Worried when 10.04lts goes end of life
Hi all.
I'm worried now. In order to sidestep Windows Vista, I have bought both my Thinkpad R61i and Ideapad S12 preinstalled with Ubuntu from Linux Emporium. i have therefore never installed Linux myself, only accepted updates and LTS upgrades as required. i now hear that the user environment has completely changed, and I risk having my machines bricked when 12.04.1 comes around... Or the learning curve completely changes. Why has this happened? I've tried reading through some opf the info on "unity" whatever that is.. And this rthing with "docks"... I've always used the Taskbar... Does this mean that I am potentially going to have to pay out and buy new computers in order to buy this "mint"... Whatever that is? I use Citrix at work.. And have been on XP Classic-style interfaces wherever. Or are there professionals around who can offer the changeover support? can I buy Mint preinstalled and fully supported? or will i have to ditch my kit and buy Windows computers and going back to paying through the nose for sluggish machines? -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Worried when 10.04lts goes end of life
Nothing to worry about. Ubuntu installation is very easy. If you can install windows, you can install ubuntu. You can practise installing on a virtualbox.*
As for the new gui, there is workaround to use the older gnome.* So dont worry. Sorry for the top posting.* 나의 iPhone에서 보냄 Nov 27, 2011 4:53 PM Alex Cockell <alex@acockell.eclipse.co.uk> 작성: Hi all. I'm worried now. In order to sidestep Windows Vista, I have bought both my Thinkpad R61i and Ideapad S12 preinstalled with Ubuntu from Linux Emporium. i have therefore never installed Linux myself, only accepted updates and LTS upgrades as required. i now hear that the user environment has completely changed, and I risk having my machines bricked when 12.04.1 comes around... Or the learning curve completely changes. Why has this happened? I've tried reading through some opf the info on "unity" whatever that is.. And this rthing with "docks"... I've always used the Taskbar... Does this mean that I am potentially going to have to pay out and buy new computers in order to buy this "mint"... Whatever that is? I use Citrix at work.. And have been on XP Classic-style interfaces wherever. Or are there professionals around who can offer the changeover support? can I buy Mint preinstalled and fully supported? or will i have to ditch my kit and buy Windows computers and going back to paying through the nose for sluggish machines? -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Worried when 10.04lts goes end of life
On 27 November 2011 08:53, Alex Cockell <alex@acockell.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all. > > I'm worried now. In order to sidestep Windows Vista, I have bought both my > Thinkpad R61i and Ideapad S12 preinstalled with Ubuntu from Linux Emporium. > i have therefore never installed Linux myself, only accepted updates and LTS > upgrades as required. i now hear that the user environment has completely > changed, and I risk having my machines bricked when 12.04.1 comes around... > Or the learning curve completely changes. Why has this happened? I've tried > reading through some opf the info on "unity" whatever that is.. And this > rthing with "docks"... I've always used the Taskbar... No need to panic, 10.04 will be supported till April 2013 [1]. There is plenty of time for things to settle down before then. Also there is no way your existing machines will be 'bricked' even then, they will not suddenly stop working, it is just that there will not be updates available. In the meantime if you can pick up an old PC from somewhere then you could easily install the current Ubuntu on it and try it out without any danger of messing up your working machines. Then over the next 18 months you can make your mind up about what to do when the time comes. It is possible of course to 'dual boot' one of your existing machines by installing the latest Ubuntu on it in addition to the existing one and you can then select which you want at boot time, but if you are nervous about that then using a separate machine may be the way to go. A 10GB disk and 512MB RAM is sufficient, though 1GB RAM is better. Another possibility is to use VirtualBox on your PC to install the latest Ubuntu in a virtual machine to try it out. Colin [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Worried when 10.04lts goes end of life
On 27-11-11 09:53, Alex Cockell wrote:
Hi all. I'm worried now. In order to sidestep Windows Vista, I have bought both my Thinkpad R61i and Ideapad S12 preinstalled with Ubuntu from Linux Emporium. i have therefore never installed Linux myself, only accepted updates and LTS upgrades as required. i now hear that the user environment has completely changed, and I risk having my machines bricked when 12.04.1 comes around... Or the learning curve completely changes. Why has this happened? I've tried reading through some opf the info on "unity" whatever that is.. And this rthing with "docks"... I've always used the Taskbar... Does this mean that I am potentially going to have to pay out and buy new computers in order to buy this "mint"... Whatever that is? I use Citrix at work.. And have been on XP Classic-style interfaces wherever. Or are there professionals around who can offer the changeover support? can I buy Mint preinstalled and fully supported? or will i have to ditch my kit and buy Windows computers and going back to paying through the nose for sluggish machines? Don't worry! If you upgrade to 12.04 (my advice: don't do it in April but in May or later, then the initial problems are gone) and install it as Xubuntu. It is lighter, faster and is much more like your current desktop. My 0.02 €. Joep -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Worried when 10.04lts goes end of life
