[kwlug-disc] Ubuntu 17.10

[CrankyOldBugger]

Sanity is over-rated.  We're hackers!


On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 at 13:50 Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> That is exactly my strategy.
>
> I learned a lesson the hard way around 10 or so years back when
> I upgraded from an LTS to a non-LTS release, and got broken things
> on KDE that almost drove me off from it then. Early this year I
> switched from KDE to XFCE after I upgraded to 16.04 (one year
> after it came out), and never looked back.
>
> Ever since, I only stick with LTS releases, and life has been easier
> that way.
>
> Even with LTS, I tend to watch until at least the first .1 release
> comes out and the main kinks ironed out.
>
> Preserves your sanity that way.
>
> On 10/19/17, L.D. Paniak <ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com> wrote:
> > Is there anything compelling in 17.10 that I cannot get in 16.04 with
> HWE?
> > It is to the point where I am ignoring non-LTS releases in general.
> >
> > On 10/19/2017 12:54 PM, Keefer Rourke wrote:
> >> I'm currently running Fedora 27 beta, and I'm really disappointed with
> >> GNOME 3.26.1 until recently, Mutter would crash any time you closed a
> >> maximized (or half-tiled) window. For a "stable" release, GNOME is
> >> hugely disappointing.
> >>
> >> The bugs in *vanilla* GNOME have been show-stoppers for the final
> >> release of Fedora 27 -- I'm honestly surprised that Canonical decided
> >> to release 17.10 with the current state of things.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Keefer
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2017-10-19 at 15:27 +0000, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> >>> And a reason why I like to test new stuff out via virtual machines,
> >>> not real boxes!
> >>>
> >>> I had to submit two bug reports in the first few minutes.  But now it
> >>> seems to be running a bit better after another reboot..
> >>>
> >>> What can I say about it?  If you ignore the bright orange background
> >>> and the dock, it looks just like Fedora GNOME or any other GNOME.  It
> >>> will be interesting to see how Canonical keeps us interested in their
> >>> desktop product if it's just like anybody else's.
> >>>
> >>> Or maybe they'll just focus on the stuff they do well, like MaaS and
> >>> server and docker, etc.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 at 11:22 Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com
> >>> <mailto:kb at 2bits.com>> wrote:
> >>>> On 10/19/17, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com
> >>>> <mailto:crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>> > I just downloaded the new Ubuntu 17.10 and installed it in a virtual
> >>>> > machine (virtualbox on a Windows host).
> >>>> >
> >>>> > So far, it's interesting, but I'm sure I don't need to remind the
> >>>> people
> >>>> > here to not drop a brand new release on a production box.  In
> >>>> other words,
> >>>> > I've come across quite a few bugs so far...
> >>>>
> >>>> One more reason I stay with LTS releases, and only after the .1
> version
> >>>> of them comes out.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
> >>>> 2bits.com <http://2bits.com>, Inc.
> >>>> http://2bits.com
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> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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> http://2bits.com
> Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
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