Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

What's new on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala?
1. New GDM Login (Though I hate it because of it's colour)
2. New Default Icons (Pretty cool actually)
3. New Theme (New Wave & Human)
4. Ubuntu One (Online Storage - 2gb free)
5. Mozilla Firefox 3.5
6. Empathy (Supports Voice and Video chat) - You can switch to Pidgin(better looking)
7. Software Center (Replaces Add/Remove)
and more...

What else does Ubuntu 9.10 comes pre-installed with?
1. Open Office - Edit or view your documents, presentations, spreadsheets (Supports Microsoft extensions like .doc, .docx, .ppt and most other extensions)
2. Rhythmbox - Play music, rip cds, share music through DAAP on LAN, sync with Portable Player(iPod, MTP), manage cover arts, update status on Instant Messengers, stream radio online, subscribe to pod casts.
3. Totem Movie Player - It plays movies...duh. Well, it can stream and play videos from YouTube and BBC (which I've never succeeded) - Try Minitube for YouTube.
4. Evince PDF Reader - View PDF
5. F-Spot Photo Manager - Edit, upload your photos to Picasa Web, Flickr or SmugMug, 23 or export to Facebook, create DVD photo slideshow and more with extensions.
6. Gimp - Edit pictures or create animation. Check out Meet the Gimp for more tips.

There are many more software which is downloadable from Synaptic Manager or Ubuntu Software Center. Try Ubuntu Live CD or USB now. (You don't have to install it on your computer, it will just run on your memory/RAM and you can decide later if you would like to install it.)
Checkout 10 things I Like About Ubuntu 9.10 (not by me)
How to make a Ubuntu Live USB?

Multimedia Software

From now on, I'm going to update more about video editing, audio editing and photo or graphic editing on Linux. Some of these software can also be used in Windows. Of course, these software are open source.

The main software that you will need to download would be:



1. Audacity - A simple audio editor. Now with this tool, you can cut your mp3 and create a special ring tone for yourself that no one else would have. You can record, fade in, fade out, increase or decrease the amplitude of the sound and more. Check it out (Linux, Windows and OS X versions available).



2. Gimp - Graphic and photo editor. It's easy to use, looks complicated in thebeginning, but once you get used to it, you wouldn't look back. You can even create your comic with this tool (Linux, Windows and OS X versions available).




3. Cinelerra - a video editor and compositor for Linux. Again, it looks complicated and you will need to learn how to use it. Every beginning is difficult, but it's worth to learn. Of course you can't compare it to Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere Pro / After Effects, Apple's Final Cut Pro / Express. It is not as simple as Windows Movie Maker or Apple's iMovie but it sure has a lot more things that it can do.



4. Kino - a non-linear DV editor. Usually we use this software to capture video to hard disk from DV tapes and to cut the captured video and to convert it to available codecs on Linux.