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How to install and use KVPNC in Ubuntu

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Posted 20 Nov 2009 — by Arun
Category Ubuntu

If you don’t want to undergo the manual installation and configuration of Cisco VPN or VPNC as described here, then there is a good GUI solution in the form of KVPNC. It’s primarily developed for KDE, but it works well with Ubuntu. This guide is based on Ubuntu 9.10. You do need to download the pcf file (Profile file) from your employer. Open Synaptic package manager from System – Administration – Synaptic Package manager and query for VPNC. Select VPNC and KVPNC, mark them for installation and click the Apply button. Once installed, go to Applications – Internet and click on KVPNC. If you don’t see it there, log out and log back in.

Once you start KVPNC, it will ask you to setup the new profile. If not, click on New Profile (Wizard) icon in the KVPNC windows (shown below)

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Click Next

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Select Cisco (proprietary) if you are using the enterprise connection or select the one that’s appropriate to you. I select Cisco (proprietary). Click Next.

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Select import PCF file. Make sure  you have downloaded the PCF file. Click Next.

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Click the small disk icon, go to the directory where you downloaded the file and select it. If it’s not showing any directory under your home directory, then click on File System on the left, then select home, then your username directory and you should be able to see other directories under your home directory. Click Next once you select the pcf file.

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It’ll ask f0r username and password. Enter the username and password you use to login to VPN or your network. There is an option to save the password if you want. I left the NT domain name for authentication blank. Click Next.

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Leave the defaults. Click Next.

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Check the box Connect after creating new profile. Click Next.

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Click Finish.

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it will now ask you to enter the group password. If it doesn’t connect to the profile automatically, then select the profile from the drop down list under Profile: option and click connect. To get the group password, open a text editor (Application – Accessories – Text Editor). Using the text editor, open the pcf file you downloaded. In the pcf file, you will see a line with the name group password and a list of long characters. Copy the characters after the word group password, go to this link and paste it. Click the button Decode and it’ll decode and give you the group password. Enter that group password in the KVPNC screen. Make sure your network password is still there below the group password, under password row. Click OK. It should connect and you’ll see a small icon in the taskbar at the top right corner, next to the Logout button.

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10 minutes experience with Kubuntu 9.10

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Posted 30 Oct 2009 — by Arun
Category Ubuntu

I wanted to give Kubuntu a try in my laptop after I gave it a try and was dissatisfied and removed it when Kubuntu 9.04 was released. There were lots of bugs and for a laptop, using the widget for wireless connection was a pain. I have written about it in my blog post here. KDE underwent a lot of bug fixes and new features since then, so I thought I would download and give it a try. I downloaded Kubuntu 9.10 yesterday and installed it my laptop.

The installation was fine though I got some errors when the Live CD booted and shutdown. The new installer looked promising, but it needs some fine tuning. My laptop’s default resolution is 1680*1050 and the installer was using a lower resolution. This resulted in installer text/options etc. overlapping in some cases. One example is, when you create a username and password,  you’ll see 3 or 4 options at the bottom on how you want to login. The 3rd option which encrypts your home directory wasn’t clear.

Once installed, the boot process was very fast. It’s faster than Ubuntu/Kubuntu 9.04. The old network manager is back and auto starts, so that’s good. Though I could click the network manager icon and select create a network and select the wireless network I want, I think it’s not as user friendly as Ubuntu. It would be nice if it could give you the available networks directly rather than going through a set of clicks.

Plasma got lots of widgets including some for social networking like Twitter, Facebook etc. It has more widgets now than the screen allows. It’s getting much better. The other thing I like in KDE is the ease of installing and changing themes and wallpapers. You can just right click the desktop, select desktop settings and you will see an option there to get new themes and wallpapers.

Konqueror is getting better, but I don’t feel comfortable with it as much as Firefox. Kubuntu prompted me to install additional plugins for Konqueror to play video and other stuff, which is good. I thought I would give Arora a try since it was the default browser in the alpha stages of Kubuntu 9.10 before they went back to Konqueror. Arora starts pretty fast, but I’m not sure if it loads pages faster than Firefox or not. It also lacks the amount of extensions that Firefox offers including security related ones. For Firefox fans, there is an option in the internet menu that will install Firefox if you need.

