Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS: Noble Numbat

Post by hnarn » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 7:51 AM UTC

queuebert wrote: post #62

SoftTalker wrote: post #39

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I was about to comment that even the 5-year standard support of LTS releases seems to end before I'm ready, but I looked at the release cycle page and 24.04 is posted with a 10 year (ending Apr 2034) standard support lifetime. Is that a typo or did they put the "pro" (paid) support end date in the wrong column? https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

That's with ESM, which is only free for up to 5 machines, IIRC.

Post by zaikunzhang » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 10:47 AM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #109

zaikunzhang wrote: post #47

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Not really. But I have introduced (enforced ...) deepin [1] to my wife, who is definitely not a "computer person". She essentially uses only WPS, WeChat, and Chrome. She did complain a few times in the beginning, requesting me to "get her Windows back", but I resisted and the complaints somehow stopped after the first month. This may be a sign that the system is not toooo difficult to use, and that I am an extremely…

What is WPS?

Post by a1o » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 1:13 PM UTC

thegrim33 wrote: post #23

a1o wrote: post #14

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From what I understand a significant amount is Nvidia drivers and Nvidia stuff.

It comes with Nouveau, but drivers and sofware from Nvidia is only installed manually after the fact.