This note is just to confirm that the support period for Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) formally ended on May 1, 2011 and Ubuntu Security Notices no longer includes information or updated packages for Ubuntu 9.10.

Ubuntu announced its 9.10 release almost 18 months ago, on October 29, 2009. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 9.10 will reach end of life on Friday, April 29, 2011. At that [...]

VirtualBox is a proprietary virtualization software package currently being developed by Oracle Corporation. Using VirtualBox, you will be able to install additional guest operating systems, each known as a Guest OS, each with its own virtual environment.

We recently had a bug with Xilinx Software under Ubuntu 9.10: The windows in the SDK did not render correctly. Thanks to this post I found out it has to do with the client-side windows change in GDK, that can be turned off with the environment variable GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1

Dell has announced the release of its proprietary OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 6.3 for Ubuntu 9.10 or later. OMSA is a web browser or command line driven system administration tool for servers.

Thus I highly recommend that you upgrade to the ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix ( karmic koala ) and do a clean install on your netbook ( backup files if you have ). Follow the instructions on the ubuntu site…

In this post you’ll find the exact steps you need to take in order to successfully install Ubuntu Desktop on your computer directly from a bootable CD. Ubuntu is great and it is a great alternative to Microsoft Windows operating systems, because its main feature is that it can be used for free ….more–> More [...]

You could easily install Thunderbird 3.1 in Ubuntu using Ubuntuzilla, but that was only available for 32bit users. A PPA repository is now available which provides the latest Thunderbird 3.1.1 (final, not daily builds) for Ubuntu Lucid – both 32bit and 64bit.

Since Ubuntu 9.10,there’s no “login window” option in System menu to change login window icons,background.To change login appearance in Ubuntu 9.10 and higher version becomes inconvenient.Fortunately,there are two GUI tools I found that could instead to accomplish this task.

We decided to backport the GIMP 2.6.10 from Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat to Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Since this is a stable release, the GIMP 2.6.10 packages are available in the main WebUpd8 PPA.

I was recently asked to install 32bit Gaussian 03 binaries on an Ubuntu 9.10 machine and when I tried to run a test job I got the following error message….

Here we provide Tutorial How to upgrade Ubuntu 9.10 to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Desktop. follow these tutorials below upgrade Ubuntu 9.10 to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Desktop.

After a long time I gave a try at the latest Amarok 2.3.1 in Ubuntu, and I have to say, this is impressive work. Amarok is slowly getting back to its past glory and Amarok 2.3.1 is another huge leap.

According to a posting on the Ubuntu developers mailing list, Ubuntu developers are planning to push the next release of Firefox, 3.6.4, to the current Ubuntu release, Lucid Lynx 10.04, and to older versions such as Hardy (8.04LTS), Jaunty (9.04) and Karmic Koala (9.10). These older versions currently have Firefox 3.0 and xulrunner 1.9 both [...]

Q: I have installed Ubuntu 9.10 alongside Windows XP. While it is all working, I would rather have Windows XP as the default option in the boot menu so I don’t have to manually choose a different option in the menu.

As part of virtualization on Hyper-V, there is the ability to use Para-virtualized drivers instead of using built-in drivers for slower, emulated devices. Para-virtualized drivers are simply device drivers that are written for native virtual devices.

This post is for those wanting to upgrade existing Ubuntu 9.10 openvz templates to Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) which is a LTS release (supported server side for 5 years).

Since version 10.04 was released on April 29, it was once again time to see how well the upgrade went. Here are screenshots of the entire process. (Click the images for larger versions.)

Yesterday the new Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) was released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 9.10 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 10.04.

Upgrading Ubuntu is not a terribly challenging task. It can be, depending up your network speed and machine, time consuming. In most cases a LOT of files have to be upgraded. And, as with ANY upgrade of this nature, you must backup your files.

Today’s release of the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release candidate sets these changes in stone for the release at the end of the month. Is this a good change? Here’s a few screenshots to help you decide.

Recently Inphina ordered Dell Vostros for all the colleagues. Since we have a bias towards Linux, the next logical step was to set up a dual-boot system and get Window$ 7 and Ubuntu co-exist as a dual-boot system.

This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Jeos based server as a spamfilter in Gateway mode. In the end, you will have a SpamSnake Gateway which will relay clean emails to your MTA.

Speed Dreams is is a free, 3d cross-platform, open source motorsport simulation and racing game, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This guide shows how to install it on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop.

AMOS is a suite of genome assembly and editing software. It includes assemblers, validation, visualization, and scaffolding tools. I have been having some issues installing AMOS on Ubuntu 9.10.

Like its predecessor, Portable Ubuntu “Tres” can run from a thumb drive, if you’ve got about 3.7 GB free on a bigger thumb drive. Otherwise, you can unpack the 560 MB package somewhere on your Windows system and run Portable Ubuntu from there.

I just got a dell mini inspiron 10v netbook loaded with an ubuntu 8.04 LTS ( Hardy Heron ) version and I have to say im pretty excited with testing another operating system, aside from windows.

Below are the easy steps to creating and sharing a folder on a Ubuntu 9.10 system to be accessed from a Windows 7 system, on the same network:

Recently I was making a media-box from an Ubuntu 9.10 Server. I had an Ubuntu server machine which I moved into the living room and connected it to a TV set. I installed the Gnome graphic interface so I can surf on the Internet and watch movies. Everything worked as I planned, except the auto-mount [...]

Although it has been out for more than a month, it is still not (and probably never be) available in the official repository for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.