[Bradford] Debian Lenny support ends tomorrow (Monday)

[Nick Rhodes]

Don't forget in Ubuntu gnome-shell is an easy apt-get away and there are 
also other KDE/XFCE/LXDE variants of Ubuntu for Unity haters or the 
inquisitive.

Nick.

On 06/02/12 14:13, Brian wrote:
> I am in the position of many in not liking Unity. Also the new HUD 
> doesn't really appeal to me. However, have you seen Mint's Cinnamon 
> desktop? From what I understand they are actively making it available 
> for other distros. Positive remarks, re Cinnmon, have been made on 
> various Linux podcasts. For me the menu is too much like Windows and I 
> really don't want reminding of the bad old days. Afaik Ubuntu may also 
> ship with the 'Mate' desktop which is a fork of Gnome 2, I might go 
> for this. There are quite a few YouTube videos demonstrating Cinnamon. 
> My favourite channel for these things has to be InfinitelyGalactic but 
> he hasn't reviewed it yet.
>
> MrMassivemanmeat: Mate Desktop:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSEYlDC8AiE
>
> Spatry (Cinnamon, but he doesn't show the menu):
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcxf_7fduOM
>
> gotbletu ( Cinnamon. He does show the menu but also some of his own 
> configurations - so not 'out of the box')
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osdQNAc-J9M
>
> Brian
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Alice Kaerast <alice at kaerast.info>
> *To:* Bradlug Mailing list <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> *Sent:* Sunday, 5 February 2012, 19:52
> *Subject:* Re: [Bradford] Debian Lenny support ends tomorrow (Monday)
>
> I'm likely to have to support a number of people who still haven't
> upgraded from Debian Lenny yet.  Has anybody done the upgrade
> recently?  How smooth was it?
>
> And talking of upgrades, I note that the next Ubuntu LTS is due for
> release in April.  Does it make sense to be upgrading to 12.04 given
> the recent talk of new features and how different it will look and
> feel compared to 10.04?  I've threatened to start using Centos on
> desktops where we want long term support, but what are other people's
> favourite desktop distros with long term support?
>
> -- 
> Mx Alice Kaerast
> Devops supergirl, agile coach, corporate sysadmin
>
>
> On 5 February 2012 19:16, Dick Thomas <xpd259 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:xpd259 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: "Gavin Westwood (MKLUG)" <lug at gavinwestwood.co.uk 
> <mailto:lug at gavinwestwood.co.uk>>
> > Date: 5 Feb 2012 19:07
> > Subject: [lugmaster] Debian Lenny support ends tomorrow (Monday)
> > To: "UK LUG Masters&apos; private discussion" 
> <lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk>>
> >
> > I've been reminded by a post to another list I'm part of that Debian
> > Lenny support ends tomorrow (Monday).
> >
> > The original post was sent back in December:
> >
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00238.html
> >
> > "...security support for the old release of 5.0 is going to end on the
> > 6th of February 2012...".
> >
> > You may want to pass this on to your list, and there may be an increase
> > of people asking for help with Lenny based systems.
> >
> > Gavin
> >
> >
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