I used it only for 10 minutes and it impressed me. I would like to use it little more and see if I’m comfortable continuing it. I believe KDE team and Kubuntu team are making a good progress compared to the amount of support they get.

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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released

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Posted 29 Oct 2009 — by Arun
Category Ubuntu

Ubuntu team has released their next iteration of Ubuntu OS, Ubuntu 9.10, code named Karmic Koala. I have already covered extensively the new features in Ubuntu 9.10 during the alpha, beta and RC cycles. Here is a short list of new features in Ubuntu 9.10.

  • Empathy has replaced Pidgin as the default instant messaging client, introducing the Telepathy framework.
  • Ubuntu includes Mozilla Firefox 3.5 for browsing
  • Faster boot with Upstart
  • Ubuntu 9.10 includes the Ubuntu Software Center. It’s supposed to be a replacement for multiple software installation options currently available in Ubuntu.
  • Includes the latest GNOME 2.28 desktop.
  • Ext4 and GRUB 2 by default for new installations.
  • Improvements to AppArmor and Uncomplicated Firewall.
  • The gdm 2.27.91 login manager is a complete rewrite compared to the version in earlier Ubuntu releases.
  • Ubuntu 9.10 includes alpha images for the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon’s EC2.
  • Underlying technology for power management, laptop Hotkeys, and handling storage devices and cameras maps was moved from “hal” (which is going to be deprecated soon) to “DeviceKit-power”, “DeviceKit-disks” and “udev”.
  • Karmic uses GCC-4.4 as the default compiler.
  • Ubuntu One gives 2 GB of online storage to sync and backup your files.
  • Evince, the GNOME document viewer, now ships with an enforcing AppArmor profile. This greatly increases security by protecting you against flaws in the historically problematic PDF and image libraries.
  • Ubuntu 9.10 includes the 2.6.31-14.48 kernel based on 2.6.31.1.
  • The Intel video driver has switched from the “EXA” acceleration method to the new “UXA”, solving major performance problems of Ubuntu 9.04.

For known issues with Ubuntu 9.10, click here. You can download Ubuntu from here.

Kubuntu team has released Kubuntu 9.10. Here are the new features in Kubuntu 9.10:

  • KDE 4.3
  • Kubuntu Netbook Edition for 9.10 is optimised for netbook systems.
  • This release has an emphasis on connecting you to your online social networks.
  • OpenOffice KDE integration
  • KDE & Gnome desktop now share an official FreeDesktop standard for desktop notifications. The notification bubbles generated by KDE or Gnome applications now appear natively on the other desktop.
  • New installer
  • Amarok 2.2
  • Kubuntu 9.10 includes the latest release of KPackageKit.
  • K3b, the popular CD and DVD burning application has now been ported to KDE 4.
  • User management tool from the KDE 3 days has been resurrected for Kubuntu 9.10.
  • The Network Manager applet offers a more robust networking experience than it did in Kubuntu 9.04.
  • GTK+ integration
  • Installing this popular web browser will be a piece of cake in Kubuntu 9.10.
  • For those who prefer the old KDE 3 desktop a Kubuntu KDE 3 Remix is available.

Here are the known issues in Kubuntu:

  • The KPackageKit package manager used in Kubuntu 9.10 does not notify users if the packages they are installing come from repositories that are not secured with PGP. Users that wish to be informed of any packages installed from unsigned sources should use the apt-get command line tool as a workaround. (Launchpad bug)
  • KNetworkManager cannot connect to a wireless network with a hidden SSID. Install network-manager-gnome via a wired connection as a workaround. (Launchpad bug)
  • The “Hardware Drivers” package in Kubuntu (jockey-kde) requires a local package cache to function properly. Immediately after a new installation, this might not exist. If running jockey-kde after installing Kubuntu, first ensure there is a local package cache by running KPackageKit (K-Menu -> System Settings -> Add and Remove Software) and clicking on software updates or in a Konsole shell doing “sudo apt-get update” before running jockey-kde. (Launchpad bug)
  • For Kubuntu Netbook Edition, users who wish to run Wubi from a USB disk that has persistent storage enabled will need to run it with the –force-wubi option from the Windows command line. (Launchpad bug)
  • When using the OEM installation option on Kubuntu Netbook Edition, no “prepare for shipping” icon is placed on the desktop. Users who are doing OEM installations with Kubuntu Netbook Edition can access this feature under by choosing System->Prepare for shipping … from the main bar. (Launchpad Bug)

You can download Kubuntu from here.

