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Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)

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Re: Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)

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Post by fafner »

eterm wrote: post #28
abbot2 wrote: post #10

To be honest "what's new" page looks, well, not very convincing: https://help.ubuntu.com/13.10/ubuntu-help/whats-new.html

As someone who doesn't use the dash, I am wondering what's in it for me. Personally I've tried a few distributions over the last year or so because I've been unhappy with unity but Ubuntu's ease of use still makes me return to it, although right now I'm typing this from a Debian box. I didn't like the dreadful* gnome3 speed so switched to i3. Now if I could just work out how to stop the lazy window focus... The troub…

> As someone who doesn't use the dash, I am wondering what's in it for me.

All other packages are updated as well. (Freshly rebased on top of Debian unstable.) So it really depends on what you are doing and which packages you are using.

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)

#33

Post by frank_boyd »

Demiurge wrote: post #25
jonathansizz wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or "Why? I've got used to working around all the things that aren't working".

Like what?

I'd reply to that: Various types of freedom and a higher degree of respect for your privacy (I know, it's not a cure-all solution, but the next step that needs to be taken by society).

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)

#35

Post by thejosh »

diminish wrote: post #34

I'll stick to 12.04 LTS for desktop and server and wait for 14.04 LTS for desktop and server. 9 months support made *.10 releases less exciting, for me somehow.

For my workstation as a web developer, I use Ubuntu with LXDE running the latest releases as it's always nice to have the latest software, if I had to support users I would use 12.04 though.

Servers is quite nice with 12.04 though, and that's what they are designed for.

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)

#36

Post by rlpb »

rlpb wrote: post #2

No, it's not released. The release is imminent. Ubuntu is developed in the open, so you get to see candidate release images on the page linked. Ubuntu is not released until the release is announced. If you're in doubt, expect to see an announcement on the ubuntu-announce mailing list, or its archive at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/ Also see #ubuntu-release-party on Freenode. At the moment, the to…

Now it's out.

[Edit] Actual release announcement: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2013-Octob...

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)

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Post by Demiurge »

frank_boyd wrote: post #33
Demiurge wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like what?

I'd reply to that: Various types of freedom and a higher degree of respect for your privacy (I know, it's not a cure-all solution, but the next step that needs to be taken by society).

Are these things something manufacturers put in the specifications for the computers the sell? Are these things something customers shopping for a computer look for?
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