Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

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Post by shared4you » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 7:10 AM UTC

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released
arstechnica.com

Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

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Post by fiveliterstang » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 8:13 AM UTC

Been using it a couple weeks now, it's actually not too bad. Trying to get used to Unity as it's obviously not going anywhere. I'm still not a fan but it is improving.

Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

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Post by chousuke » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 8:37 AM UTC

fiveliterstang wrote: post #2

Been using it a couple weeks now, it's actually not too bad. Trying to get used to Unity as it's obviously not going anywhere. I'm still not a fan but it is improving.

How's the performace? I tried a beta of Quantal a couple weeks ago and Unity was so slow compared to vanilla Gnome that it wasn't really usable (I have a Radeon HD 3000 card, using the FOSS driver). I hope it's not that bad in the actual release.

Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

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Post by rlpb » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 8:42 AM UTC

As of 0842 UTC, it's not actually released yet. The link still refers to 12.04. Ars appear to have jumped the gun a little.

Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

#5

Post by meaty » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 8:48 AM UTC

Have they turned the Amazon stuff off by default or are they giving an option to do so at install time?

If not, I will not be downloading this.

Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

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Post by ekianjo » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 8:48 AM UTC

meaty wrote: post #5

Have they turned the Amazon stuff off by default or are they giving an option to do so at install time? If not, I will not be downloading this.

You can disable it after installation.

Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

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Post by meaty » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 8:49 AM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #6

meaty wrote: post #5

Have they turned the Amazon stuff off by default or are they giving an option to do so at install time? If not, I will not be downloading this.

You can disable it after installation.

I want the option to opt out before I'm forcibly opted in and can possibly trigger the functionality.

Even Windows 8 religiously asks you these questions at first boot after installation.

Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

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Post by factorialboy » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 8:55 AM UTC

rlpb wrote: post #4

As of 0842 UTC, it's not actually released yet. The link still refers to 12.04. Ars appear to have jumped the gun a little.

Yep .. headline got me excited for a moment .. :-S

Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

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Post by rk0567 » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 8:59 AM UTC

chousuke wrote: post #3

fiveliterstang wrote: post #2

Been using it a couple weeks now, it's actually not too bad. Trying to get used to Unity as it's obviously not going anywhere. I'm still not a fan but it is improving.

How's the performace? I tried a beta of Quantal a couple weeks ago and Unity was so slow compared to vanilla Gnome that it wasn't really usable (I have a Radeon HD 3000 card, using the FOSS driver). I hope it's not that bad in the actual release.

I had the same experience until I enabled the proprietary driver for NVIDIA graphics card.

Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released

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Post by timmillwood » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 9:11 AM UTC

Might have to go and work from another computer as 12.10 installs on this one. Clean install really overdue as this machine started as Xubuntu 11.04 and is now Ubuntu 12.10 Beta.