[kwlug-disc] Ubuntu 18.04

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

That is what I do: configure the router to give the same IP address to
certain devices, while still using DHCP on them. Makes configuration much
easier, and defaults work on all these devices (DHCP), but effectively with
static IP.

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Raymond Chen <raymondchen625 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That's one of the things I always get confused of Debian/Ubuntu. I
> remember whenever I reinstalled a new Raspbian on my Pi, I had to learn a
> new way to configure a static IP address. It's not hard but why they keep
> changing it? So at a point I started to use dynamic IP address and changed
> my router settings instead.
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 1:31 PM, Chamunks <chamunks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Netplan... okay more things I need to re-learn.  Huzzah!  I already am
>> annoyed that I have to learn the IP command instead of if{up/down/whatever}
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 1:02 PM L.D. Paniak <ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have 18.04 running on a research server for a month now.
>>> No problems once you get over the new network configuration stack:
>>> netplan
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Netplan
>>>
>>> Someone with experience should give a talk on this...
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/29/2018 12:41 PM, Chamunks wrote:
>>>
>>> I find that Ubuntu can be edgy enough to keep you using latest tech
>>> which is nice to an extent but at the same time, it can also be a bit rocky
>>> right after an upgrade.  Granted CI/CD strategies being deployed and
>>> adopted everywhere has definitely helped reduce the drama created by living
>>> on the edge.
>>>
>>> @Khalid I did notice that the .x releases of LTS were about when it was
>>> good to jump on board too.  Although there have been the odd years I think
>>> 14.04 that they didn't have a .x release but I don't recall exactly.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 12:35 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Same for me.
>>>>
>>>> I don't bother trying it out until a .1 or .2 is released.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Chamunks <chamunks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I generally tend to avoid the latest Ubuntu releases for a good solid
>>>>> 2 months after they drop publicly.  How do you find 18.04 now?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:41 AM CrankyOldBugger <
>>>>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If anyone's interested..  I've been running the Bionic Beaver in beta
>>>>>> for over a week now (just for a short while in a VM each day, not as my
>>>>>> primary machine), and so far I like what I'm seeing.  Seems to be much
>>>>>> happier than 17.10.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But if you decide to install 18.04, be sure to grab GNOME Tweaks as
>>>>>> soon as you can so you can change the dock to dash-to-dock and move it to
>>>>>> the bottom of the screen.  The way they have it set up on the left is just
>>>>>> confusing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe that the actual release date is in the last week of April.
>>>>>>
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