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Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate available

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Posted 22 Oct 2009 — by Arun
Category General

Ubuntu has released the release candidate of Ubuntu 9.10, a week before the final release. You can download it from here. Here are the known issues in Ubuntu 9.10. Please go through this if you are planning to upgrade or install before the final release.

  • When creating LUKS encrypted partitions, some earlier versions of cryptsetup did not wipe out any pre-existing filesystem metadata on the partition. The current version of blkid used in the Ubuntu 9.10 RC will refuse to export a UUID for a partition containing more than one type of metadata signature. This means that encrypted disks may fail to be decrypted at boot time, possibly preventing the system from booting at all. Users of LUKS system-level disk encryption are advised to wait until the Ubuntu 9.10 final release before upgrading.
  • Empathy’s MSN messaging support is provided by telepathy-butterfly, the version included in karmic advertises it supports Audio/Video chat however for stability reasons it has been disabled in Karmic. If you wish to test MSN AV support in Empathy, please install telepathy-butterfly from https://edge.launchpad.net/~telepathy/+archive/ppa and report bugs.
  • Installing on Marvell Dove boards requires a network connection. This will be fixed immediately after RC.
  • The default partitioning recipe in the installer will in some cases allocate a swap partition that is smaller than the physical memory in the system. This will prevent the use of hibernation (suspend-to-disk) because the system image will not fit in the swap partition. If you intend to use hibernation with your system, you should ensure that the swap partition’s size is at least as large as the system’s physical RAM.
  • After installation from the Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate, other installed operating systems are not correctly displayed in the boot menu. To correct this, users should run sudo update-grub from the commandline after rebooting to their installed Ubuntu system.
  • Ubuntu 9.10 enables the CRDA wireless regulatory framework for controlling which wireless channels are usable and visible in a particular location. If you previously had to use the module option similar to that below in /etc/modprobe.d/options to allow access to certain channels in your locality then you may find that wireless will not function at all: * options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=EU You should remove this kernel module option on upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 and use the iw reg command instead.
  • A bug in the apt package included in the Ubuntu 9.10 Beta prevents automatic notification of available package updates. Users who have installed or upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 prior to the Release Candidate should ensure that updates are being made available by running update-manager manually, clicking Check, and installing the presented updates.
  • The wacom driver in Ubuntu 9.10 supports automatic configuration, but it conflicts with manual device entries for wacom tablets in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, causing the X server to crash either on startup or shutdown. Please comment out or remove the entries from xorg.conf to get rid of the crashes.
  • In Ubuntu 9.10 MySQL 5.1 has been promoted as the default MySQL server. MySQL 5.0 is still available from the universe repository though. Performing an upgrade via update-manager will correctly handle the transition from MySQL 5.0 to MySQL 5.1. However using a dist-upgrade will not: mysql-server-5.0 will be upgraded instead of being replaced by mysql-server-5.1. If MySQL 5.0 needs to be kept the mysql-server and mysql-client packages should be removed before the upgrade is started.
  • If MySQL has been setup to use the MySQL Cluster engine (NDB engine) upgrade to MySQL 5.1 will not work since the mysql-dfsg-5.1 packages don’t support MySQL Cluster. Instead mysql-server and mysql-client should be removed before upgrade and mysql-server-5.0 should be kept. update-manager will automatically take care of this situation. Note that MySQL 5.0 is in universe and thus won’t have have the same maintenance coverage as MySQL 5.1 (which is in main).
  • The avahi-daemon package, which implements the mDNS “zeroconf” standard, includes a check to avoid running when a conflicting .local DNS domain is present. It is reported that some ISPs advertise such a .local domain on their networks, which will leave Ubuntu 9.10 hosts unable to see names advertised on the local network
  • The kpackagekit package manager used in Kubuntu 9.10 does not notify users if the packages they are installing come from repositories that are not secured with PGP. Users who have unsigned package repositories in their /etc/apt/sources.list configuration and wish to be informed of any packages installed from these sources should use the apt-get commandline tool as a workaround.
  • The upstart init system in Ubuntu 9.10 fails to work on the sparc architecture due to an undiagnosed SIGBUS error. Users of Ubuntu on sparc are advised to remain on Ubuntu 9.04 instead of upgrading to 9.10.

