Are there any known surprises coming from 19.10?
Why 19.10? (I mean, why not 20.04 lts?)
Because I'm running it of course.
Ubuntu 21.04
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Re: Ubuntu 21.04
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
These are all beta images.
If you install the beta from a week or two ago and then do a 'apt update' followed by 'apt dist-upgrade', it'll download maybe a few hundred MB of stuff, need to reboot once, and will be the same as the release.
Or just get the latest from https://releases.ubuntu.com/21.04/
Re: Ubuntu 21.04
#113Does this release support ZFS on root (even as experimental) for server installs?
Re: Ubuntu 21.04
#114Are there any known surprises coming from 19.10?
Are you aware that you've been running a version that hasn't been getting updates since July of last year? If not, then having your OS actually get updates again might be a surprise. You'll have to update to 20.04 first, though, and then 20.10 before you can update that to 21.04. There's no direct update path (another known surprise, one might say). If you don't want to update every six months, just stick to the long-term support version (LTS, currently 20.04).
Re: Ubuntu 21.04
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not real familiar with this stuff but I could've sworn that linux has been able to join Active Directory domains via samba for a long time.
I know you can, in a very basic sense, such that one can log in, after both setting up the OS, and then configuring the domain join after installing additional components. But there's two key things here: > Ubuntu machines can join an Active Directory (AD) domain at installation for central configuration. This means it's now a ready-to-go functionality of the OS, and can be done simply without going to read a blog ar…
> This means it's now a ready-to-go functionality of the OS,
Fedora did this few releases ago, as a part of the new-at-the time OOB wizard (you could use AD or FreeIPA, autodetected). Good to see that Ubuntu does similarly.
> can be done simply without going to read a blog article on how to do it, post-setup.
I never had a problem with setting up AD membership after-the-fact, except for three things that bothered me:
1) you still needed a local (root or sudoer) account in Ubuntu (but not in Fedora),
2) the setup didn't set up domain admins (or other group) neither as sudoers, nor as PolicyKit admins (these GUI prompts for admin password that you get from Gnome Software or Disks, or other privileged apps). These had to be done manually,
3) Files doesn't use AD Kerberos ticket when accessing file shares. It will just asks the user again; kind of defeats the point of Kerberos.
I'm really interested whether these are fixed.
Re: Ubuntu 21.04
#116Many years ago I have installed a 6.06 Ubuntu and was instantly charmed by the unexpected colors, unusual wallpapers and African themed sounds. Ubuntu had been my distribution of choice ever since. I'm somewhat sad that they have significantly scaled back their rich African theming since, but I still love them.
Re: Ubuntu 21.04
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
>still needs X (Emacs) With luck, this problem will soon be solved from the opposite direction: https://lwn.net/Articles/843896/
> Looking forward > Now that there is a pure GTK3 port of Emacs, GTK4 has naturally been released. Oh FFS...
Nice and slow.
Re: Ubuntu 21.04
#118How many of you upgrade day of release? Wait a little bit to see how others feel about it? or only stick to LTS?
Re: Ubuntu 21.04
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
So it sounds like folks with Nvidia cards should hold off on this version of Ubuntu?
No, you can always switch back to Xorg on the login screen (at the bottom right). Wayland support is getting really good these days, I'd recommend giving it a try before going back to Xorg if needed. This release is no different than any previous one for NVIDIA users
> Wayland support is getting really good these days
Depends on your needs and hardware. I have an Nvidia desktop and Intel Laptop both running Arch + GNOME 40. Intel is definitely less buggy, but I still find myself switching back to X11. For example, when I needed screen sharing for work video conferencing, it only works under X11(PipeWire support was buggy at the time). Wayland/GNOME also still have issues with mouse lag with high CPU.
It's getting better every day, but still rough around the edges.
Re: Ubuntu 21.04
#120I tried Wayland on 20.10 a few month ago and concluded it wasn't ready for daily use. The worst thing is that it would RANDOMLY cause Gnome to restart while closing all my applications. Also the cursor was jumpy and laggy sometimes (especially when opening context menus). Is anyone aware if these issues still happen?
Regarding jumpy mouse, try it with an another one. I suspect some higher end or gaming mice work badly with Ubuntu for some reason. Very jerky motion and missed button presses.
Cheap basic mice seemed to work well.