9.10 + 0.94 = ……
Sorry for the Mathematical title 
As you've undoubtedly guessed - I've upgraded to Lucid, a.k.a 10.04!! So far, from what little time I've been able to use it, I'm really liking what I see (I've installed the 64 bit version, for those curious). Naturally there are some bugs, but I'm reporting these using the built in tool if/when they occur.
One thing that did frustrate me (immensely), while trying to install Lucid, was the partitioning situation. I wiped my Ubuntu partition(s) completely, including my /home and everything. I decided before installing that I'd make backups of the important stuff, and go from there. Somewhat frustratingly, the partition manager mid-way through ubiquity decided to give up the ghost and die. Not a problem, I thought, as I downloaded the daily live CD, I'll just install from here....no go - the daily live CD was showing exactly the same issues as the Alpha 2 disc.
Before I ditched my attempts to install Lucid and drop back down to Karmic (9.10), I figured I'd try running GParted, and create the partitions before running ubiquity. Good job I did! This worked fine, without any hitches. Naturally I think I should've been able to specify my partitions as part of the ubiquity installer, but at least it's installed now! More on my Lucid thoughts as I get any experiences to share with it.
Cut In Half…Sort Of
I know, confusing title...though maybe some people get it already?
As mentioned in my previous post, I've upgraded both my graphics card, and my monitor recently - both of which, I love, especially the monitor...1920x1200 is a lovely resolution 
That said, I decided to reinstall Ubuntu last night, because I'd been running the same install since Alpha4 of Karmic, and I'd been experiencing a few oddities. I didn't know whether this was the 64 bit version I was running, or some odd config files left over from somewhere.
Because I was lazy, I used the Karmic CD I got from ShipIt, completely forgetting that these are 32 bit versions of Ubuntu, not 64 bit. I only realised once I'd booted into the system. The upside of this is that I noticed a couple of issues had gone, and that there really is little difference between the 32 bit or 64 bit. So much so, I'll be going back to 64 bit for Lucid 
Kudos to the developers though, the installer picked up my resolution perfectly on the LiveCD, and also noticed that I have 4GB RAM, so installed the PAE kernel without even asking! Colour me impressed!
All in all, reinstalling showed me a couple of new things that I seem to have missed out (mainly things like that on the installer), and it has indeed fixed a few issues. I estimate this install will last around 6 weeks, and then I'll install Lucid...but we'll have to wait and see....
From ‘U’ To ‘X’ & Back Again
I'm sure it's not too difficult to guess what this post is about!
I tried out Xubuntu the other day, and I really liked it. So much so that I decided to remove my standard Karmic install, and replace it with the Xubuntu Karmic...sadly, this only lasted for about 3 hours because of a couple of issues which I couldn't deal with. They may seem small, but all too often it's the small things that make all the difference.
For example, I wasn't able to configure the panels with my dual screen setup the way I wanted (panels/primary monitor on the right). No matter how much I tried, I couldn't get it to work, though in Ubuntu, it's very easy to configure. Secondly was just a number of interface issues where I couldn't configure it to the way I wanted. It's a shame, I really do like Xubuntu, I think it's frequently under-rated by a lot of people.
In all, I think I'll probably try it again for the Lucid (10.04) release, and see how we're getting on
Obligatory Karmic Announcement
I'm sure I'm not the only person who will be writing about Ubuntu's latest release, but I had to go with the flow!
You can now download 9.10 (a.k.a Karmic Koala), from the Ubuntu website. Though to avoid destroying the servers, I would HIGHLY recommend downloading via bit torrent.
I'm seeding the alternate and desktop images from my server, in both 32 & 64 bit, and will be doing so for the next few weeks
Finally, enjoy Karmic, congrats & thanks to all involved in the release!!! Next stop - Lucid Lynx!
Karmic < 2 Weeks
Is it bad that I'm getting excited?
I always look forward to the Ubuntu releases, I don't know why, I've started running the pre-release from around alpha 5 or alpha 6 so I know pretty much exactly how it's going to be. Though I do plan on seeding the torrents again for at least 2 weeks So as soon as the .torrent files are there, I'll be grabbing it to seed, though limiting because I don't want to hog all the bandwidth on the VPS!
Other than that plan, I'm hoping to get more involved in Lucid Lynx (10.04) if I can, and if I can find the time. But right now, I'm happy with Karmic, it's shaping up to be an awesome release, and I'll most certainly be mentioning it to those people who say "Linux just isn't ready yet", I think we've come a surprising way in 6 months, and a HUGE step from when Ubuntu first started those short few years ago.
And as I did with Jaunty - I'll be posting my seeding stats after around 2 weeks, just to share, it's always interesting to know how many people use(d) torrents as opposed to straight http/ftp downloads.
This Weekend’s Karmic Updates
So I've been out most of the weekend, unable to have access to my Ubuntu PC.
I finally got home around 2 hours ago, and when I turned on the computer, I had a staggering 445MB of updates. Though I guess, when you're running an alpha OS, you should expect this if the last time you checked was 3 days ago
I have to say, the updates have improved a lot of things for me, the whole boot process seems a lot better now, though the GDM background is a little bright, can't say I was expecting that, but it's a welcome change (although I DID like Jaunty's login theme, that was awesome). I've also noticed the new Human theme, it's definitely a step in the right direction, though I'm still using the Dust theme, just with the Humanity icon set - a few hydroxygen icons are still in place, not many though - all in all, I'm looking forward to see the way the Human theme evolves whether that be in Karmic, or Lucid (10.04).
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) & Airport Extremes
Now - I know some of you probably hate Apple...I don't, clearly. So if you do, please don't come and post comments about how much you hate them, I won't approve them
So with that out of the way, on with the post. I've just installed Karmic (Ubuntu 9.10) this evening, and in the process of setting things up, I realised I'd never installed my printer on Jaunty (9.04). So I figured I'd give it a go, wondering if it would be as easy as when I installed it on all the other PC's & my MacBook - as it's connected to my router (the airport extreme), it's shared using bonjour, which I happen to really like, it does mean setting up the printer is much more simple, and a lot quicker than normal.
I'll be honest - my hopes weren't very high, I figured that since it's an Apple developed technology, and not open-sourced, that I would have a hell of a time trying to get it to work. I was totally wrong. I did configure it slightly differently, in that I opened http://localhost:631 in Firefox to set it all up via the CUPS web UI. I chose "Add Printer" and it scanned for connected printers locally and networked - I sat waiting for it to finish, and tell me that nothing was connected....
I'm sure you can imagine my surprise, and curiosity, when it returned my printer under "Network Printers". I continued with the setup, expecting it to throw back an error of some variety, but no, it all installed fine. To make sure I wasn't just daftly pointed and clicking things that looked relevant, I printed a test page.....which I now have on my desk next to me - chalk one up for Ubuntu!
Overall, having run Karmic for all over 2 hours now - I'm already very impressed, and I'm looking forward to the final release.
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