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Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 released

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Posted 18 Sep 2009 — by Arun
Category Ubuntu

Ubuntu team has released their 6th alpha version of Ubuntu 9.10 code named Karmic Koala. This alpha brings in some new changes since alpha 5 release. There are some serious bugs exist in alpha 6, so if you are planning to install alph6, read the known issues part in this post. Here are the changes/improvements in alpha 6:

  • As part of boot performance work, Ubuntu has now transitioned to Upstart.
  • Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 6 includes the Ubuntu Software Store. It’s supposed to be a replacement for multiple software installation options currently available in Ubuntu. It is temporarily located under System, with a plan to replace Add\Remove in the Beta release.
  • Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 6 includes the latest GNOME 2.27.91 development release.
  • Alpha 6 includes the 2.6.31-9.29 kernel based on 2.6.31-rc8.
  • As stated previously, ext4 and GRUB 2 are default for new installations.
  • A lot of work went into AppArmor for Karmic. The parser has been improved to use cache files, greatly speeding up AppArmor initialisation on boot. AppArmor also now supports ‘pux’ which, when specified, means a process can transition to an existing profile if one exists or simply run unconfined if one does not. Improved support for globbing has also been added, most notably when using wildcard matching for the binary of a profile. Significantly, the AppArmor patch for Ubuntu has been heavily reworked.
  • In addition to the above changes to AppArmor itself, several profiles were added. Enforcing profiles for ntpd, the GNOME document viewer (evince), and libvirt are enabled by default.
  • Libvirt now contains AppArmor integration when using KVM or QEMU.
  • The Uncomplicated Firewall now has support for filtering by interface and egress filtering when using the ufw command.

Here are the known issues in alpha 6:

  • When installing Ubuntu from Alpha 6 in a dual-boot configuration with another operating system, such as Windows Vista, the grub2 configuration will not present an option to boot to the other OS. Investigation of this issue is ongoing.
  • Installing a UEC cluster controller under Ubuntu Server will hang on reboot due to a bug in the eucalyptus init scripts.
  • Installation of a eucalyptus node will not properly configure the bridge network setup in Alpha 6.
  • The OEM installer end-user setup will fail to start in Alpha 6.
  • Installing using Wubi will run to completion, but after reboot the newly-installed system will fail to boot with the error message “Could not find a bootloader configuration”.
  • In some configurations, users will be unable to use the auto-resize option due to a timestamp problem during ext3/4 filesystem check.
  • Some users with Intel video chipsets will experience a black screen on reboot after install because the fbcon module is not being loaded.
  • Encrypted partitions other than the root filesystem will not be mounted in Alpha 6 due to a bug in the cryptsetup package.

You can download Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 6 from here.

Kubuntu team has also released their 6th alpha of Kubuntu 9.10. Alpha 6 includes lots of bug fixing and improvements including the ones below.

  • Netbook edition is taking shape with continued improvements in the Plasma Netbook shell.
  • UserConfig 0.9 – user management tool from the KDE3 days has been resurrected for Kubuntu 9.10.
  • The NetworkManager applet offers a more robust networking experience than it did in Kubuntu 9.04.
  • OpenOffice 3.1.1 introduces KDE integration. This means that all OpenOffice applications will look at home with the default “Oxygen” KDE theme and use the KDE file dialog for opening and saving documents.

You can download Kubuntu 9.10 alpha 6 here.


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Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 5 released

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Posted 04 Sep 2009 — by Arun
Category Announcement, Ubuntu

Ubuntu team has released the 5th alpha version of Ubuntu 9.10 code named Karmic Koala. Alpha 5 includes the following changes:

  • Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 5 includes the latest GNOME 2.27.91 development release.
  • Empathy has replaced Pidgin as the default instant messaging client.
  • The gdm 2.27.91 login manager is a complete rewrite compared to the version in earlier Ubuntu releases.
  • Alpha 5 includes alpha images for the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon’s EC2.
  • Alpha 5 includes the 2.6.31-9.29 kernel based on 2.6.31-rc8.

You can download Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 5 from here.

