Right after Ubuntu’s fifth birthday it was time to celebrate once more, because a Karmic Koala was released, and it brought with it a lot of reasons to upgrade. If Ubuntu 9.10’s smart looks haven’t convinced you yet, maybe the fast boot times and overall enhanced performance will. You still don’t know what Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) is all about? Then read on, we will clue you in.
While writing this review, I tried to put myself in the “shoes” of a new Ubuntu user. This meant that I didn’t go on to installing my favorite programs or setting up everything as I like right after installing the operating system, but instead I tried to make do with what Ubuntu provides in the default installation. Also, I tried to stay away from the terminal and, largely, succeeded in doing so. We’ve tested Ubuntu 9.10 over a period of one week on the following systems:
[tablec][row][col]· AMD K8 nForce 250Gb Motherboard
· AMD Sempron 2800+ Processor
· Nvdia GeForce FX5500 Video Card
· 512 MB RAM
· IDE HDD 80 GB Maxtor
· LG CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive
· 17″ LG Flatron L1730S LCD[/col]
[col]· Intel Gigabyte GA-965P Motherboard
· Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz
· Nvidia Leadtek Geforce 7300GS 256 VRAM
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