glitches to fix, and the nasty viruses to track-down and clean-out, and vicious hack-attacks to defend from... Ubuntu just works and works and works right.. Boot it up, do your thing, then shut 'er down.. nothing ever goes wrong with it.. There's never anything to fix.. and you can install Ubuntu on any hd, then install that hd in any tower...
I tossed all my windows CD's into the incinerator...

August 28, 2009 2:12 AM
V.R. Balaji said:

I have been using ubuntu linux 8.4 (Heardy heron) to now 9.10 (Janunty Jacolope).
It is best for Office Needs. If we install ubuntu once we cannot change any operating System.
I expect new release of UBUNTU.

Thanks

August 28, 2009 6:01 AM

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