Here are the list of known issue with alpha 5. Read this before you install or upgrade:

  • Users in some timezones will find that their filesystems must be checked (fsck) immediately after install due to a bug in the installer’s clock handling. Investigation of this issue is ongoing, and Ubuntu expects it will be resolved in Alpha 6.
  • When using the OEM installation option, the desktop fails to come up after reboot for some users. Investigation of this issue is ongoing.
  • The OEM installer is reported to not correctly set up the end user account in Alpha 5. Investigation of this issue is ongoing.
  • Due to a bug in the python-boto package, when running ec2-run-instances to launch an EC2 instance you must pass an additional --user-data x option to the command. This bug will be fixed for Alpha 6.
  • The virtual kernel image has been built without virtio drivers, so installing using the “minimal virtual” option from the Ubuntu Server Alpha 5 will result in an unusable system after reboot. This problem also affects users of the linux-image-virtual kernel package who have installed from earlier alphas. Users are advised to wait until Alpha 6 before installing or upgrading.
  • Installation of an LTSP server using the alternate CD in Alpha 5 will be incomplete because some recommended packages are not installed. This bug will be resolved for Alpha 6. As a workaround, users can install the pulseaudio-esound-compat and dhcp3-server packages after installation.

Kubuntu team has released Kubuntu 9.10 Alpha 5. Here are the changes in Kubuntu 9.10 alpha 5:

  • KDE 4.3.1
  • Updates to netbook edition
  • It has been decided that the default web browser to be shipped with Kubuntu 9.10 will continue to be Konqueror. It was decided that it’s superior integration with KDE was worth more than the hassle of switching default web browsers a lot. However, Arora 0.8 will still be shipped on the DVD for those who want to Arora for it’s superior performance with social web applications such as Facebook.
  • A new message indicator has been added which currently has a plugins for Konversation, Quassel, Kopete and Kontact.

You can download Kubuntu 9.10 alpha 5 from here.

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Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 4 released

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Posted 14 Aug 2009 — by Arun
Category Announcement, Ubuntu

Ubuntu team has released the 4th alpha version of Ubuntu 9.10 code named Karmic Koala. Other than getting updates for features introduced in alpha 3, alpha 4 has the following new additions.

  • Alpha 4 brings with it the first Karmic alpha images for the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon’s EC2. You can try out the latest Karmic server alpha instantly on EC2 using a preconfigured AMI, or download an image and put it into your own cloud with UEC. For information on using Ubuntu UEC on Amazon EC2, see the EC2 Starter’s Guide.
  • Alpha 4 includes the 2.6.31-5.24 kernel based on 2.6.31-rc5.
  • The iSCSI installation process has been improved, and no longer requires iscsi=true as a boot parameter; the installer will offer you the option of logging into iSCSI targets if there are no local disks, or you can select “Configure iSCSI” in the manual partitioner.
  • Putting the root filesystem on iSCSI is now supported.

You can download alpha 4 from here.

Kubuntu team has released the 4th alpha of Kubuntu 9.10. Kubuntu 9.10 alpha 4 brings the following new additions:

  • Netbook edition is taking shape with the addition of the Plasma Netbook shell. usb-creator is currently undergoing changes.
  • A new message indicator has been added which currently has a plugin for Konversation.
  • A new installer called Bling is used for Kubuntu 9.10 installation.
  • K3b 1.66.0 alpha 2
  • QtCurve 0.65.2 brings a refinement of the Oxygen-like widget style so that your GNOME apps will look more at home in KDE.

You can download Kubuntu 9.10 alpha 4 from here.

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Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 relased

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Posted 23 Jul 2009 — by Arun
Category Ubuntu

Ubuntu team has released the 3rd alpha of next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, code named Karmic Koala. Kubunt 9.10 alpha 3 is also out. I found few interesting features in both Ubuntu and Kubuntu that might appeal to end users.

The first one is Empathy replacing Pigdin. This enables users to do text, voice and video chats with Google Talk users, MSN, Facebook and Yahoo users.

The second one is making Ubuntu One ships by default in all systems. I have Ubuntu One account and it’s does it job, but it’s still buggy.

Third is, webcam moving to udev. I thought it happened already since webcam worked fine until Ubuntu 8.10 came out. Ubuntu recognized the webcams fine in Ubuntu 8.04 and the picture qualities were good, but starting Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu shows the webcam with general device name than the actual webcam name and the video qualities are extremely bad.

