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- DrCraigis, on 07/10/2009, -1/+66Shutdown beep now 10% louder.
- dfme, on 07/09/2009, -6/+57digged due to:
"The great thing about Linux distro development, when compared with OS X or Vista, is that the whole process is transparent. You can see at any stage what the developers are planning, and even download the latest build of your favourite distribution." - sanskrtam, on 07/10/2009, -5/+46Ubuntu should fix some driver and sound hardware problems first.
- Leviathan433, on 07/09/2009, -9/+50I expect it to be full of win.
- kd420, on 07/10/2009, -0/+26Pretty much what I expected. The thing with Linux is that there are continuous changes, and some big ones every so often. There is nothing to sell in order for people to upgrade, so there shouldn't be huge changes in every release. I do like the little small changes they make though, such as the new notifications in 9.04, a graphical overhaul in 9.10 would certainly be good.
- inactive, on 07/10/2009, -0/+24dugged for digged.
- cubicledrone, on 07/10/2009, -2/+24"Cloud computing" is hype-speak *****. The phrase is "client-server" because that is an accurate description of the technology.
- detcade, on 07/10/2009, -3/+241. RTFA, there's an entire section on your 'poop brown'
2. If Ubuntu is bloat, I don't know what the ***** to call Windows Vista Ultimate - sigmaman2, on 07/10/2009, -0/+19Whatever you think about the Brown, you have to admit, it's distinctive.
Each major distro has pretty much "owned" a color. Red Hat has red, obviously. Fedora has blue. Suse has green. Ubuntu should stick with brown. It's the color that it's identified with. And I don't see where that color choice has hurt its popularity. - directrix13, on 07/10/2009, -0/+17KuKlux Koala
- twiztidsinz, on 07/10/2009, -1/+16I fully agree with sanskrtam, how bout fixing things before you go adding new *****..
I know they had that One Hundred Paper Cuts thing, but it almost seemed like they were doing it for show and already had a list of bugs they wanted to fix and bugs they wanted to avoid.
This was made more clear by the 4th rule:
"A paper cut is not merely a really annoying bug. Just because a bug is really bothersome, and has gone unfixed for years, doesn't make it a paper cut" https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut
One such bug that CLEARLY fit their criteria, the near non-existent horizontal alignment of desktop icons, was rejected. That bug is what drives me to use Kubuntu/KDE rather than Ubuntu/Gnome when I mess around with Linux. - warp99, on 07/10/2009, -6/+21@ssag5
Windows 7 is not available until October, so unfortunately Vista is Microsoft's current offering. Is Vista so bad that you're already trying to bury it? - detcade, on 07/10/2009, -2/+17You can change your theme with about 3 clicks
Installing more is almost as easy if you can use Google and have an IQ above most insects - kamisama, on 07/10/2009, -0/+13"2. If Ubuntu is bloat, I don't know what the ***** to call Windows Vista Ultimate"
Morbidly obese perhaps? - pyrates, on 07/10/2009, -6/+18How about fixing the fundamental issues that linux has? Such as:
1. A real clipboard that stores data, not requests it from the application when you go to paste it because then it appears broke when the source application closes. It's been like this for 15+ years.
2. Better audio api support then the mess that is ALSA. Heck we even got a second sound api that is supposed to be for professionals. Why not combine them like windows and os x did?
3. Better video card support that is better then the proprietary nvidia drivers out there. And if you say it's because nvidia obfuscated the code, ati open sourced their drivers at least a year go and the proprietary ones are still better. Reason being is that they have real memory management and hardware acceleration for opengl.
4. A compile once and work on all modern distro's with no recompiling necessary.
5. A distribution neutral installation format. This point and the above point will allow for proprietary applications on linux that can be bought just like in windows and os x.
6. A kernel that supports binary only drivers that don't have to be recompiled for every single kernel point release.
7. And finally pretending that people have to buy it so that the features they expect are actually put in, instead of broken fixes that open source developers will say is good enough. It's not.
This is what is needed for the linux desktop. Are we up for it? - rnawky, on 07/10/2009, -5/+16700 nano-seconds off startup time
500 nano-seconds off shutdown time
KDE loads 12 clock cycles faster
GNOME loads 18 clock cycles faster
900 more aliases in bash to make your windows transition easier. - themusicalduck, on 07/10/2009, -3/+14Couldn't agree more with the last paragraph. What's the point in releasing a version if it contains so many bugs that it's unusable? And why not fix them as soon as possible rather than wait 6 months? I'd really like to upgrade a friends computer to 9.04 but it has intel graphics, but version 8.10 has occasional sound problems for them too.. It's so much hassle having to use hacks to fix these bugs that shouldn't be released in the first place.
Having said that, 9.04 does work really well for my pc and I like it very much.
Was hoping for something a bit more groundbreaking to come out next release though rather than just 'more integration with the cloud'. - areyouserial, on 07/10/2009, -0/+11It reminds me of that poor Chinese national who got a ten year jail term after yahoo gladly "just followed the law" of China and was easily able to hand over ip data and stored email data which convicted him of what would be considered journalism in any civilized country.
That's not exactly a tin foil hat scenario and neither are the countless articles on the EFF website of lawsuits filed to stop the NSA from sucking virtually all US web data up and sifting through it. They freely admit they've (illegally) "helped" law enforcement, but "only the bad guys" of course, referring to a mafia case in that instance. These admissions should make any American citizen nautious. - dilbert, on 07/10/2009, -1/+11Cloud computing? I like my data on my machine, thank you. Out of reach of other people like my Big Brother.
- rpgmakr, on 07/10/2009, -6/+16Windows 7 don't even get close to any modern linux distro.
