[sclug] Upgrading to Ubuntu Gutsy (v7.10)

[Simon Champion]

I'm planning to wait a bit... at least until the early critical bugs have been discovered and dealt with! ;-)   .....   or possibly until the download servers have quietened down to a sensible level. Either way, I'll hold off for a week or two.

There's not much in 7.10 I'm desperate to get compared with 7.04, so I'm not in a rush.

>    - Gnome 2.20
>    - Compbiz Fusion enabled by default
>    - Desktop Search
>    - Fast User switching
>    - Improvements to Screen config
>    - Printer autoconfig
>    - etc etc (see link above)

I use Kubuntu, so a Gnome update isn't much use to me.
I've already installed Compiz, and.. yeah, it looks nice, but doesn't really do much for me.
Fast user switching would be fabulous if I had multiple user accounts.
Screen config improvements are presumably going to link in with the Gnome and/or Compiz updates, so not much use to me there either.
Printer autoconfig... might be useful, but I was fairly happy with the printer config already?

So if that's the highlights, I'll wait a bit, I think. I'm also not looking to get KDE 4.0 yet.

What I am looking forward to is when they back-port KDE 3.5.8 and Gimp 2.4 when it finally gets released. So when those are available and back-ported into 7.10, I will probably be more inclined to do the update.


On a side note, welcome Simon Hawkins. There seems to be an ever growning collection of Simons in this group. hehehe.


All the best,



    Simon C.

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You wrote:
> I am already in the process (about 45 mins to go). Anyway, here's whats new:
> 
> Source: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/710rc
> 
> 
>    - Gnome 2.20
>    - Compbiz Fusion enabled by default
>    - Desktop Search
>    - Fast User switching
>    - Improvements to Screen config
>    - Printer autoconfig
>    - etc etc (see link above)
> 
> Atleast thats what the site says.I will look around once it's up and
> running. I am running Xubuntu though, so I will have to wait and see.
> 
> More at: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10rc
> 
> regards,
> 
> On 10/16/07, Luke < lukehinds at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hmm tempting - But I am going to have to leave this until Friday /
> > Weekend just in case I break my (work) machine.
> >
> > Whats the biggest changes coming in?
> >
> > Br,
> > Luke
> >
> > Mayuresh Kadu wrote:
> > > Also, for those still thinking about it, here's a quick look at some
> > > screenshots:
> > >
> > > http://lifehacker.com/software/screenshot-tour/a-look-at-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon-rc1-311005.php
> >
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> > > - Mayuresh
> > >
> > > On 10/16/07, Mayuresh Kadu <mskadu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> Seems the rush has started:
> > >>
> > >> http://www.thelinuxstore.ca/static/ubuntu_7_10_upgrade.html
> > >>
> > >> I am going for it tonight.
> > >>
> > >> regards,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Mayuresh
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> > >> My Blogs:
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> > >> http://digitalcaptures.blogspot.com
> > >>
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> My Blogs:
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> http://digitalcaptures.blogspot.com
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> -- 
> My Blogs:
> http://mskadu.blogspot.com | http://mytechieself.blogspot.com |
> http://digitalcaptures.blogspot.com
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