Comments on: Reasons to upgrade your Ubuntu http://ocaoimh.ie/reasons-upgrade-ubuntu/ Look what I found today! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:33:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Binny http://ocaoimh.ie/reasons-upgrade-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-669332 Binny Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:07:52 +0000 http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495399#comment-669332 I upgraded over the weekend. Everything seems to be working perfectly for me (which is unusual) but a nice surprise. Ubuntu continues to improve, and this release is well done. Something which was a nice surprise is the ability to encrypt your home drive out of the box in the installer. If you are security minded it could be a great addition. Ubuntu One: Ubuntu's own cloud based folder sync also looks interesting I upgraded over the weekend.

Everything seems to be working perfectly for me (which is unusual) but a nice surprise. Ubuntu continues to improve, and this release is well done.

Something which was a nice surprise is the ability to encrypt your home drive out of the box in the installer. If you are security minded it could be a great addition.

Ubuntu One: Ubuntu’s own cloud based folder sync also looks interesting

]]> By: Darren http://ocaoimh.ie/reasons-upgrade-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-669306 Darren Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:04:40 +0000 http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495399#comment-669306 Still have to reinstall this. Have to try and set up WordPress on it this time lol. But i can never get the mysql to work properly :( Still have to reinstall this. Have to try and set up WordPress on it this time lol. But i can never get the mysql to work properly :(

]]> By: Donncha http://ocaoimh.ie/reasons-upgrade-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-669261 Donncha Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:37:19 +0000 http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495399#comment-669261 I upgraded yesterday and it's been mostly ok. HAL and a few other services crashed but rebooting fixed all but one. The <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libatasmart/+bug/419662" rel="nofollow">devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect</a> crash alert kept popping up every time I logged in. Thankfully it's safe to ignore. Gnome shell is a bit too unusable for me to use. I had to ssh in to my machine and restart gdm as I couldn't even start a terminal. F-spot seems more responsive, even with 90k photos! I upgraded yesterday and it’s been mostly ok. HAL and a few other services crashed but rebooting fixed all but one. The devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect crash alert kept popping up every time I logged in. Thankfully it’s safe to ignore.

Gnome shell is a bit too unusable for me to use. I had to ssh in to my machine and restart gdm as I couldn’t even start a terminal. F-spot seems more responsive, even with 90k photos!

]]> By: brian t http://ocaoimh.ie/reasons-upgrade-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-669179 brian t Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:31:08 +0000 http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495399#comment-669179 I'm upgrading this morning, at university, from a local mirror - http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/. It's working pretty well, though I am using "trickle" to limit bandwidth, out of consideration to other Internet users here. 8) I’m upgrading this morning, at university, from a local mirror – http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/. It’s working pretty well, though I am using “trickle” to limit bandwidth, out of consideration to other Internet users here. 8)

]]> By: John http://ocaoimh.ie/reasons-upgrade-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-669177 John Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:22:17 +0000 http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495399#comment-669177 I personal prefer KUbuntu. I find KDE much easier to use. I personal prefer KUbuntu. I find KDE much easier to use.

]]> By: Will http://ocaoimh.ie/reasons-upgrade-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-669171 Will Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:14 +0000 http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495399#comment-669171 Would you believe I have never used it. Would you believe I have never used it.

]]> By: Wege http://ocaoimh.ie/reasons-upgrade-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-669169 Wege Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:48:26 +0000 http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495399#comment-669169 I like the current version but seems that the new one looks better. Maybe I'll try to do further research about this. Thanks for sharing! I like the current version but seems that the new one looks better. Maybe I’ll try to do further research about this. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Viper007Bond http://ocaoimh.ie/reasons-upgrade-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-669158 Viper007Bond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:15:56 +0000 http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495399#comment-669158 Do I want Unbuntu or Kubuntu if I want to play around with Linux? Do I want Unbuntu or Kubuntu if I want to play around with Linux?

]]> By: Daniel Howard http://ocaoimh.ie/reasons-upgrade-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-669157 Daniel Howard Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:58:58 +0000 http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495399#comment-669157 Don't forget that Ubuntu upgrades usually break things. I did the beta and it broke fewer things than usual. -danny Don’t forget that Ubuntu upgrades usually break things. I did the beta and it broke fewer things than usual.

-danny

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