[Klug-general] Kent Digest, Vol 370, Issue 6

Sat Apr 28 12:17:54 UTC 2012

So Upgraded and Downgraded straight away !!!

On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 1:00 PM, <kent-request at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

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>   1. Re: Worst Ubuntu update ever (Michael E. Rentell)
>   2. Re: Worst Ubuntu update ever (Michael E. Rentell)
>   3. Re: Worst Ubuntu update ever (Dan Attwood)
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> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:49:56 +0100
> From: "Michael E. Rentell" <michael.rentell at ntlworld.com>
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Worst Ubuntu update ever
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> On 28/04/12 12:05, Colin McCarthy wrote:
> > I've disliked Unity since it's release but have been upgrading my
> > desktop to the latest version each time and have just been using their
> > 'classic' desktop.
> >
> > The upgrade to 12.04 has been the worst update of all the updates.
> > Unity or Classic arent working correctly. This is now my desktop
> > https://twitter.com/#!/colinmccarthy/status/195967208998961152/photo/1
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> > unusable.
> >
> > By now I would expect a smoother update from Ubuntu.
> >
> > Anyone else made the mistake of updating and having issues?
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> Yes, I saw from the magazine that Ubuntu's management had dropped any
> reference to Linux in 12.04. It is now 'the Ubuntu Operating System'
> running 'the Ubuntu kernel'. Damn sauce!
>
> That was enough for me to upgrade, but to Linux Mint 12 (64-bit KDE). It
> went in a dream, saw all my printers and network and '..just works.'  It
> also acknowledges its multi-creator heritage.
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> Bye bye Ubuntu, ya shoulda acknowledged your heritage.
> MikeR
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> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:51:27 +0100
> From: "Michael E. Rentell" <michael.rentell at ntlworld.com>
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Worst Ubuntu update ever
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> On 28/04/12 12:37, Colin McCarthy wrote:
> > On 28 April 2012 12:29, George Prowse <george.prowse at gmail.com
> > <mailto:george.prowse at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> >     can't you just "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" to fix it?
> >
> >
> >
> > I've tried that a couple of times, hoping it would work and it hasn't.
> > I am going to try 'sudo do-release-upgrade -d' which has been
> > suggested.  I was planning on switching to Linux Mint anyway this will
> > just force it to happen sooner
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> Way to go - it suits me.
> MikeR
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> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:59:06 +0100
> From: Dan Attwood <danattwood at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Worst Ubuntu update ever
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> i've upgraded a few machines and have i had no problem. They were all
> initially fresh installs of oneric though. I've never had much luck with
> upgrades over a large number of versions.
> On Apr 28, 2012 12:06 PM, "Colin McCarthy" <binarysignal at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I've disliked Unity since it's release but have been upgrading my desktop
> > to the latest version each time and have just been using their 'classic'
> > desktop.
> >
> > The upgrade to 12.04 has been the worst update of all the updates. Unity
> > or Classic arent working correctly. This is now my desktop
> > https://twitter.com/#!/colinmccarthy/status/195967208998961152/photo/1completely
> > unusable.
> >
> > By now I would expect a smoother update from Ubuntu.
> >
> > Anyone else made the mistake of updating and having issues?
> >
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