Lucid Lynx Is Here And Ive 10 MUST Have Application's For You To Install
I've been watching this release closely to see the comments, so far nothing bad being said really, I think I may give this a run out on one of my machines. Theres a lot of talk about 10.04 being business orientated which interests me.
If Linux's threat that so many business have M$ OS's on that there's a real threat from terrorism by creating a virus that can bring the world to a stand still rather than with a bomb everyone needs to install this as a matter of national security
If Linux's threat that so many business have M$ OS's on that there's a real threat from terrorism by creating a virus that can bring the world to a stand still rather than with a bomb everyone needs to install this as a matter of national security
Ive been using windows seven but i wanted to try this, I installed Karmic Koala Then upgraded that to lucid lynx, It took me all afternoon but it was worth it, Everythings running fine and im hooked on it 
Its starting to grow on me 
I've put Karmic Koala on four of my machines and so far havn't got a bad word to say as long as you just use whats already there or in the repos. I still haven't solved some wireless issues and the new kernel from an update I just did didn't like another of my machines(just went back to old kernel)
But yes other than that really impressed so far with what Ubuntu has to offer. One thing that impresses me is that out of the box 99% of is installed and ready to use and considering the diversity of machine thats impressive in itself.
I'm only new to Linux but I think I'll get on 10.04 right from the off on a machine thats not in a working environment and learn with everybody else as it develops.
I've put Karmic Koala on four of my machines and so far havn't got a bad word to say as long as you just use whats already there or in the repos. I still haven't solved some wireless issues and the new kernel from an update I just did didn't like another of my machines(just went back to old kernel)But yes other than that really impressed so far with what Ubuntu has to offer. One thing that impresses me is that out of the box 99% of is installed and ready to use and considering the diversity of machine thats impressive in itself.
I'm only new to Linux but I think I'll get on 10.04 right from the off on a machine thats not in a working environment and learn with everybody else as it develops.
@Average You might be interested to know that I did an upgrade via wireless from 9.10 to 10.04.
It spent hours downloading about 1.6GBytes, then as part of the upgrade process, told me that my network applet couldn't function any more and deleted it
However, it installed a (better) replacement, asked for my WPA key again and everything is running nicely.
You might be interested to know that I did an upgrade via wireless from 9.10 to 10.04.It spent hours downloading about 1.6GBytes, then as part of the upgrade process, told me that my network applet couldn't function any more and deleted it
However, it installed a (better) replacement, asked for my WPA key again and everything is running nicely.
Iwill definitely be going wired my wireless is still ropey, Im tempted to try it on the laptop so if the problem still persists at least ill solve it with something ill be using for a while. I take it though this release candidate will just be getting updated and i wont have to do another install on final release ? Fox m8 nightmare welcome to my worlld 
This is the live production release version (not a candidate) - LTS (ie a very stable release, next LTS not due until April 2012).
Having said that, all new releases tend to get a higher number of patches etc
Having said that, all new releases tend to get a higher number of patches etc
If you wait 6 months then you are a release behind
It's the Meerkat Release Next In october, As a newbie myself to ubuntu what put me off was the releases every sixth month so in theory this is my 1st LTS with ubuntu and im staying put with it, Liking it very much
Quote from: Hairy If you wait 6 months then you are a release behind
Correct
Quote from: Steve As a newbie myself to ubuntu what put me off was the releases every sixth month
The need to upgrade every 6 months is probably driven from a M$ POV. If you are happy with your current release then there is nothing to stop you keeping it for the next 18months (the length of time security updates will be available for it). Or 3 years if you go with a LTS version. A lot of people stay with LTS versions because of this. Others like the "churn" of upgrades every 6 months (myself included) If you want to be really up-to date then try Debian's SID release, it is constantly upgraded
Open Source Software is very fluid in updates, the GUI (Window Manager) is usually updated every 6 months and so newer "features" are included in the new version, but mostly they are not a cause to upgrade just to get a new widget
There is nothing wrong or bad about running an older release, it maybe that your hardware will not run the latest version and so you stay with an older one, like when Ubuntu 9.04 changed the X manager and it broke a lot of installations. As long as you can get security updates and you are happy why upgrade? The old axiom of don't fix it if it ain't broke comes to mind.
Take me, I am not a newbie at this, so I thought I would install FF 3.6 from the stable PPA. It installed then promptly fell over! So I just removed the PPA and re-installed 3.59! I can wait another month till Mint 9 is released to get it
Quote @Average Smiley You might be interested to know that I did an upgrade via wireless from 9.10 to 10.04.
It spent hours downloading about 1.6GBytes
Out of curiosity I have started downloading the desktop i386 torrent from here http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors because last time the download was corrupt from Ubuntu, torrents MD5 it when finished just wondering why the 1.6GB? The version I'm currently dloading is only 700mb
am I on the right version?I thought it would help take the pressure off the servers if I helped to seed aswell.