Canonical on Thursday released Ubuntu Linux 18.04, which utilizes live patching and a new metric data collection system. Notably missing is the Unity desktop that had distinguished the distro but was poorly received. Canonical last year made the switch from Unity 7 to upstream GNOME as Ubuntu’s default desktop environment. Unity is not an option in Ubuntu 18.04 and will not be available in desktop offerings moving forward. “The overall response was positive,” said Will Cooke, engineering director for desktop at Canonical.
As an almost noob I had some difficulties installing the 18.04 update from an ISO disk I made.
The boot file ended up on the wrong end of my 320 gig HD.
I had to do a lot of reinstalling/running a live disk option and using gparted to create a separate 1 gig partition at the beginning of my HD, and then running Rescue Disk from the terminal to fix everything. WHEW!
I originally opted for the full install, wiped the disk and all. In the end,(read final install that worked, sort of) I opted for the minimal installation, and just added the options I want/need. Don't like bloatware.
If it wasn't for all the wonderful Linux forums and helpful Linux experts to guide me, I wouldn't have had a snowballs chance.
As it is now everything is perfect.
Quick clean and snappy.. rock solid!
BTW, I had no trouble at all adapting to Gnome. I like it.
Love this version of Ubuntu (upgraded from 16.04)
Now, this is my experimental computer. No crucial data on it.
I have two others, including my wife's.
I wasn't too worried about losing data on this one, but I think I will wait for 18.04.1 to upgrade live on the net for the other two.
A divorce would be hanging over my head if my wife's 30 million pictures were to disappear! Egad!
I can't believe more people don't embrace FOSS and Linux. It has to be the future.
Almost everyone I mention it to, have never heard of it. A shame!
Thanks to all of you out there who are making my life easier.
those wife's pics you mentioned? how come they're not backed? one can learn to write bash backup scripts under linux. use a 2.5" HDD hot shoe to plug your backup into (these guys now come with huge sizing). run your backup script once a week or so and you have a new file all nice & pretty like that's tarred and feathered. something happens? just untar the thing to an empty directory. wish I could attach a copy of one of my scripts (as an example) but no attache here..
Downloaded it and installed it on a 2008 HP EliteBook Intel Core 2 Duo 3Gb RAM. Its much better than Ubuntu 17. Faster, everything detected during install (connected via ethernet only during install). So far very happy with it
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New Ubuntu Rethinks Desktop Ecosystem
Posted by: Jack M. Germain April 26, 2018 09:29 AMCanonical on Thursday released Ubuntu Linux 18.04, which utilizes live patching and a new metric data collection system. Notably missing is the Unity desktop that had distinguished the distro but was poorly received. Canonical last year made the switch from Unity 7 to upstream GNOME as Ubuntu’s default desktop environment. Unity is not an option in Ubuntu 18.04 and will not be available in desktop offerings moving forward. “The overall response was positive,” said Will Cooke, engineering director for desktop at Canonical.
The boot file ended up on the wrong end of my 320 gig HD.
I had to do a lot of reinstalling/running a live disk option and using gparted to create a separate 1 gig partition at the beginning of my HD, and then running Rescue Disk from the terminal to fix everything. WHEW!
I originally opted for the full install, wiped the disk and all. In the end,(read final install that worked, sort of) I opted for the minimal installation, and just added the options I want/need. Don't like bloatware.
If it wasn't for all the wonderful Linux forums and helpful Linux experts to guide me, I wouldn't have had a snowballs chance.
As it is now everything is perfect.
Quick clean and snappy.. rock solid!
BTW, I had no trouble at all adapting to Gnome. I like it.
Love this version of Ubuntu (upgraded from 16.04)
Now, this is my experimental computer. No crucial data on it.
I have two others, including my wife's.
I wasn't too worried about losing data on this one, but I think I will wait for 18.04.1 to upgrade live on the net for the other two.
A divorce would be hanging over my head if my wife's 30 million pictures were to disappear! Egad!
I can't believe more people don't embrace FOSS and Linux. It has to be the future.
Almost everyone I mention it to, have never heard of it. A shame!
Thanks to all of you out there who are making my life easier.
You need to do a little more digging and you will find out very quickly that this distribution is wrought with bugs.
Install it for yourself then give it the proper review that I've come accustom to from LinuxInsider.