[NTLUG:Discuss] Ubuntu Lucid (was: OT but I suspect some of you know the answer)

[Robert Pearson]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Ralph Green <sfreader at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 17:25 -0400, Robert Citek wrote:
>> My recommendation is to try Lucid and get familiar with how it does a
>> few things differently, e.g. grub, window buttons on the left,
>> yada-yada-yada.  Once you can accept the changes or know how to work
>> around them, then do the upgrade.
>>
> Howdy,
>  I also recommend people try Lucid.  The 10.04 release candidate came
> out tonight.  Don't use this in production, but try it out, if Ubuntu is
> your style.  This has been a very smooth release cycle.  The button
> placement change is strange, but easily fixed.  grub2 was introduced in
> 9.10, so it really is not new.  I encountered my first real problem
> earlier today.  There are some problems with java and and they affect
> you if you are doing something like android development with eclipse.  I
> expect them to get worked out reasonably soon.  Reading bug reports in
> Launchpad was kind of funny.  There were people complaining that the
> product could not be released in this state, i.e. without a fully
> working Sun Java.  They needed it for production and seemed to not
> understand that 10.04 is not ready for production yet.
>  The thing I notice most is how much faster it boots and shuts down.
> There are a number of other little refinements.  What do others here
> think about it?
> Good night,
> Ralph
>


The next big Ubuntu LTS is upon me.
In preparation for that I upgraded my Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10 on 2
machines. Absolutely painless.
Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04 will be an upgrade in the Update Manager which I
think is great because it preserves all my personalizations.

Then the fun started.
To upgrade my Linux Mint 7 Gloria to Ubuntu 9.10 I had to do fresh
installs on 2 machines.
I have been up for most of the last two days or recharging my
batteries while asleep in my chair. Nothing preserved, I lost
everything.
Got it done though. Love it.
Linux Mint was OK but too stable for me. It is for people moving from
Windows who are terrified of Ubuntu.
It is Ubuntu... just more well behaved which means it is nothing like Windows.

Now I am reaping the benefits of a leap forward in productivity.
Ubuntu 9.10 is a big improvement over 9.04 and an enormous leap
forward from 8.04.
As the iPad has shown, computing is finally focusing on the User
Experience (UX) and not the technology (hardware+basic software).
Looking forward to the mysteries of Eucalyptus and VirtualBox OSE...
a cloud in my home.