Vagrant box for 16.04: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/ubuntu/boxes/xenial64
Does it work for you? For me VirtualBox gets stuck into the 'gurumeditation' state when booting.
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Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
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Re: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
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#115> Online searches in the dash are now disabled by default [1] A welcome and saner default. I'm thinking of moving back to Ubuntu from LinuxMint (I was thinking of Arch as well but not too confident of being on the bleeding edge). [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes
Besides the default online dash searches pre-Xenial, do you mind sharing what other changes are allowing you to consider moving back?
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
#116If somebody needs a Vagrantfile for testing: https://gist.github.com/therealmarv/555f7efc1c55ffa288bca091... but it seems even Ubuntus Server are not speedy today (Atlas server are also slow) (Update) it seems I'm getting an error with it :/ The guest machine entered an invalid state while waiting for it to boot. Valid states are 'starting, running'. The machine is in the 'gurumeditation' state. Please verify everyth…
If you've recently upgraded to VirtualBox 5.0.18 you might try downgrading to 5.0.16 as I had a similar issue earlier this week.
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you happy with battery life? For laptops, I've always stuck with Apple machines but in my experience even Windows uses less power than Linux.
I've been using an XPS 13 for 8 months as my main development machine and battery life hasn't been an issue. I regularly go out for a (e.g. coffee shop) working day and I don't have to charge. There were some issues with earlier Ubuntu/Linux/BIOS versions, but most have disappeared with new releases. The last one is a palm detection issue with the touchpad, but it should to be fixed in 16.04. And if you can't wait, a…
> The last one is a palm detection issue with the touchpad, but it should to be fixed in 16.04. And if you can't wait, at least you can fix things yourself if you want.
I'm not sure if I could fix palm detection. I am certain that I could spend a lot of time trying to fix it and for me, that time would probably be better spent elsewhere.
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
#118They should just stop publishing MD5SUMS for new releases. By now, everybody should have gotten the word that MD5 has been broken. The security of the MD5 has been severely compromised, with its weaknesses having been exploited in the field, most infamously by the Flame malware in 2012. The CMU Software Engineering Institute considers MD5 essentially "cryptographically broken and unsuitable for further use". [1] [1]…
They do provide SHA256SUMS. I guess MD5SUMS are there for legacy purposes. It is on users to stop using MD5SUMS and move to SHA256SUMS
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
#119They should just stop publishing MD5SUMS for new releases. By now, everybody should have gotten the word that MD5 has been broken. The security of the MD5 has been severely compromised, with its weaknesses having been exploited in the field, most infamously by the Flame malware in 2012. The CMU Software Engineering Institute considers MD5 essentially "cryptographically broken and unsuitable for further use". [1] [1]…
I've always wondered this but felt too embarrassed to ask, screw it. Let's say the ubuntu 16 iso is infected with some kind of malware by a 3rd party. If they have control of the file, would they not have control of the checksum displayed on the site? I can understand if the checksum is spread to other sites for cross-reference but I'm having trouble seeing why a checksum from the same location as the file you're downloading is worth anything.
Any insight?
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
Curious what you want to remove in Windows 10. Not an evangelist, just set it up on a dual-boot refurb for a friend and thought the initial experience wasn't bad.
My experience of Windows 10 is limited to having a look at it in local computer shops (I've been trying to find a decent cheap laptop to stick Linux on for a friend). I clicked the Start Menu. Fully half of it was made up of flashing animated crap - things moving about, very colourful adverts, the actual things I wanted to do were obscured by it. I tried a few machines. They did the same thing. Maybe it's a manufactu…
You can right-click on the Windows 10 flashing animated crap and remove it from the start menu.
> I don't understand how the engineers at Microsoft got to this point.
It was likely the marketeers driving the engineers.