Ubuntu 9.10 with codename “Karmic Koala” have been released few days ago..

Yes, it is a free Desktop O/S that can be downloaded from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download or can also request for Free CD to be shipped to your house. [Free CD shipping might have discontinued.]

It is not that large. about 690Mb.

[namran@nb-namran iso]$ ll -h ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 690M Oct 31 20:51 ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso

as usual let’s see some screenshot..

Boot menu from live cd :

ubuntu-9.10-boot-screen
while booting up…

ubuntu-9.10-booting-up

nice splash image :

ubuntu-9.10-up

and the shiny new Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop :
ubuntu_9.10_desktop



A peek to “Applications-> Internet” list… :

ubuntu-9.10-applications-internet

Empathy Messenger and File Browser :

ubuntu-9.10-file-browser-empathy

Firefox :
ubuntu-9.10-firefox

Gparted for partition editor purpose.. really glad it come together by default : )

ubuntu-9.10-gparted

And of course the favourite … “Terminal” :

ubuntu-9.10-terminal

p/s : .. not much playing with it this time.. might be later …
oh well.. this post can be edited at any time .. :)