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Ubuntu 8.10
It came out today! I won't be able to try it until later when I get home. What are peoples experiences? This is a shorter term release that will be replaced in April by 9.04. 8.04 is an LTS that will still be supported for years to come. I think I'm going to keep using 8.04 on the servers, but maybe move to 8.10 on the laptop (definitely) and maybe the desktop at work if it holds up.
Also, the Ubuntu store has been updated since the last time I saw it. They now have goods at reasonable prices for us who live in the US. I'm thinking about the "I do it with Ubuntu" shirt, and maybe the winter hat.
Also, the Ubuntu store has been updated since the last time I saw it. They now have goods at reasonable prices for us who live in the US. I'm thinking about the "I do it with Ubuntu" shirt, and maybe the winter hat.
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If you ever want to know the difference between versions of an open source program, just look up the changelogs. They will usually list each and every single change that was made between the current and previous versions. Unlike Apple who will update iTunes and tell you they made "bug fixes".
Firefox is one of the only programs that I can think of off the top of my head that tell you about the bugs that they fixed and how they fixed them.
If a program is open source you can actually go and see every single change that was made to the code by way of the version control system. It's not a very useful changelog for most people, but it's complete.
The Synaptic Package Manager now has a quicksearch, I already found this to be very useful accompanied with the Status listing of all packages in the repository. Upgrading went very, very smooth.
The upgrade comes with the Nvidia X Server settings manager, making changes to the X Server Color Correction dialog has a nice auto time-out restore. Did this exist before? It's awesome though. There are now also Log Out and Shut Down buttons in the System drop down menu.
For example, my laptop has two special buttons, the A button and the ECO button. In Windows they work with the special Fujitsu stuffs. These buttons never worked in Linux. Also, in 8.04 the laptop was not properly re-routing audio when I plugged in headphones. It was working just fine in versions prior to 8.04, but not 8.04. Suspending and hibernating has always been flaky and untrustworthy. Screen brightness controls didn't always work properly. External monitors didn't always work properly. The microphone didn't work properly most of the time. The memory card slot didn't always work.
With this new version, so far everything has worked. I still have yet to test everything and update the Ubuntu laptop testing wiki page. However, so far I am amazed that the two proprietary buttons work just fine, the sound works, and the brightness all work. For someone with my laptop, this is a significant update.
Feels like they've really spent a lot of time polishing and tightening things up.
Don't mistake this for condescension though, it's not like I was going to write one. ^_~
In the older version, if you connected to a wired network, it would disconnect the wireless. If you unplugged the wire, it would connect the wireless again, if possible.
In the new Ubuntu, it connects to as many networks as possible by default. This is the more correct functionality, and it makes me very happy.
I just realized how geeky it is to be posting that message on this forum during my lunch hour at work. Hmm.
If you don't see it there, I would guess you need to create a new connection with pppconfig or gnome ppp, but I've never had to do that before, so I don't know exactly how it would work.