- Icecream, on 07/10/2009, -1/+11Better then warty warthog
- Colinho22, on 07/10/2009, -1/+11I thought Kickass Kangaroo was good, but maybe that was just me.
- javaroast, on 07/10/2009, -0/+9Please desist from talking about a grandpa boner and then using the term sliding scale in the same sentence. What you do in private is your own business.
- detcade, on 07/10/2009, -1/+10You can't inb4 bury...
in fact, bury for that - bdbr, on 07/10/2009, -1/+10I know, there were so many better choices!
Kinetic Koala
Kinky Koala
Killer Koala
Kludgy Koala (OK, that's probably not such a good choice) - dragossh, on 07/10/2009, -0/+9(FOSS developer)
Fix? What fixing? Just disable Compiz and Google Earth will automagically work.
TICKET CLOSED, WON'T FIX - the8thbit, on 07/10/2009, -0/+9I haven't had an issue with sound in a major Linux distribution since 2001.
- sauron256, on 07/10/2009, -4/+12I like Ubuntu, but 'Karmic Koala' is a terrible codename.
- truck87bp, on 07/10/2009, -1/+991 comments and only 2 or 3 mention Cloud. The typical Linux user likes his software for a reason and that is "HE" owns it. This BS about cloud computing is for those who don't have any idea what Cloud means. The day Ubuntu goes 100% cloud will be the day Linux dies on my machines. Don't get me wrong, I love my Ubuntu but you are crazy as hell if you think I am going to store files of inventions on your servers that could make me millions of dollars. NFW
- theghoul, on 07/10/2009, -1/+9Needs more instant on.
- Swivelstick, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7grimace think you forgot to write: I'm extremely interested in science and programming.......
- directrix13, on 07/10/2009, -2/+9Still as in in all the alphas you tried, or are you talking about in Jaunty too? I am using Jaunty with Intel HDA without problems.
- talonh, on 07/10/2009, -1/+8You do realize that you just implied that there are boners that you do consider sexy that you do want. Talk about a troll gone bad.
- techdever, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7Will it bring a fixed Compiz that actually works with Google Earth ?
- Leviathan433, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
- moges, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7There are LTS releases that last for 5 years. If you want a really stable desktop, you get one of these, install it, and you get updates for it for 5 years.
Of course, you don't get cutting edge stuff, as these tend to increase the number of bugs in a system.
I do agree a little with you, I am sick of 'reviews' for rc/beta/alpha/just started versions that are simply blogspam. - sloppychris, on 07/10/2009, -0/+6I had sound issues on Mandriva circa 2006. I've been on Ubuntu the last couple years and haven't had a single problem.
- loyaleaglevt, on 07/10/2009, -2/+8I have been a huge Ubuntu follower. However the last two upgrades have left me wanting more. It seems that all that is happening is little fixes. Ubuntu is starting to lack real vision. And now with the just announced Google Operating System, the competition is really heating up. (Another beef I have is that my ATI card driver is now a legacy driver in 9.04) Ubuntu also needs to get the driver issue resolved once and for all. Hardware should work..... period. Otherwise, I still love Ubuntu very much. But if it does make some major strives, it will start dying on the vine.
- Leviathan433, on 07/10/2009, -2/+8I am amazed that you can type so well with Steve Jobs' dick that far up your ass.
- techdever, on 07/10/2009, -1/+7Don't forget compiz + opengl applications flickering, even after 3 releases
- XeroXenith, on 07/10/2009, -0/+6Small correction - it's 3 years on desktop. 5 years is for server only.
- techdever, on 07/10/2009, -0/+6directrix13, you just won! +90 racism for you
- inactive, on 07/10/2009, -0/+6dugg for dugged
- detcade, on 07/10/2009, -1/+6Oh ***** that's completely not like every Linux distribution in history or anything
- the8thbit, on 07/10/2009, -0/+5kojot: My years of computer network training is telling me you're an idiot, but perhaps that's just Cisco speaking.
I really dislike this whole 'cloud computing' BS, as it manifests itself today. I wish people would look into decentralized clouds. It'd at least merit the terminology. - kojot350, on 07/10/2009, -2/+7than u r doing it wrong. I'm listening to my music on Ubuntu 9.04 via Intel HDA, right now....
- Frostek, on 07/10/2009, -0/+5I wasn't that keen on the brown / bright orange for the first few releases I used, but the toned down version is really nice now, plus there are so many high quality Gnome themes now that it's a piece of cake to change it if you don't like it.
The shiki ones are nice and simple, and I generally use those. - kojot350, on 07/10/2009, -0/+5You can always share your computer with the world with Microsoft Internet Explorer ;P
- Swivelstick, on 07/10/2009, -3/+8The joke was neither funny nor ironic on any level.
- pyrates, on 07/10/2009, -3/+71. Do not suggest bandaid solutions. Fix it in Xorg, not on the layer that gnome and kde are at.
2. Pulseaudio helps? Maybe. But there is also jack. One for professionals, one for consumers. Why can't they be just one? OS X and Windows both achieved this years ago.
3. I was referring to the quality of open source video card drivers. Seems the proprietary ones are great, why can't open source do any better or at least match the quality?
4 and 5. This was to make it easier on developers who don't want to compile their application for a thousand different distro's. You do want to make it easier on developers don't you?
6. I know there is no api/abi for drivers for the linux kernel. This has been requested for years but linus doesn't want it. OS X and Windows again can do this, why can't linux?
7. This was to get the developers into a different mind set because companies who sell software know that if they make crap software, no one is gonna buy it and the company closes up. Linux should take this same approach and maybe we might have better quality of software instead of taking the route of "it's free, it's good enough" or "you got it for free, quit your bitching".
Now that's a grown up response. Remember I also praised OS X here as well. -
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