Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala"

Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), released on 29 October 2009, was Canonical's 11th release of Ubuntu. It was supported until April 2011. In an announcement to the community on 20 February 2009, Mark Shuttleworth explained that 9.10 would focus on improvements in cloud computing on the server using Eucalyptus, saying "... a Koala's favourite leaf is Eucalyptus", as well as further improvements in boot speed and development of the Netbook Remix. The initial announcement of version 9.10 indicated that this release might include a new theme, but the project was delayed to version 10.04, and only minor revisions were made to the default theme. Other graphical improvements included a new set of boot up and shutdown splash screens, a new login screen that transitions seamlessly into the desktop and greatly improved performance on Intel graphics chip-sets. In June 2009, Canonical created the One Hundred Paper Cuts project, focusing developers to fix minor usability issues. A "paper cut" was defined as, "a trivially fixable usability bug that the average user would encounter on his/her first day of using a brand new installation of the latest version of Ubuntu Desktop Edition." The desktop installation of Ubuntu 9.10 replaced Pidgin with Empathy Instant Messenger as its default instant messaging client. The default filesystem is ext4, and the Ubuntu One client, which interfaces with Canonical's new online storage system, is installed by default. It introduced Grub 2 beta as default bootloader. It also debuted a new application called the Ubuntu Software Center that unifies package management. Canonical stated their intention for this application to replace Add/Remove Programs (gnome-app-install) in 9.10 and possibly Synaptic, Software Sources, Gdebi and Update Manager in Ubuntu 10.04. Karmic Koala also includes a slideshow during the installation process (through ubiquity-slideshow) that highlights applications and features in Ubuntu. Official announcement Download Ubuntu
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5.10 Breezy Badger 2005-10-12 00:00:00
6.06 LTS Dapper Drake 2006-06-01 00:00:00
6.10 Edgy Eft 2006-10-28 00:00:00
7.04 Feisty Fawn 2007-04-19 00:00:00
7.10 Gutsy Gibbon 2007-10-18 00:00:00
8.04 Hardy Heron 2008-04-24 00:00:00
8.10 Intrepid Ibex 2008-10-30 00:00:00
9.04 Jaunty Jackalope 2009-04-23 00:00:00
9.10 Karmic Koala 2009-10-29 00:00:00
10.04 Lucid Lynx 2010-04-29 00:00:00
10.10 Maverick Meerkat 2010-10-10 10:10:00
11.04 Natty Narwhal 2011-04-28 00:00:00
11.10 Oneiric Ocelot 2011-10-13 00:00:00
12.04 Precise Pangolin 2012-04-26 00:00:00
12.10 Quantal Quetzal 2012-10-18 00:00:00
13.04 Raring Ringtail 2013-04-25 00:00:00
13.10 Saucy Salamander 2013-10-17 00:00:00
14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr 2014-04-17 00:00:00
14.10 Utopic Unicorn 2014-10-23 00:00:00
15.04 Vivid Vervet 2015-04-23 00:00:00
15.10 Wily Werewolf 2015-10-22 00:00:00
16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus 2016-04-21 00:00:00
16.10 Yakkety Yak 2016-10-13 00:00:00
17.04 Zesty Zapus 2017-04-13 00:00:00
17.10 Artful Aardvark 2017-10-19 00:00:00
18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver 2018-04-26 00:00:00
18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish 2018-10-18 00:00:00
19.04 Disco Dingo 2019-04-18 00:00:00
19.10 Eoan Ermine 2019-10-17 00:00:00
20.04 LTS Focal Fossa 2020-04-23 00:00:00
20.10 Groovy Gorilla 2020-10-22 00:00:00
21.04 Hirsute Hippo 2021-04-22 00:00:00
21.10 Impish Indri 2021-10-14 00:00:00
22.04 Jammy Jellyfish 2022-04-21 00:00:00
22.10 Kinetic Kudu 2022-10-20 00:00:00
23.04 Lunar Lobster 2023-04-20 00:00:00
23.10 Mantic Minotaur 2023-10-12 00:00:00
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