[zool]

Update: Final version released!

Couple days ago, Canonical unleashed Release Candidate version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. The RC fixed certain bugs and certainly are stable enough as the real version coming out next week. Some changes occured in RC version compared to the last updated Ubuntu 9.10 beta.
The RC include some updates:

• Fade-in/fade-out animation to the boot splash.
• HAL has been replaced by DeviceKit-power, DeviceKit-disks and udev, in order to provide a better power management, better handling of the hotkeys on laptops and better handling of storage devices.
• Linux kernel 2.6.31.1
• KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) is enabled by default for the owners of Intel's graphic cards.
• The old linux-restricted-modules package has been replaced by DKMS
• New software: Quickly

With this new upcoming Ubuntu, i want to say Happy Birthday, Ubuntu! Its been 5 years since Ubuntu released to the world. Lets take a look on when each Ubuntu was released:

· Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) - Released on the 20th of October, 2004
· Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) - Released on 8th of April, 2005
· Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) - Released on 13th of October, 2005
· Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) - Released on the 1st of June, 2006
· Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) - Released on the 26th of October, 2006
· Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) - Released on the 19th of April, 2007
· Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) - Released on the 18th of October, 2007
· Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) - Released on the 24th of April, 2008
· Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) - Released on the 30th of October, 2008
· Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) - Released on the 23rd of April, 2009
· Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) - Planned for release on the 29th of October, 2009.

4 more days and Karmic Koala are going to be released.. I already ordered the CD using Shipit, it would take about 1-2 weeks before it reached me.. This year, two new operating systems coming out/released for PC user.. I love both of them + =

Source: Softpedia
Download RC: Ubuntu Karmic Koala RC

[Villain]

yup! I placed my ship-it order a few days ago, it generally only takes 1 week for it to get to me.

i cant wait for this new release, considering i have an intel graphics card! (i915)

Yup, with Ubuntu and Win7 having come out within the same month, this is pretty special!

[PcModer]

I placed my ship-it order. Can't wait!

[zool]

I hope it arrived within a week in Asia, coz i really can't wait for it.. been holding myself from testing the alpha, beta and rc .

[Villain]

same here zool, same here. i have been tempted to apt-get dist-upgrade (or whatever the command is) but i have not. i want to use it as a base for my own linux distro.

[Secured Tim]

I'm waiting for the final version for my netbook.

[The Flashing Fish]

I updated from 9.04 to 9.10 Beta and it broke a few drivers, mainly the sound card drivers and the network drivers are a bit fubar (extremely slow DNS times). I'll just wait until the final version is released. I can go without my TV tuner for a bit longer.

It sucks that my TV Tuner now only displays in Black and White on Windows after using Ubuntu.

[zool]

Do we get free stickers again inside the CD? I wished they can put some little ubuntu logo sticker just like Windows

[Borix]

Will install the final release, but I my opinion the ubuntu desktop has come to a bit off a slowdown.

[K.L.Devine]

Yes they ship stickers with the CD.