[ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu-us-in Digest, Vol 49, Issue 3
Charlie Luna
war.tribe.mc at gmail.com
Wed Jun 13 00:24:16 UTC 2012
I, unfortunately, didn't answer the question at hand. Should you continue
development of 10.10 as a new distribution? If you want to, go for it. i
see no problem with another choice. I wish I had your talent to develop an
OS. Is it doomed to failure? Can't say. I wouldn't think so.
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> From: "Sobieralski, Damian Michael" <dsobiera at indiana.edu>
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> Not to dismiss those that are having problems w/ the new UI but I've been
> using Unity for a while and it seems fine for my general desktop computing.
> As I was forced to be on OSX for a while I got used to the dock in OSX.
> So Unity wasn't really that big of a deal for me when I moved back to
> Ubuntu.
>
> Compiz running w/ it I find my hardware on my laptop has issues with at
> times. But I run in 2d Unity mode and all seems to work just fine. At home
> I run Unity in 3d mode w/ no problems. For a UI that's only been around for
> a very short time I think Unity is progressing along fine. But I do admit
> it isn't anywhere near to being polished as the ones that have been around
> for some time.
>
> Again, this is not meant to poo poo on those that don't like the new UI
> that GNOME 3 or Unity gives them. It's just for me, I'm trying to adapt to
> the new UI as they come out. But I can certainly understand the crowd that
> would rather have keyboard and hardware requirement simplicity over the new
> stuff.
>
> -Damian
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> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:59:58 -0400
> From: Charlie Luna <war.tribe.mc at gmail.com>
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> I wish I could make an intelligent sounding comment about what you guys
> are talking about but I constantly find myself stumped with all the types
> of interfaces, if that's what they're called. Unity, gnome, xfce, etc. I'm
> so illiterate with these terms that I have no idea of what looks like what.
> I do know I have the newest release for ubuntu: 12.04 lts. There were some
> initial things I didn't like but I've become accustomed to those things and
> don't mind them so much now. I'm not good at knowing how to modify what's
> already in place because one, I don't know how and secondly, if I tried, I
> fear screwing everything up but that isn't a bad thing since I could just
> reinstall everything. If I knew more about coding and modifying, id be able
> to comment better but so far I like 12.04 lts on my laptop. Except that I
> keep getting the password prompt for the keyring for some software. I need
> to reinstall my os to see if that goes away.
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> > 1. Ubuntu 10.10 (Ryan Hoots)
> > 2. Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Phil Buckler)
> > 3. Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (John Hayden)
> > 4. Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (John Hayden)
> > 5. Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Jeremy L. Gaddis)
> > 6. Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Sim?n Ruiz)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:46:16 -0400
> > From: Ryan Hoots <overlord at ryanhoots.com>
> > To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team"
> > <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
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> > I was recently thinking about Ubuntu's 2010 releases, specifically
> > 10.10, which has just reached its end of life. I liked 10.10 a lot, in
> > fact it's still in use on about %25 of my computers because I like it so
> much.
> > So, now that it's retired, I face a problem. Newer Ubuntu releases
> > don't work with my hardware very well, even my brand new laptop I just
> > got recently. But 10.10 is fine on it.
> > My idea is to unofficially continue Ubuntu 10.10's development as a
> > new Linux distribution, sort of like what MATE did with GNOME 2. In
> > fact, MATE might even be installed on this new distro by default.
> > So, I'd like to know, what's your opinion of this idea? Is it
> > worthwhile, or is it doomed to failure?
> > Thanks,
> > Ryan
> >
> > --
> > www.ryanhoots.com
> >
> > Sent to you on my Linux? laptop- where else would I risk logging in to
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> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:24:01 -0500
> > From: Phil Buckler <buck2825 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team"
> > <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
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> > I agree and have been internally fighting with this decision the past
> > few weeks. Initially I told myself that Unity would get better just
> > give it time. Well here we are 12.04 LTS is out and Unity sucks,
> > Gnome 3 is worse and I find myself frustrated asking if I should just
> > install windows 7. I don't know what the answer is but I don't think
> > yet another linux distro is the answer. When I look at linux distros I
> look
> > for longevity, financial sound business model, and usability. I am now
> 6
> > year using Ubuntu so I have amassed several tools and software
> > packages that I like and know. So I tend to lean toward a Debian OS of
> some flavor.
> > I don't want to get much more then one distro removed from the Debian
> > for the support. That is the reason I have downloaded an am now
> > testing Linux Mint Debian. I'm still not sure what i'm going to end
> > up with but it should be thoroughly frustrating.
