Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released • Hacker News Board

Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released

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Post by Newky » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 11:36 AM UTC

ThePinion wrote: post #6

I've been using it for a month and haven't regret a single second of it. by the way, Nexus 7 and other MTP device users: plug your device in and enjoy full read write support by default :)

Wow, thats a great new feature.

This is one thing that really infuriates me about new android devices. Their lack of syncing support with linux boxes.

Does anyone know if this support is something that can be backported to 12.04?

Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released

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Post by sold » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 11:38 AM UTC

kodisha wrote: post #42

eli_gottlieb wrote: post #34

esennesh@lap282:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade Checking for a new Ubuntu release No new release found

Their timing, especially for us in Europe is really bad. If they announce update it should be available for us before we start doing actual work.

They didn't announce the new version. The post is premature.

Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released

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Post by dave1010uk » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 11:44 AM UTC

buster wrote: post #4

Now what about releease notes? :-) (edit: some information is here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/TechnicalOverview ) Currently i am thinking of switching to LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) because i don't really like the way Ubuntu is going with Unity, Mir, upstart, doing too much stuff on its own. Anyone with experience from LMDE here? Is it stable? Pros? Cons?

I've switched all my desktop/laptop installs to Xubuntu. All you need to do is "sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop" and you get a nice, fast, clean desktop. It's also easy to switch back to Ubuntu and, as it's just a remix of Ubuntu, 99% of all the packages just work, support documentation is still valid and practically shares the same user base.

Xubuntu is still lead by Ubuntu though and it currently uses upstart. I'm not sure if Xubuntu will use Mir in the future.

Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released

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Post by smithzvk » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 11:55 AM UTC

Why do they still recommend 32 bit for everybody?

I have been using 64 whenever possible. I wonder if any weird behavior can be attributed to it?

Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released

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Post by mclemme » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 12:01 PM UTC

The minimal CD can be found here:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/installer...

Always use that instead of the official desktop CDs, to avoid all the extra programs that I never need.

Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released

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Post by Unosolo » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 12:01 PM UTC

Poor GPU support (lack of drivers) is still a major deal-breaker for home and media use. As of now hardware should still be selected on the basis of available driver support and it's a major obstacle and the situation doesn't seem to have improved significantly since 3-5 years ago.

Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released

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Post by dave1010uk » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 12:01 PM UTC

Warning: according to the known issues in the release log [0]:

* Skype won't start (without a fix [1])

* Google Chrome won't install (without a fix [2])

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseNotes

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/1155327

[2] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=226002#c...

Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released

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Post by drstrangevibes » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 12:02 PM UTC

dave1010uk wrote: post #57

Warning: according to the known issues in the release log [0]: * Skype won't start (without a fix [1]) * Google Chrome won't install (without a fix [2]) [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseNotes [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/1155327 [2] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=226002#c...

this is not necessarily a bad thing

Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released

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Post by mclemme » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 12:03 PM UTC

smithzvk wrote: post #54

Why do they still recommend 32 bit for everybody? I have been using 64 whenever possible. I wonder if any weird behavior can be attributed to it?

Been using 64-bit for the last 5-6 years I think, never experienced any major issues with it. Only weird isses I've had were browser plugins (java and flash), which were a bit dodgy on 64-bit, but that was years ago.

Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released

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Post by cbaleanu » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 12:04 PM UTC

Surio wrote: post #48

dumi wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm using openSuse. It's fast and stable. Ubuntu Gnome ( http://ubuntugnome.org/ ) is also a good choice, but its not pure gnome as always.

openSUSE: Did you have problems with speed? Or nepomunk? I was eager to have a go when it came out (12.3), and has been a very raggedy experience for me so far. nepomunk constantly crashes, the system is veeery slow (on KDE at least) etc.

I'm on 12.3 with KDE, the only problem so far was making it remember the dual-monitor setup I was using. Apart from that, all good. A nice improvement over Ubuntu 12.04 with which I had a lot more problems.