Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

[tinsami1]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

A for me as far as beta versions goes. Bugs are expected (and encountered and, importantly, reported) and hoped they get fixed when the final/gold version is released. I'm using it in one laptop and testing out the netbook edition as well.

[dtr]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

I gave it a A, as I don't seem to have any more problems with this Beta than I did with the 9.10, In fact besides the a few apps that reportedly crash nearly every time when I login, everything else seems to be working just fine.

[Fintan]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

If I could I would degrade to B- because of this:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3110694.0

[vista killer]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

Beta 2 and the things are much better from beta 1. The system now is more stable and i dont have anymore high cpu usage.
the good:
- very fast, stable, not too much cpu usage

the bad:

-suspend is not working
-not correct plymouth with nvidia driver. It is in low resolution
-akonadi error with mysql and dbus in first login

[Fintan]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

Everything hunky dory here

Except it takes longer to log in than to boot

[hunkirdowne]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

Except it takes longer to log in than to boot

Hmmm.... I suppose there may be a way to increase the boot time. :^)

Seriously though, boot is seriously fast fo sho!

I don't know if it makes a difference, but I'm running this on some pretty old hardware. My gut tells me the difference in the capability of the hardware will make a difference in boot times, but not as much of a difference as it did before and that might be due to 'hal' not being used at boot.

I don't know if that made any sense grammatically much less technically. I'm just waking up and haven't had my second cup of coffee (because the boot is too fast :^).

[Demibeard]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

Hi, first post from a long-ish time lurker.

I have applied the 10.04 update in three scenarios, Acer Aspire One Netbook, format fresh install with Beta 1, no issues what-so-ever, the updates have come thick and fast and is still working without a hitch.

I had kubuntu 9.10 running on my main PC booting from a 120gig USB HDD and a 40gig 'DD' backup copy.

I've just finished upgrading the 120gig to 10.04, had couple of issues (wrong resolution on the updated nVidia driver (what's with the plymouth ugly splash screen?) and a missing KDM theme that dropped me back to a terminal login prompt). Fixed those problems with this really useful forum, thank you all.

The 40gig 'Backup' installed perfectly and is running fine, obviously with the same hardware, quite odd.

I did update the 120gig from the Alternate Install CD and the 40gig from the 'update-notifier-kde -d' method.

As I'm running an x64 setup I had to remove the lib32asound2 file before either update would proceed.

I'm very impressed with Kubuntu, I had been a long time supporter and occasional user of OpenSUSE, but the switch to Kubuntu has been joyous and simple, so much so I haven't used the Redmond OS in over 3 months.

I know this really isn't the place but as a convert from windows, one thing that for me just illustrates how good this Linux/KDE/Kubuntu/K3b thing is was when I popped an Audio CD into the drive. I opened Dolphin and was presented with not only the Audio CD, but with separate folders for CDA, FLAC, Full CD, Information, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and the Wav files.

Now I'm not sure who or what is responsible for this it might even be magic, but that's just fantastic, I just drag and drop the files/folder to my HDD for really easy ripping. I'm just giddy, I don't recall windows doing that for me.

Thank you to all the Linux Gurus who have unwittingly helped me so far.

[kapil]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

lots of praises for LL
i m curious...but will try it after my exams..
can you please put in the approx boot time of LL..

@demibeard: for windoze transitioner it is really welcome change.. completely agree.

[hunkirdowne]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

lots of praises for LL
i m curious...but will try it after my exams..
can you please put in the approx boot time of LL..

@demibeard: for windoze transitioner it is really welcome change.. completely agree.

Less than two minutes from when I pushed the power button and I began typing this reply. A good bit of that time was BIOS boot strapping and I actually had interface in probably right around the 90 second mark. I suppose a more modern system might be a bit quicker. This is circa 2003 vintage.

[Nikos Alexandris]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

Kubuntu Lucid Beta2 64bit feels on an Macbook Pro 5,1 _much_ faster than Karmic and this is really great. However, there are blocker-bugs (stuff related to dbus, policykit, auto-mounting external devices, KPackageKit not working as expected, Network Management seems to be broken).

If those _basic_ stuff will work without tweaking after installation, then Kubuntu Lucid will be impressive.

Regards, Nikos

[vinnywright]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

uped to beta2 last night I gess as thare were 240+ updates and 3 new packages......

the onley glitch I seam to have at this point is if a disk check runs off at boot it will get to about 78-80% and then the screen blanks and stays that way............untill I ctrl>alt>F6 then eather log in/startx/whatever or ctrl>alt>delete to reboot.

@kapil ........grub>login=24.02sec. login>FULLY loaded desktop=42.23sec.

VINNY

[14tjoyce]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

I think it slowed down my boot time a bit on my laptop... But it fixed audio problems and DVD playback so I'll live with the boot time. And other than it randomly logging me off a couple times I've experienced no other bugs! No wait scratch that, when it comes back from hibernate or sleep the login box is just a blank square but I can just type my password and it does unlock the screen. Overall: No complaints!

[ccnjim]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

B+
This is my first post......been lurking a bit. My biggest problem has always been my Nvidia 9800GTX+ drivers. After tonights kernel update my drivers went from installed but not activated to installed and activated. Not having to re-install graphics drivers after kernel updates is AWESOME! My last 2 updates now I haven't had to re-install graphics drivers! + now in hardware drivers it shows them activated.
Here's a picture link:
http://files.myopera.com/ccnjim/albu...%20update.jpeg

Oh yeah, I'm a newbie

[phonnic_p]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

My vote is B as the kernel upgrade and Nvidia issues need resolving.
When I first built my new box (Intel E6500 -Dual core CPU - 4Gb Ram- Asus EN9500GT GPU ) last week I had initially installed Karmic on it and ALL was perfect. I then downloaded the Lucid x64 (beta2) iso and used Unetbootin to make a usb install thumb drive. Lucid installed super fast and flawlessly, jockey installed Nvidia drivers without an hitch. BUT then came kernel 2.6.32-20-generic and stuffed up the Nvidia driver, as always with kernel upgrades. Other than that issue I LOVE LUCID. "Kan't" (lol) wait for the GOLD release....
Gotta go some kind soul has helped refresh my memory on how to reinstall via command line the Nvidia driver! Best wishes to ALL.
Phonic

[Batty]

Re: Kubuntu 10.04 Beta Impressions

I would give it a B, if I could see how to vote!

Just installed today, gone for 64 bit must be time to make the change!

Had a couple of crashes (Npviewer.bin), does not seem to be a big problem though.

I did notice under hardware drivers that both Nvidia drivers were selected but not activated.
I unselected both and reselected the the recommended one.
Everything seems to be working fine.

Kaffeine is allowing me to view TV. (dvb nova-t-500)
Amarok has listed all my music from my server and plays fine.
Kmail is working
I am even getting a Kubuntu logo on blue background instead or Ubuntu on purple when I shut down

Keep up the good work

Dave