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| Ubuntu 12.10 released |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-10-18 18:15:34 |
| Ubuntu 12.10 has been released, sporting the rather... Interesting tagline 'Avoid the pain of Windows 8'. Two main features are that websites can now be treated as actual applications, integrating them into Unity. The divide between local and online content when searching has also been softened, which, they claim, makes it easier to find what you're looking for. On the server side, it includes the Folsom release of OpenStack, "Cinder, for block storage and Quantum, a virtual networking API. Ubuntu's Metal-as-a-Service bare-metal provisioning tool has been updated and now supports Calxeda hyperscale hardware based on ARM". |
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| By Hiev on 2012-10-18 18:41:19 |
| I'm buying a new laptop tomorrow, just in time to try it out. |
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| By lucas_maximus on 2012-10-18 18:51:25 |
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The wireless won't work :trollface: |
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| By Hiev on 2012-10-18 18:56:18 |
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As a matter of fact it works, cause I have the same laptop right now but is not mine, It is from the place I work and wireless works good. Let me tell you one think, if you want a Linux friendly laptop, buy a Samsung. |
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| By Hiev on 2012-10-18 18:57:31 |
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I like their new web page desing: http://imagebin.org/232409 |
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| By darknexus on 2012-10-18 18:57:37 |
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> The wireless won't work :trollface: Aww, you beat me to it. :P I was going to say sure, avoid the pain of Windows 8 and experience a whole new level of pain you will never forget. Although, truth be told, Wi-Fi isn't really the main problem with Linux these days. Audio and video, as well as external device connectivity (scanners, etc) are where the real pains are. If your device works, great. If it doesn't work, you're fcuked. |
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| By Hiev on 2012-10-18 19:03:53 |
| No link for Gubuntu, anyone has it? |
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| By lucas_maximus on 2012-10-18 19:07:30 |
| I normally make sure it has a intel chipset and is either lenovo or dell business. |
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| By leech on 2012-10-18 19:11:05 |
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> > The wireless won't work :trollface: Aww, you beat me to it. :P I was going to say sure, avoid the pain of Windows 8 and experience a whole new level of pain you will never forget. Although, truth be told, Wi-Fi isn't really the main problem with Linux these days. Audio and video, as well as external device connectivity (scanners, etc) are where the real pains are. If your device works, great. If it doesn't work, you're fcuked. Yeah, but then again the same can be said for Windows XP and Vista these days. Windows drops support for hardware far quicker than Linux does. The problem is if Linux doesn't have support from the hardware manufacturer at all and no Linux developers have the device to engineer drivers themselves. |
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| By lucas_maximus on 2012-10-18 19:11:18 |
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Unlike bloody Ubuntu ... Windows 8 has been stable since the first beta on my hardware. BTW I have a GTX 660 GPU, some dodgy wireless card I picked up in a supermarket in spain and ancient nForce 6 chipset. |
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| Can't stand anything Debian based... |
| By gfolkert on 2012-10-18 19:15:32 |
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> I am either Fedora or OpenBSD when it comes to anything *nix ... can't stand anything Debian based. Well, there are a SERIOUS METRIC BUTT LOAD of Packages made up for Fedora and BSDs that are from Debian. Guess you'll just have to remove them. Sorry to hear your bias. |
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