Kubuntu is getting KDE 4.3, which includes more bug fixes and new features. I think it would be better than Kubuntu 9.04.

Kubuntu has released a new netbook version. There are still few bugs to sort out, but it’s a good start.

Kubuntu is removing Konqueror as default browser and  Arora as the default. The reason being, Konqueror is not compatible with many websites. I agree with that though many KDE fans won’t like that. Konqueror is quite powerful, but it’s not simple enough for normal users. Users should have an easy to use browser like Firefox. Though they can install Firefox in Kubuntu, I believe the default browser should be user friendly. I hope Arora is user friendly and can run all plugins and websites.

Kubuntu is bringing more social network features using KDE widgets and Kopete, which is good.

Now, lets move on to the changelog. Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Alpha 3 includes:

  • Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 3 includes the latest GNOME 2.27.4 development release.
  • Empathy has replaced Pidgin as the default instant messaging client, introducing the Telepathy framework.
  • The gdm 2.27.4 login manager is a complete rewrite compared to the version in earlier Ubuntu releases.
  • Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 3 ships the https://ubuntuone.com/ file sharing service by default, providing tightly integrated file synchronization of your computer with other computers and the Ubuntu One network storage service.
  • Alpha 3 includes the 2.6.31-3.19 kernel based on 2.6.31-rc3. The kernel ships with Kernel Mode Setting enabled for Intel graphics (see below). linux-restricted-modules is deprecated in favour of DKMS packages.
  • Karmic Alpha 3’s underlying technology for power management, laptop Hotkeys, and handling storage devices and cameras maps was moved from “hal” (which is going to be deprecated soon) to “DeviceKit-power”, “DeviceKit-disks” and “udev”.
  • Karmic uses GCC-4.4 as the default compiler.
  • The new “ext4″ filesystem is used by default for new installations of Karmic; of course, other filesystems are still available via the manual partitioner. Existing filesystems will not be upgraded.
  • GRUB 2 is the default boot loader for new installations of Karmic, replacing the previous GRUB “Legacy” boot loader. Existing systems will not be upgraded to GRUB 2 at this time.

Here are the known issues in Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 3:

  • The GNOME login manager (gdm) does not yet have a graphical configuration tool.
  • If you install Karmic Alpha 3 alongside Windows, the grub boot menu may not offer to start Windows.
  • If you have internal hard disk partitions aside from Ubuntu itself, GNOME will attempt to automatically mount them at startup and ask for your password. Just cancel the dialog, unless you actually want to work with them.
  • The GNOME desktop displays two mixer applets on the amd64 desktop CD and alternate installs.
  • Building LTSP client chroots currently fails.
  • The Ubuntu Netbook Launcher crashes on shutdown.

You can download Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 from here.

Kubuntu team has also released the 3rd alpha of Kubuntu 9.10. Here are the features in Kubuntu 9.10 alpha 3:

  • KDE 4.3 RC
  • Kubuntu 9.10 includes a netbook version of Kubuntu 9.10, suitable to install on light weight hardware like Netbooks.
  • Kubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 will include Arora, a lightweight and fast webkit-based web browser. Konqueror is not compatible with many popular websites, so Kubuntu team is  considering arora as our default browser in order to try to provide one that more of our users will find satisfactory. Konqueror is still installed, but in Alpha 3, arora is set as the default.
  • Amarok 2.1.1
  • Kubuntu 9.10 will include the latest release of KPackageKit. New in 0.4.1.1 are new notifications, sweet animations, a history feature, usability fixes and a more robust overall experience with less bugs.
  • K3b 1.66.0
  • New social features that include Plasma widget as part of the default desktop experience for all of your identi.ca and Twitter needs, The openDesktop Plasma widget as part of the default desktop experience and  Facebook Kopete plugin so that you can chat with your Facebook contacts from the comfort of the default chat client.
  • QtCurve 0.65.1.
  • Kubuntu 9.10 offers further control over the look of your GNOME apps in KDE using kcm-gtk 0.5.

Here are the known issues in Kubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3:

  • If you install Karmic Alpha 3 alongside Windows, the grub boot menu may not offer to start Windows.
  • The Kubuntu Netbook Edition is missing the “install” icon on the desktop. You can start the installation from the menu.
  • The Kubuntu Netbook Edition image does not install under Windows (with wubi).

You can download Kubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 here.

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