"Avoid the pain of Windows 8"
Before you get all bothered by this, go and read Bug #1: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1
Ubuntu 12.10 Now Available
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Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Now Available
#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
This a common myth. I'm going to assume that you don't tinker with your machines often. Whenever I do a fresh install of Windows, I go on a wild goose chase for drivers. The current Linux kernel supports more devices than any single Windows release. Linux also supports more legacy devices than Windows Vista or Windows 7 and supports numerous architectures not supported at all by Windows. In the case when there's no s…
12.04 on Dell E6530. Display drivers don't work properly (you need to turn Optimus off in the BIOS). Logitech wireless mouse didn't work properly. Multimon support is lacking. 64 bit version is unworkable, 32 bit requires a lot of tweaking. I spent a whole day installing 64 bit, installing 32 bit, different drivers, trying Bumblebee (doesn't work). At some point an update came that fixed the mouse issues (this was 3…
A friend of mine had an external WD drive that I could not get to work Under Windows 7. It worked under Linux, but not windows.
I finally found out that there was an incorrect drive letter allocation (stuffed if I know why). We frigged around trying to allocate a drive letter through admin settings. We finally got it to work, but it wouldn't recognise the file system. We reformatted it and it worked fine.
Then there was the time the keyboard wouldn't work under Windows 7. It appeared and disappeared. It also worked under Ubuntu.
The point is that your mileage will vary depending on the hardware and operating system. I find Linux easier to fault find, whereas Windows is a disaster to fault find. My Windows faults normally end up with "just re-format it and start again".
Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Now Available
#93I'm happy. This means Mint 14 is coming soon :).
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I hear you on Ubuntu, I've switched from recommending it as a Windows alternative to Mint. Linux Mint is lovely; too bad I still have a Windows dependance due to a few legacy desktop apps.
I really wish I could use Evernote on Linux.
I haven't really used it too much (i usually use evernote on my tablet), but Nevernote is supposed to work http://nevernote.sourceforge.net/
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I hear you on Ubuntu, I've switched from recommending it as a Windows alternative to Mint. Linux Mint is lovely; too bad I still have a Windows dependance due to a few legacy desktop apps.
I really wish I could use Evernote on Linux.
You can via the Chrome/Chromium addons:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/evernote-web/lbfeh...
For whatever reason there's no counterpart for Firefox, just Evernote's Web Clipper addon and Readability.com clones.
There's also Springpad which has its note-taking addons for both browsers.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/springpad/?sr...
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/springpad/fkmopoam...
Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Now Available
#96"Avoid the pain of Windows 8." Well done Canonical..well done. Here's a nice alternative for those having problems with the site. http://releases.ubuntu.com/quantal/
Trying to use multiple monitors on an Nvidia card and nothing but pain. They work just fine under Windows.
Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Now Available
#97For what's new, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/whats-new
Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Now Available
#98"Avoid the pain of Windows 8." Well done Canonical..well done. Here's a nice alternative for those having problems with the site. http://releases.ubuntu.com/quantal/
Trying to use multiple monitors on an Nvidia card and nothing but pain. They work just fine under Windows.
Hmm, seems to be working fine for me, have two going right now.
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I literally can't remember the last time I had driver issues in Ubuntu. The last time I had one in Linux at ALL was early Raspberry Pi builds that didn't include Broadcom drivers. And even that was easy to fix.
Ubuntu 12.10 still doesn't recognise my external Dell monitor which works without hitch in OSX. That aside, upgrading seems to have gone smoothly.
That sounds like a corrupted EDID on your monitor. dmesg probably spits out some useful errors. OS X is more forgiving of bad EDID checksums, I believe.
Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Now Available
#100Ubuntu still rocks but the UI is not designed for anyone but new users. The ability to add panels, right-click and edit them to add new items, the launcher has black magic under the hood that maps to what used to be desktop files stored in a logical location $HOME/Desktop to now in some hidden folder very deep, etc. But, Ubuntu is still the best desktop and server Linux and you can always install Xfce if you're a pow…
After about 8 years of screwing around with my window manager and whatnot I switched to Mac OS X and did not find that the lack of configurability was a significant detriment to my productivity. In fact, in some ways it was beneficial, because I spent fewer days trying out new window managers and configuring them. Going back to Linux with Ubuntu, I rather like Unity because it gets me past the hump of all that nonsense and is perfectly adequate at multiplexing browsers and terminals for me.
Back when Metacity was young, you could hardly move without hearing screams from people about how lame a window manager it was, especially compared to things like Sawfish and FVWM. It's really quite surreal to hear people decrying the lack of a built-in power user stuff like Metacity today. Of course we're talking about the whole desktop environment, but still, I hear what I hear.
In any event, if you're a power user, you're going to screw with these defaults until you're blue in the face and I see no evidence that Ubuntu is going to take away that luxury. But I'm back from OS X now because I feel that coming with Apple.