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Ubuntu Releases 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

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Re: Ubuntu Releases 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

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Post by revorad »

hlfshell wrote: post #77
revorad wrote: post #50

If you have any issues (in addition to the ones already mentioned by others here), please let me know. If you're interested in buying Thinkpads with Linux pre-installed and fully tested, please sign up here - http://giniji.com/ubuntu_laptops.html

Please please please have an ultrabook style book on launch. I'm in the market for one and it seems most have trouble running ubuntu :-/. I need a reliable linux laptop seller, so good luck!

We're not doing our own brand machines (not yet ;-). Are you after any specific ultrabook already on the market? Frankly, we are not keen on any of them and find them quite poorly built for the price. The Macbook Airs are much better.

We're doing the Thinkpads because the keyboards are by far the best and the build very solid. The X1 is the closest to an ultrabook we could offer.

Re: Ubuntu Releases 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

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Post by _ea1k »

babarock wrote: post #65

Has anyone tried to dist-upgrade? Does it work well? Around the time I was a Ubuntu user (around Hardy 8.04), dist-upgrade would usually break your box and was discouraged by Canonical themselves. If I recall correctly.

sudo do-release-upgrade

It's generally better than dist-upgrade anyway.

Re: Ubuntu Releases 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

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Post by CaioAlonso »

babarock wrote: post #65

Has anyone tried to dist-upgrade? Does it work well? Around the time I was a Ubuntu user (around Hardy 8.04), dist-upgrade would usually break your box and was discouraged by Canonical themselves. If I recall correctly.

I heard they did a lot of testing with dist-upgrades from 11.10, 11.04 and even 10.10. But doing a backup wouldn't hurt, right?

Re: Ubuntu Releases 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

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Post by cryptolect »

revorad wrote: post #75
cryptolect wrote: post #67

Ok, I've just tried my 12.04 / Unity laptop with my 22" monitor. The thing is, I have my laptop on the left, and 22" on the right. So I want to set the Unity launcher to the right hand side of my main screen, the 22" display, so that it doesn't get in the way of scrolling to the laptop's screen. Sounds simple right? Switching the launcher from left to right? Wrong. http://askubuntu.com/questions/123552/unity-launcher…

What machine (and config) are you using?

Lenovo X220. Standard Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity. Laptop display configured for left, 22" configured for right. Because I have launcher configured for auto-hide, every time that I scroll across to the left to reach the laptop display, the launcher gets in the way, hence I want it on the right.

I've read some of the other comments below and I've decided to try gnome-classic instead. It's a pity, because I really wanted to fall back in love with Ubuntu. I can't believe they didn't make it configurable to switch which side a bloody launcher is on. Sure, have your defaults, but make them configurable.

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Post by gitarr »

I have been at a clients location with my Ubuntu 12.04 laptop today.

The "IT guy" there and all the other (non IT) office staff asked me what this is and how they could get it. I had to do a full 15 minutes of explanations about Ubuntu. You cannot imagine the looks after I told them it is free.

Re: Ubuntu Releases 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

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Post by morsch »

rbanffy wrote: post #29
morsch wrote: post #11

I usually praise the rich ecosystem of custom packages and (PPA) repositories available for Ubuntu. It means you get the stability and security of a distribution-maintained main repository as well as the up-to-date or even cutting edge nature of developer-maintained repositories. Unfortunately, it's a huge pain in the ass when updating. Packages in PPAs are built with a specific distribution in mind, and distribution…

Isn't this handled automatically? I remember the upgrade disabling things like Google and Virtualbox repos.

Apparently using ppa-purge is only necessary for certain critical PPAs like x-updates. Still, I think the process is fragile even if it's mostly automatic: who's to say the version you end up with after the upgrade is compatible with the one from a PPA you had been using before the upgrade.

Re: Ubuntu Releases 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

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Post by rplnt »

cryptolect wrote: post #67

Ok, I've just tried my 12.04 / Unity laptop with my 22" monitor. The thing is, I have my laptop on the left, and 22" on the right. So I want to set the Unity launcher to the right hand side of my main screen, the 22" display, so that it doesn't get in the way of scrolling to the laptop's screen. Sounds simple right? Switching the launcher from left to right? Wrong. http://askubuntu.com/questions/123552/unity-launcher…

Setting something on gnome (which Unity is based from)? Let's not be naive :)
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