Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Karmic
Posted by Alec on 19 October 2009
I have just installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 beta on my EEEPC 100H and so far it’s been a great experience. Things that work better out of the box
- Synaptic touch pad
- LCD Fonts
- Remix user interface
- Network printing
- Performance
- Suspend/Resume
- Bluetooth device setup
- I also have reason to believe that the sound works better in Skype, but I’m still kicking the tyres on that
Improved Applications:
- GNOME Evolution now works well on the smaller screen
- Gwibber is much more useful for microblogging but it needs some work on reliability and performance
- Eclipse 3.5 now installs out of the box
- BOUML is now up to date
A few odd things that it would be nice to see fixed
- Evolution sometimes looses it Window border. Something to do with the Remix window manager I think
- Some things I had to try a second time before they settled down. E.g. 3G network management, bluetooth mouse setup (but that was probably finger trouble on my part), Skype sound
All in all a great release. I love it!
(20/Oct/09 — added comment about Gwibber reliability)