> >
> >
> > -Phil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Ryan Hoots <overlord at ryanhoots.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I was recently thinking about Ubuntu's 2010 releases, specifically
> > > 10.10, which has just reached its end of life. I liked 10.10 a lot,
> > > in fact it's still in use on about %25 of my computers because I like
> it so much.
> > > So, now that it's retired, I face a problem. Newer Ubuntu releases
> > > don't work with my hardware very well, even my brand new laptop I
> > > just got recently. But 10.10 is fine on it.
> > > My idea is to unofficially continue Ubuntu 10.10's development as a
> > > new Linux distribution, sort of like what MATE did with GNOME 2. In
> > > fact,
> > MATE
> > > might even be installed on this new distro by default.
> > > So, I'd like to know, what's your opinion of this idea? Is it
> > > worthwhile, or is it doomed to failure?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ryan
> > >
> > > --
> > > www.ryanhoots.com
> > >
> > > Sent to you on my Linux? laptop- where else would I risk logging in
> > > to Gmail?
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> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:33:16 -0400
> > From: John Hayden <johnhayden83 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team"
> > <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
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> > I would tend to agree with you. I would do whatever works best for
> > you. If the new were you going to does not work with your computer,
> > Why upgrade and give yourself problems. Besides, it should still work
> > fine for quite a while Without any updates.
> > Of course this is only just my opinion On the matter. But you could
> > possibly even use a different distro That runs better on Lower and
> > computers.
> > On Jun 11, 2012 11:46 AM, "Ryan Hoots" <overlord at ryanhoots.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I was recently thinking about Ubuntu's 2010 releases, specifically
> > > 10.10, which has just reached its end of life. I liked 10.10 a lot,
> > > in fact it's still in use on about %25 of my computers because I like
> it so much.
> > > So, now that it's retired, I face a problem. Newer Ubuntu releases
> > > don't work with my hardware very well, even my brand new laptop I
> > > just got recently. But 10.10 is fine on it.
> > > My idea is to unofficially continue Ubuntu 10.10's development as a
> > > new Linux distribution, sort of like what MATE did with GNOME 2. In
> > > fact,
> > MATE
> > > might even be installed on this new distro by default.
> > > So, I'd like to know, what's your opinion of this idea? Is it
> > > worthwhile, or is it doomed to failure?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ryan
> > >
> > > --
> > > www.ryanhoots.com
> > >
> > > Sent to you on my Linux? laptop- where else would I risk logging in
> > > to Gmail?
> > >
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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:37:40 -0400
> > From: John Hayden <johnhayden83 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team"
> > <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
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> > Please forgive all the grammatical errors in my last response. I am
> > sending this via voice reply.
> > On Jun 11, 2012 12:33 PM, "John Hayden" <johnhayden83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I would tend to agree with you. I would do whatever works best for you.
> > > If the new were you going to does not work with your computer, Why
> > upgrade
> > > and give yourself problems. Besides, it should still work fine for
> > > quite
> > a
> > > while Without any updates.
> > > Of course this is only just my opinion On the matter. But you could
> > > possibly even use a different distro That runs better on Lower and
> > > computers.
> > > On Jun 11, 2012 11:46 AM, "Ryan Hoots" <overlord at ryanhoots.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I was recently thinking about Ubuntu's 2010 releases, specifically
> > 10.10,
> > >> which has just reached its end of life. I liked 10.10 a lot, in
> > >> fact
> > it's
> > >> still in use on about %25 of my computers because I like it so much.
> > >> So, now that it's retired, I face a problem. Newer Ubuntu releases
> > >> don't work with my hardware very well, even my brand new laptop I
> > >> just got recently. But 10.10 is fine on it.
> > >> My idea is to unofficially continue Ubuntu 10.10's development as a
> > >> new Linux distribution, sort of like what MATE did with GNOME 2. In
> > >> fact,
> > MATE
> > >> might even be installed on this new distro by default.
> > >> So, I'd like to know, what's your opinion of this idea? Is it
> > worthwhile,
> > >> or is it doomed to failure?
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Ryan
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> www.ryanhoots.com
> > >>
> > >> Sent to you on my Linux? laptop- where else would I risk logging in
> > >> to Gmail?
> > >>
> > >>
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> > Message: 5
> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:03:03 -0400
> > From: "Jeremy L. Gaddis" <jlgaddis at gnu.org>
> > To: Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team
> > <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
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> > If you like Ubuntu, stick with Ubuntu. Personally, I'm a huge fan of
> > Debian.
> >
> > I don't care for Unity or Gnome 3 or KDE, for that matter, but I do
> > make use of Xfce, awesome, and xmonad at various times. I have one
> > single "desktop" PC left and it runs Debian w/ Xfce quite nicely.
