[ubuntu] Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is here!

[mikeglover]

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS Final Release has now arrived!

Been using it for a while now (alpha2) and I'm liking it alot. There are some big changes in this release, some good, some bad.

(check my website on how to change the annoying titlebar buttons)

But overall it is a very well polished and feature packed distribution.

I first started out on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and the project has come on leaps and bounds since those early days.

The ubuntu community has done some great work, and should be proud of their achievements.

 

Check it out at:

 

Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu

[SimpleSi]

Downloaded netbook wubi version - can't see my wireless card and some idiots moved window buttons from right to left.

 

Then I had window popup armegeddon when I tried going into network settings to see if I could sort the wireless out.

 

Remind me what Mr Shuttleworth was saying about how this release would stop people taking back pre-installed Linux machines to the shops???

 

I'm sure I'll get in working one day

 

regards

 

Simon

This is on an acer aspire one 751 11in netbook

[mikeglover]

Downloaded netbook wubi version - can't see my wireless card and some idiots moved window buttons from right to left.

 

Havn't tried the netbook version and wubi yet. Regarding your problem with window buttons, as stated before my guide should help you with this MikeGlover.co.uk

[RabbieBurns]

sudo do-release-upgrade

 

too easy

[painejake]

Installed it last night and actually really like the whole feel. Gnome feels less 'old-school' in this release too. (Can't stand KDE)

 

Hoping to test out Visual GTK# with C# and mono this weekend. See how it compares to .net.

[SimpleSi]

sudo do-release-upgrade

 

too easy

 

Not an orig Asus eeePC running 9.10 it isn't

 

Not enough free space to run the upgrade on top of existing install

10.04 is 0-2 with me at the moment

 

regards

Simon

[powdarrmonkey]

Not an orig Asus eeePC running 9.10 it isn't

 

Not enough free space to run the upgrade on top of existing install

10.04 is 0-2 with me at the moment

 

sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get autoclean

first.

[SimpleSi]

tried the apt-clean I'll try the autoclean

 

Just tried the upgrade from the GUI - it only wanted 32.4M of extra memory - so close but no banana

 

0-3

 

Simon

[SimpleSi]

No luck with auto clean - I'll just make a usb boot drive and re-install it with that

[JJonas]

New merchandise

 

Canonical Store

[TwoZeroAlpha]

Just installed and configured, had a bit of a 'mare with the themes as I kept my /home partition coming over from mint9. All sorted now, and wow. I'll have to get used to it again, but the sub 30second boot to desktop is awesome. Most of that is just bios checking itself.... now how do I cut that time down.

[SimpleSi]

but the sub 30second boot to desktop is awesome

 

What sort of machine is that on?

 

Simon

[dhicks]

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS Final Release has now arrived!

 

I've just upgraded my netbook (Acer Aspire One) to 10.04 LTS Netbook Remix, but can't get either of the two SD card readers to work. I might try the plain Desktop version instead. Looking forward to seeing how well the new LTSP works on the server version - going to try that out with Samba or Likewise Open.

 

--

David Hicks

[JJonas]

Im sure its been posted on *nix before but this free magazine is worth a look

 

Full Circle Magazine

Edited May 3, 2010 by JJonas

[6Foot2]

Ununtu Manual Project

 

Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 is a comprehensive beginners guide for the Ubuntu operating system. It is written under an open source license and is free for you to download, read, modify and share.

 

The manual will help you become familiar with everyday tasks such as surfing the web, listening to music and scanning documents. With an emphasis on easy to follow instructions, it is suitable for all levels of experience.

 

Link: Ubuntu Manual - Home

[mattx]

This is now where I end up installing Ubuntu, Xubuntu & Kubuntu & still can't make up my mind which one to stick with on my spare laptop.....

[6Foot2]

Ubuntu Themes:

 

Link: Nice themes for ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) users

[TwoZeroAlpha]

What sort of machine is that on?

 

Simon

 

It's a Dell Optiplex 360, 2GB RAM Intel Core2Duo @ 2.5GHz

 

The boot would be quicker if I could get the bios sorted and type my password faster.

[srochford]

Not having a lot of joy with it.

 

Thought I'd try the netbook remix - I've got a Kohjinsha SA5 (low powered AMD Geode but quite a nice little machine with a touch screen so it works like a tablet but can be used with fingers; doesn't need a special stylus) but I can't get it to install. Starts OK but where I'd guess it's starting X I just get a sort of washed out screen (pale purple round the edge and a sort of ragged, rounded rectangle of a whitish colour in the middle). I'd guess I need to install it in text mode somehow but can't find an obvious option to do that.

 

Also tried it on a desktop. That installs OK but fails to find the wireless network card - same problem as I mentioned a while ago; it just detects the wrong card. I know I can fix that so I'll get back to it later but it's just a bit depressing to get nowhere at all with Ubuntu.

[TwoZeroAlpha]

@srochford - I think you need to download the alternative installation CD, it's not available as an option on the normal live CD. Usually happen when something borks X or the graphics card is not/badly supported. So even if you get a text installer, you may still get a broken display.

[SimpleSi]

Made up a USB boot pendrive with 10.04 netbook version on it and got it installed on my orig eeepc - wireless doesn't work - I'm updating it via LAN to see what happens.

[SimpleSi]

Well got it working on an eeePC - looks very nice but they've still not managed to reduce the size of basic dialog boxes (Like the print one where there is acres of unused space but the print button is off the screen at the bottom.

 

So no good as a replacement for the orig Xandros

[SimpleSi]

Just checked out OpenOffice and load/save/print dialogs are OK there - it just seems to be FF that's the problem - goign to investiage further

[Out_of_Sync]

I Just upgraded yesterday from 9.10 with the alternate cd. Ran all updates last night. Using KDE , looks good, just a bit laggy on this old 2.8 P4with 2 GB RAM. Shoud perhaps change to the dual core 2.8 2GB RAM and install a graphics card.

 

Otherwise all seems to be fine, just had to update firefox. no problems at all with the upgrade.

[srochford]

Well, thanks to @twozeroalpha I've got it installed and can work in text mode. X still doesn't work but having done some googling I found out some changes that needed making to xorg.conf and X then started.

 

It gave an error message about a problem with the .conf file and offered to fix it - now it doesn't work again :-(

 

I kept a copy of the nearly working file so I'll have another look later but given @simplesi's comments about the size of dialog boxes I may be wasting my time.

 

Looks like I'll have to stick with Windows :-(