Ubuntu Karmic Koala on Netbooks; Gkrellm He

Ubuntu Karmic Koala’s about to be released and I was wondering if I should upgrade or stick with Jaunty Jackalope. Phoronix released an article about Ubuntu 9.10 performance on netbooks. It looks like that there is a perceived improvement with the disk-intensive tasks because of the switch to the EXT4 filesystem. Those who are using SSDs on their netbooks might especially want to take advantage of that. For the upcoming release I am actually waiting for the Ubuntu 9.10 Moblin Remix. I am using the Ubuntu UMPC one right now but the Moblin user interface and boot-up times look impressive. As always, though, one of my main concerns is hooking it up to an external LCD or projector. I want to use the extended monitor rather than a clone of my virtual desktop.

Ubuntu Karmic Koala is scheduled to be released on the 29th this month. Just two days before Halloween! So don’t forget that ok? Everyone must be busy preparing for Halloween parties and other such events but before you do that, upgrade your computers first. ; )

Speaking of laptops and netbooks, we need to make sure that our laptops and netbooks are in good shape. After all, these are our tools to make our work easier. (Well, other stuff aside from work too! Like communicating on the go, etc.) If we don’t monitor our little babies we might find them having problems and conking out on us at the most inopportune moments. Gkrellm will save the day and your laptop for you. You will see a stack of information that gives you an idea of how your laptop is like. With Gkrellm you could see if your laptop is too hot and if you might actually have a very dusty laptop. You never know, right? Because all of those dust sometimes gets in and your laptop gets increasingly hot if you never bother to monitor the temperature. Thanks to Rob Reilly and his awesome article on Gkrellm. Now I know and it’s better now that I know about this. I’ve been travelling around with this netbook and goodness knows how much dust there is everywhere.