Kubuntu Linux 9.10 ("Karmic Koala") has arrived
Kubuntu is built with the latest KDE desktop on top of a solid Ubuntu core. We believe this combination delivers a fantastic all-round home desktop experience.
What's New and Improved Since Kubuntu 9.04
The Karmic Koala brings with it a better integrated and more stable desktop, as well as many new features. There have been updates to many common applications as well as bug fixes to some of those annoyances you may or may not have run into.
KDE 4.3
Our desktop is the cutting edge KDE 4 and this release updates it to another major version. There are many changes including bug fixes, new functionality and more. Some of these changes include, but are not limited to:
Social from the StartThis release has an emphasis on connecting you to your online social networks.
New social features include:
- The KDE Microblogging Plasma widget as part of the default desktop experience for your identi.ca and Twitter fix
- The Google Calendar Plasma widget is available for adding to your desktop
- The Facebook Plasma widget lets you stay up to date with your friends, also available for adding to your desktop
- KDE Image plugins let you connect to Flickr and other photo sites from Gwenview and Digikam
- Choqok is available to inst all for a full microblogging setup.
- The OpenDesktop Social Plasma widget is ready for your desktop to connect you to your free software neighbours
- The Facebook Kopete plugin so that you can chat with your Facebook contacts from the comfort of the default chat client.
Yes, Kubuntu 9.10 has been released on 28th of October. Don't know why they featured a guy doing whitewater rafting, but it sure is a highly anticipated release (At least to me). Was particularly interested in the social gadgets, which makes its debut as shown above.
I downloaded it via bittorrent last Saturday. It took me nearly 23 hours to complete the download. This is the first time I downloaded the AMD64 DVD edition :-) Burned it on a DVD on Sunday. Can't wait to see it in action...


