Thread: Ubuntu 9.10

Well, it came out today, anyone else upgrading?
I didn't get a chance to look at the changes, but it just seems like the Software Center, and other misc stuff. I heard something about the notification system though, so I guess I'll just have to see.

Currently downloading the alternate install ISO from a torrent. Way faster than trying to do it through the update manager.

Been on Karmic since Alpha 3

Usual changes and version revs (way too many changes to list)
Linux 2.6.31
Gnome 2.28
Xorg 7.4

Ubuntu specific
- Ubuntu One (cloud storage thing)
- Software store (redone add/remove programs)
- xsplash in place of usplash (x now starts very early in the boot process, this coupled with KMS makes for a very nice, plymouth style, boot process
- Unification of ALSA & pulseaudio controls into single GUI interface
- a whole heap of GUI changes

Originally Posted by Ynot

Been on Karmic since Alpha 3

Usual changes and version revs (way too many changes to list)
Linux 2.6.31
Gnome 2.28
Xorg 7.4

Ubuntu specific
- Ubuntu One (cloud storage thing)
- Software store (redone add/remove programs)
- xsplash in place of usplash (x now starts very early in the boot process, this coupled with KMS makes for a very nice, plymouth style, boot process
- Unification of ALSA & pulseaudio controls into single GUI interface
- a whole heap of GUI changes

Oooooh, pulseaudio is integrated now? That makes me a happy panda!

I need to totally reinstall Ubuntu, actually. I didn't give it enough hard drive space because I was limited on drive space when I installed it, but now that I have an external drive... Booyah! Repartitioning time.

I actually ran into some problems with that in Florida this year. Trying to record with Audacity in Ubuntu, and it ran out of disk space in the Linux partition halfway through a speech. I wound up having to have the speaker re-deliver the first half of the message so I could get it recorded. Still wound up corrupting the last five minutes somehow, when I put the parts together in Windows.

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

Oooooh, pulseaudio is integrated now? That makes me a happy panda!

I need to totally reinstall Ubuntu, actually. I didn't give it enough hard drive space because I was limited on drive space when I installed it, but now that I have an external drive... Booyah! Repartitioning time.

I actually ran into some problems with that in Florida this year. Trying to record with Audacity in Ubuntu, and it ran out of disk space in the Linux partition halfway through a speech. I wound up having to have the speaker re-deliver the first half of the message so I could get it recorded. Still wound up corrupting the last five minutes somehow, when I put the parts together in Windows.

Never record audio for long speeches with Audacity, it saves it uncompressed. Use a more advanced program that compresses as it goes.

The new notification systems are pretty strange, I'm starting to get used to them being down a bit, but they take forever to go away. I think Ubuntu 9.10 queues the messages, instead of making the next one replace the last one. Ubuntu One seems kind of pointless, like a Dropbox that only works with Ubuntu ._.

Originally Posted by Demon Parasite

Ubuntu One seems kind of pointless, like a Dropbox that only works with Ubuntu ._.

Storage is the first of many services to be offered
so yes, at the moment it's just a dropbox clone, but future features are planned

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Never record audio for long speeches with Audacity, it saves it uncompressed. Use a more advanced program that compresses as it goes.

Yeah, the resulting files are HUGE. I didn't realize till after. Can you recommend a better program that's open-source?

I've got Kristal, but it's a pain in the neck to figure out, with crappy documentation.

Why does it have to be open source? If you're doing professional work, you need a professional tool. Do you have a computer other than your Linux box that you can use? The software you want is called SoundBooth. It's part of CS4, but obviously it's OSX and Windows only. I doubt it will run on Wine.

It's kind of a combination of Audacity and iMovie's sound editor, although far more advanced than either one of them. It's got a high learning curve, but once you get used to it, it's very streamlined for those kind of work loads.