Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

inSilica · 28 Apr 2012 at 20:56

SMN said:
Ah upgrade paths. That doesnt sound very ubuntu-esque.

Indeed!

derfderfley said:
Yup, checked the ubuntu docs, and I have to upgrade the box to 11.10 first

NO you don't!

Backup your data, or if you have separate /home partition, carry on.

Here is what I did:

Make sure your system is up to date.

Code:

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

Open up console:

Make sure your resolv.conf file is not marked as immutable.

Code:

chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf

Then type:

Code:

do-release-upgrade -d

...should offer PRECISE if your on LUCID - It's what it did for me

Follow on screen instructions

optional: Lazer the f* out of Unity

OR keep Unity, at login you have the option of classic gnome (ubuntu-desktop)

Upgrade for me went flawlessly, took 2 hours though so need patience

Edit: Just to add, PRECISE will be offered as soon as 12.04.1 is offered which looking at the roadmap is sometime in June, so you can wait for that, but again it will take you from LUCID to PRECISE directly

kenshinu · 1 May 2012 at 14:26

Hi just a quick question.

I use the Xubuntu flavour but with the PAE kernel (some drivers I need don't like 64bit ><). But from the Xubuntu site it says:

The i386 images use a non-PAE kernel. The non-PAE kernel will not be available in future Xubuntu releases.

From: http://xubuntu.org/news/12-04-release/

So I'm not sure what this means. The current version doesn't use PAE but the future versions will?

Or, the from this version (12.04 LTS) all kernels will be PAE?

Thanks, this is stopping me from updating at the moment.

Huw · 1 May 2012 at 15:26

kenshinu said:
The current version doesn't use PAE but the future versions will?

That's how I read it.

Number_25 · 17 May 2012 at 01:24

Looks like a lot of people are starting to think that Unity is actually a good thing.

Narj · 17 May 2012 at 08:53

To be fair, Unity must be great for the less technically minded, but I found that it quickly did my head in. I only run Ubuntu in VMs for lab testing so I can live with it for now.

Essexraptor · 18 May 2012 at 00:41

PianoBasher said:
To be fair, Unity must be great for the less technically minded, but I found that it quickly did my head in. I only run Ubuntu in VMs for lab testing so I can live with it for now.

Thanks........ As a production engineer ... it's nice to know that I'm officially "less technically minded" because I presently run a LTS

Audigex · 18 May 2012 at 15:13

Just tried Ubuntu for the first time in a while - Unity seems okay, it's a nice interface for interacting with commonly used/open programs. It's a bit of a ballache for finding other apps, though - where the hell is terminal? I don't like having to faff around with the dash to get to anything useful.

It's like they've copied OSX, fairly badly.

1337z0r · 18 May 2012 at 19:03

Audigex said:
It's like they've copied OSX, fairly badly.

Who can blame them, they're trying to bring linux to the mass consumer market. I don't love unity but at the same time it works, the search works well although places could be neater.

I like what they do though, they make Linux easy for people with little technical ability. I have no trouble recommending ubuntu to people with low spec machines, it is very good alternative to running XP these days.

melvis · 18 May 2012 at 23:42

i dislike unity, but at least theres a ton of other WM readily available, 11.10 was a bit iffy for my liking, since gnome-panel-3 wasnt really mature enough but 12.04 is back to business as usual for me.

Essexraptor · 18 May 2012 at 23:48

1337z0r said:
Who can blame them, they're trying to bring linux to the mass consumer market. I don't love unity but at the same time it works, the search works well although places could be neater.

I like what they do though, they make Linux easy for people with little technical ability. I have no trouble recommending ubuntu to people with low spec machines, it is very good alternative to running XP these days.

Please stop the "little technical ability" ****

Last thing I want to do at the end of a long week is faff about with command line nonsense.

I want to come in boot up ... select my linux install.... if I want to..... crank up Banshee and play music whilst I check my mail ... grab some work files from Ubuntu One and transfer them to my Server.

THEN

later i..... I can have a play with terminal... for the less "techinically minded" it's one of those super easy things you do ... if it's pinned to your dash

Like all *nix... you can mould it to your own liking.... we ALL have to start somewhere... so give us a break and let the "less techincally minded" have a play

Then we can be become superior and look down on Unity and go play with Arch or something obscure

Narj · 24 May 2012 at 09:53

Essexraptor said:
Thanks........ As a production engineer ... it's nice to know that I'm officially "less technically minded" because I presently run a LTS

LOL - didn't mean it like that!

It just hit me as being complete overload, considering the fact that I'm used to just having several terminals on my desktop all day and getting things done.