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Re: New Ubuntu in 9 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes and 29 seconds

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Post by Dylan16807 » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 1:25 AM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #68

Dylan16807 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

New versions? Good, I like those. But I expect those. An on-schedule biannual release is not worth an actual fuss, even if it's only a week away. This site is a big dollop of hype. Should I expect anything to back it up?

http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&#3... hope it helps

It's cute of you to link that as if it gives a reason for the hype. Just the same list of incremental package updates. Oh, also multiarch is architected better, a nonvisible change to the backend.

Or are you actually answering 'no' and I'm too dense to pick it up?

Re: New Ubuntu in 9 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes and 29 seconds

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Post by rbanffy » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 2:08 PM UTC

Dylan16807 wrote: post #71

rbanffy wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&#3... hope it helps

It's cute of you to link that as if it gives a reason for the hype. Just the same list of incremental package updates. Oh, also multiarch is architected better, a nonvisible change to the backend. Or are you actually answering 'no' and I'm too dense to pick it up?

The hype may be directed to non-Ubuntu users. For them, moving to Ubuntu is a completely different world. For most of them, a much better one.

Re: New Ubuntu in 9 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes and 29 seconds

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Post by keithpeter » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 4:46 PM UTC

andyking wrote: post #55

keithpeter wrote: post #48

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A desktop based on Cent OS or Scientific Linux springs to mind. Support measured in semi-decades... should see your hardware (and possibly users) out. Now, Sir, Just what do you call 'older'?

Isn't CentOS more designed for servers? I'm not sure. I've considered Debian Squeeze, but it's one of those things I've never got round to looking at in enough depth. Our older users are in their 60s and 70s. We're a non profit radio station and several of our volunteers have never used a computer before, or have had only a passing involvement with them.

CentOS claims to be a clone of RHEL. There is a desktop install package that puts Gnome with the usual (firefox, openoffice, evolution). There would be some post installation fiddling with different repositories to get any sound software you need working. Scientific Linux is another distribution based on RHEL but which changes the binary packages more. Again, repositories and some twiddling.

What sound software do you use? Does it involve Jack?

Re: New Ubuntu in 9 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes and 29 seconds

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Post by keithpeter » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 6:13 PM UTC

andyking wrote: post #55

keithpeter wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A desktop based on Cent OS or Scientific Linux springs to mind. Support measured in semi-decades... should see your hardware (and possibly users) out. Now, Sir, Just what do you call 'older'?

Isn't CentOS more designed for servers? I'm not sure. I've considered Debian Squeeze, but it's one of those things I've never got round to looking at in enough depth. Our older users are in their 60s and 70s. We're a non profit radio station and several of our volunteers have never used a computer before, or have had only a passing involvement with them.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1854333

Looks like you may be able to keep Ubuntu with a current release and configure Gnome Fallback, looking like Gnome 2 to your users.

(Apologies for multiposting - just saw this)