> >
> > --
> > Jeremy L. Gaddis
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 11, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Ryan Hoots wrote:
> >
> > > I was recently thinking about Ubuntu's 2010 releases, specifically
> > 10.10, which has just reached its end of life. I liked 10.10 a lot, in
> > fact it's still in use on about %25 of my computers because I like it so
> much.
> > > So, now that it's retired, I face a problem. Newer Ubuntu releases
> > > don't
> > work with my hardware very well, even my brand new laptop I just got
> > recently. But 10.10 is fine on it.
> > > My idea is to unofficially continue Ubuntu 10.10's development as a
> > > new
> > Linux distribution, sort of like what MATE did with GNOME 2. In fact,
> > MATE might even be installed on this new distro by default.
> > > So, I'd like to know, what's your opinion of this idea? Is it
> > worthwhile, or is it doomed to failure?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ryan
> > >
> > > --
> > > www.ryanhoots.com
> > >
> > > Sent to you on my Linux? laptop- where else would I risk logging in
> > > to
> > Gmail?
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> > Message: 6
> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:55:06 -0400
> > From: Sim?n Ruiz <simon.a.ruiz at gmail.com>
> > To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team"
> > <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
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> > I've been playing around with Linux Mint, lately; I haven't been
> > minding Unity, but unfortunately Precise stopped working on some of
> > the older hardware (Dell Latitude D610) we use in class for the O.S.
> > install lab we run our ninth graders through. I've tried several of
> > the Ubuntu variants, but they all hang right at the end of the Ubuntu
> > thermometer bar.
> >
> > I'm hoping Linux Mint lets me continue to use Ubuntu for that lab,
> > otherwise I'll have to cast farther afield for an appropriate modern
> > Linux distro to use.
> >
> > Sim?n
> >
> >
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> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:25:02 +0200
> From: justin sullivan <j.p.sullivan at hotmail.com>
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> Fedora is better.
>
>
> On 12.06.2012, at 15:00, ubuntu-us-in-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:59:58 -0400
> > From: Charlie Luna <war.tribe.mc at gmail.com>
> > To: ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu-us-in Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1
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> >
> > I wish I could make an intelligent sounding comment about what you guys
> are
> > talking about but I constantly find myself stumped with all the types of
> > interfaces, if that's what they're called. Unity, gnome, xfce, etc. I'm
> so
> > illiterate with these terms that I have no idea of what looks like what.
> I
> > do know I have the newest release for ubuntu: 12.04 lts. There were some
> > initial things I didn't like but I've become accustomed to those things
> and
> > don't mind them so much now. I'm not good at knowing how to modify what's
> > already in place because one, I don't know how and secondly, if I tried,
> I
> > fear screwing everything up but that isn't a bad thing since I could just
> > reinstall everything. If I knew more about coding and modifying, id be
> able
> > to comment better but so far I like 12.04 lts on my laptop. Except that I
> > keep getting the password prompt for the keyring for some software. I
> need
> > to reinstall my os to see if that goes away.
> > On Jun 11, 2012 10:55 PM, <ubuntu-us-in-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
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> >> Today's Topics:
> >>
> >> 1. Ubuntu 10.10 (Ryan Hoots)
> >> 2. Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Phil Buckler)
> >> 3. Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (John Hayden)
> >> 4. Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (John Hayden)
> >> 5. Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Jeremy L. Gaddis)
> >> 6. Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Sim?n Ruiz)
> >>
> >>
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> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:46:16 -0400
> >> From: Ryan Hoots <overlord at ryanhoots.com>
> >> To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team"
> >> <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> Subject: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
> >> Message-ID:
> >> <CABLBoOPKVuXEb=yUWjtK0o7c5OZ=
> 3PyS4tXLqLMqqpi59_hQEw at mail.gmail.com
> >>>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>
> >> I was recently thinking about Ubuntu's 2010 releases, specifically
> 10.10,
> >> which has just reached its end of life. I liked 10.10 a lot, in fact
> it's
> >> still in use on about %25 of my computers because I like it so much.
> >> So, now that it's retired, I face a problem. Newer Ubuntu releases don't
> >> work with my hardware very well, even my brand new laptop I just got
> >> recently. But 10.10 is fine on it.
> >> My idea is to unofficially continue Ubuntu 10.10's development as a new
> >> Linux distribution, sort of like what MATE did with GNOME 2. In fact,
> MATE
> >> might even be installed on this new distro by default.
> >> So, I'd like to know, what's your opinion of this idea? Is it
> worthwhile,
> >> or is it doomed to failure?