Alex Cockell wrote:
> I'm worried now. In order to sidestep Windows Vista, I have bought > both my Thinkpad R61i and Ideapad S12 preinstalled with Ubuntu from > Linux Emporium. i have therefore never installed Linux myself, only > accepted updates and LTS upgrades as required. i now hear that the > user environment has completely changed, and I risk having my > machines bricked when 12.04.1 comes around... 10.04 will be supported on the desktop until 2013. Therefore you still have one year after the release of 12.04 to decide what to use after 10.04. Anyway, your machines won't be bricked automatically. > Or the learning curve > completely changes. Well, if you are not inclined to learn something new, then why did you buy something totally different from Windows, i.e. machines with Ubuntu preinstalled. Wasn't there also a lot to learn? IMHO the upgrade from Windows to Ubuntu is a more challenging change than the upgrade from Gnome2 to Unity. > Does this mean that I am potentially going to have to pay out and buy > new computers in order to buy this "mint"... Whatever that is? I > use Citrix at work.. And have been on XP Classic-style interfaces > wherever. > > Or are there professionals around who can offer the changeover > support? can I buy Mint preinstalled and fully supported? Maybe you should ask the company where you bought your current machines if they will change them to this Mint thingy. As this list is about Ubuntu support and not about Mint support, it is unlikely that someone can answer a question about the availability of machines with Mint preinstalled in 2013. But are you sure you really don't like Unity? Maybe you should first try it out for yourself instead of believing everything you read about it here or elsewhere. After all you don't have to pay anything for the trial. Just download the ISO image of the current Ubuntu version, burn it to a CD and test it without installing anything. Nils -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Worried when 10.04lts goes end of life
On 11/27/2011 05:26 AM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
On 27-11-11 09:53, Alex Cockell wrote: Hi all. I'm worried now. In order to sidestep Windows Vista, I have bought both my Thinkpad R61i and Ideapad S12 preinstalled with Ubuntu from Linux Emporium. i have therefore never installed Linux myself, only accepted updates and LTS upgrades as required. i now hear that the user environment has completely changed, and I risk having my machines bricked when 12.04.1 comes around... Or the learning curve completely changes. Why has this happened? I've tried reading through some opf the info on "unity" whatever that is.. And this rthing with "docks"... I've always used the Taskbar... Does this mean that I am potentially going to have to pay out and buy new computers in order to buy this "mint"... Whatever that is? I use Citrix at work.. And have been on XP Classic-style interfaces wherever. Or are there professionals around who can offer the changeover support? can I buy Mint preinstalled and fully supported? or will i have to ditch my kit and buy Windows computers and going back to paying through the nose for sluggish machines? Don't worry! If you upgrade to 12.04 (my advice: don't do it in April but in May or later, then the initial problems are gone) and install it as Xubuntu. It is lighter, faster and is much more like your current desktop. My 0.02 €. Joep ^^^^ That is a great solution. Also, I would recommend that you look into joining a LUG (Linux User Group) in your area. The folks there could help you with this when the time comes. There's nothing like having a someone sit with you and help you to upgrade your operating system, especially if you've never done a new installation before. You will still have many choices when support for 10.04 LTS ends. Try out the newest version of Ubuntu with Unity to see if you actually like it first. If not, there's alternatives like Xubuntu and other Linux distributions like (as you mentioned) Linux Mint, etc... -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Worried when 10.04lts goes end of life
Le 27/11/2011 09:53, Alex Cockell a crit :
Hi all. I'm worried now. Don't worry. Keep your Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. It's well supported until April 2013. Don't upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04, 11.10 or whatever. Just keep your 10.04 LTS, which works fine. Using it here for clients on production machines. Around May or June 2012, you *may* consider a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04, which will be Long Term Support until April 2017, since LTS support will go from three years to five years on the desktop. I wouldn't recommend Ubuntu 11.10 for anyone with high blood pressure. Unity is nice (I admit bluntly: I like it), but you have to give Canonical some time to iron out the bugs and inconsistencies and sand down some rough edges. Cheers from the sunny South of France, Niki Kovacs -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques 100% Linux et logiciels libres 7, place de l'glise - 30730 Montpezat Web : http://www.microlinux.fr Mail : info@microlinux.fr Tl. : 04 66 63 10 32 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Worried when 10.04lts goes end of life
2011/11/27 Alex Cockell <alex@acockell.eclipse.co.uk>:
> Hi all. > > I'm worried now. In order to sidestep Windows Vista, I have bought both my > Thinkpad R61i and Ideapad S12 preinstalled with Ubuntu from Linux Emporium. > i have therefore never installed Linux myself, only accepted updates and LTS > upgrades as required. i now hear that the user environment has completely > changed, and I risk having my machines bricked when 12.04.1 comes around... > Or the learning curve completely changes. Why has this happened? I've tried > reading through some opf the info on "unity" whatever that is.. And this > rthing with "docks"... I've always used the Taskbar... > > Does this mean that I am potentially going to have to pay out and buy new > computers in order to buy this "mint"... Whatever that is? If you want Mint, you don't need to buy a new computer for that. Mint is free, just like Ubuntu, and it doesn't use Unity. As someone already said, you can install two different version of Ubuntu side by side, but you can also install Ubuntu on a USB stick or any kind of USB drive. That way you can try it out without affecting your current system at all. And it's a lot faster than running it from a Live CD, and you can install things, which you can not on a Live CD. Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg ジョニー・*ーゼンバーグ -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Worried when 10.04lts goes end of life
On 27/11/11 09:53, Alex Cockell wrote:
Hi all. I'm worried now. In order to sidestep Windows Vista, I have bought both my Thinkpad R61i and Ideapad S12 preinstalled with Ubuntu from Linux Emporium. i have therefore never installed Linux myself, only accepted updates and LTS upgrades as required. i now hear that the user environment has completely changed, and I risk having my machines bricked when 12.04.1 comes around... Actually _nothing_ special will happen when 12.04LTS comes around. 10.04LTS desktop will still be supported for a year, but nothing special will happen in 2013 either. There is no reason why you shouldn't use your machine with that OS until the machine's EOL actually; that routinely happens with WinXP, and it especially happened with Win98 after its EOL. This is a bit different though because of all the included software, but you have to consider two facts there: 1) much of the included software has become obsolete even _now_, there won't be any new versions introduced, even while supported; 2) most of the significant bugs will be fixed by then, so not much problems should remain (except those bugs which have already been fixed for newer ubuntu versions but never backported to the old LTS). If you need newer and more secure software which connects to the Internet (like Mozilla programs), you can always install them from the PPA-s, most easily from the Ubuntu Tweak program. Another thing, "server version" will be supported until 2015, and because desktop and server share the same base system, those components not directly connected to the desktop use will still be updated until then. You can even use the OS until then, even though the desktop software will be unsupported. And other than lack of updates, nothing bad will happen, so even though it's not quite recommended you could still happily use that system until 2020 for that matter. Also the OS will work as good with your hardware as it does today. Now, for the alternatives which you could install (perhaps even in that period between 2013 and 2015, if you should still have the same computer), you could try a newer Ubuntu, LTS or not (the next LTS version would be easiest for you to upgrade to), perhaps in the Xubuntu flavoras someone suggested, because of the classic, familiar interface of Xfce desktop and because it's easier on the system resources which might be significant for an older machine (you can easily do it by installing "xubuntu-desktop" package, then chose "Xubuntu Sesion" on login). Other alternative could be Mint like you mentioned, you can freely download it and install, but that's much harder to do than upgrading to a newer Ubuntu. If you know how to do it (backup data then clean install), or you have someone else to do it for you, then it could be an option... For me personally, the option of choice I'd do would be the first one - to upgrade to 12.04LTS in 2013 and use it as Xubuntu. I actually already did something similar on my laptop, although not to LTS - I've been using 10.04LTS Ubuntu for a year and a half, now I use* 11.10 Xubuntu (not normally possible as a direct upgrade though) :) -- A.Kromic - No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
Worried when 10.04lts goes end of life
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:07 PM, A. Kromic <akromic@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27/11/11 09:53, Alex Cockell wrote: > Hi all. > I'm worried now. In order to sidestep Windows Vista, I have bought both my > Thinkpad R61i and Ideapad S12 preinstalled with Ubuntu from Linux Emporium. > i have therefore never installed Linux myself, only accepted updates and LTS > upgrades as required. i now hear that the user environment has completely > changed, and I risk having my machines bricked when 12.04.1 comes around... Hello Alex, I am a casual home user and what Kromic has told is reality. Ubuntu LTS is one of the best distributions which is easiest for home users and still doing all the things, it is your wish either to upgrade in 2012 or 2013 but you the feel of 12.04 Ubuntu LTS would also be the same as it is for 10.04 except for a few changes, which is intended for any up gradation, if any bugs are there would get fixed. So you should not worry about that. -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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