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ryan
> >>
> >> --
> >> www.ryanhoots.com
> >>
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> >> Message: 2
> >> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:24:01 -0500
> >> From: Phil Buckler <buck2825 at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team"
> >> <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
> >> Message-ID:
> >> <CAOrQvYQrPb25gRqB6kEFxFrYghwWw7WPb3xtSmoB3DDbz+=+
> UA at mail.gmail.com
> >>>
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> >>
> >> I agree and have been internally fighting with this decision the past
> few
> >> weeks. Initially I told myself that Unity would get better just give it
> >> time. Well here we are 12.04 LTS is out and Unity sucks, Gnome 3 is
> worse
> >> and I find myself frustrated asking if I should just install windows 7.
> I
> >> don't know what the answer is but I don't think yet another linux
> distro is
> >> the answer. When I look at linux distros I look
> >> for longevity, financial sound business model, and usability. I am
> now 6
> >> year using Ubuntu so I have amassed several tools and software packages
> >> that I like and know. So I tend to lean toward a Debian OS of some
> flavor.
> >> I don't want to get much more then one distro removed from the Debian
> for
> >> the support. That is the reason I have downloaded an am now
> >> testing Linux Mint Debian. I'm still not sure what i'm going to end up
> >> with but it should be thoroughly frustrating.
> >>
> >>
> >> -Phil
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Ryan Hoots <overlord at ryanhoots.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I was recently thinking about Ubuntu's 2010 releases, specifically
> 10.10,
> >>> which has just reached its end of life. I liked 10.10 a lot, in fact
> it's
> >>> still in use on about %25 of my computers because I like it so much.
> >>> So, now that it's retired, I face a problem. Newer Ubuntu releases
> don't
> >>> work with my hardware very well, even my brand new laptop I just got
> >>> recently. But 10.10 is fine on it.
> >>> My idea is to unofficially continue Ubuntu 10.10's development as a new
> >>> Linux distribution, sort of like what MATE did with GNOME 2. In fact,
> >> MATE
> >>> might even be installed on this new distro by default.
> >>> So, I'd like to know, what's your opinion of this idea? Is it
> worthwhile,
> >>> or is it doomed to failure?
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Ryan
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> www.ryanhoots.com
> >>>
> >>> Sent to you on my Linux? laptop- where else would I risk logging in to
> >>> Gmail?
> >>>
> >>>
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> >> Message: 3
> >> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:33:16 -0400
> >> From: John Hayden <johnhayden83 at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team"
> >> <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
> >> Message-ID:
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> >>
> >> I would tend to agree with you. I would do whatever works best for you.
> If
> >> the new were you going to does not work with your computer, Why upgrade
> and
> >> give yourself problems. Besides, it should still work fine for quite a
> >> while Without any updates.
> >> Of course this is only just my opinion On the matter. But you could
> >> possibly even use a different distro That runs better on Lower and
> >> computers.
> >> On Jun 11, 2012 11:46 AM, "Ryan Hoots" <overlord at ryanhoots.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I was recently thinking about Ubuntu's 2010 releases, specifically
> 10.10,
> >>> which has just reached its end of life. I liked 10.10 a lot, in fact
> it's
> >>> still in use on about %25 of my computers because I like it so much.
> >>> So, now that it's retired, I face a problem. Newer Ubuntu releases
> don't
> >>> work with my hardware very well, even my brand new laptop I just got
> >>> recently. But 10.10 is fine on it.
> >>> My idea is to unofficially continue Ubuntu 10.10's development as a new
> >>> Linux distribution, sort of like what MATE did with GNOME 2. In fact,
> >> MATE
> >>> might even be installed on this new distro by default.
> >>> So, I'd like to know, what's your opinion of this idea? Is it
> worthwhile,
> >>> or is it doomed to failure?
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Ryan
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> www.ryanhoots.com
> >>>
> >>> Sent to you on my Linux? laptop- where else would I risk logging in to
> >>> Gmail?
> >>>
> >>>
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> >> Message: 4
> >> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:37:40 -0400
> >> From: John Hayden <johnhayden83 at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team"
> >> <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
> >> Message-ID:
> >> <
> CAATzOJhDaBk_VrUg4yqg-SLR-QytH+UZo8Pv+hLCJV2yButU-w at mail.gmail.com
> >>>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>
> >> Please forgive all the grammatical errors in my last response. I am
> sending
> >> this via voice reply.
> >> On Jun 11, 2012 12:33 PM, "John Hayden" <johnhayden83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I would tend to agree with you. I would do whatever works best for you.
> >>> If the new were you going to does not work with your computer, Why
> >> upgrade
> >>> and give yourself problems. Besides, it should still work fine for
> quite
> >> a
> >>> while Without any updates.
> >>> Of course this is only just my opinion On the matter. But you could
> >>> possibly even use a different distro That runs better on Lower and
> >>> computers.
> >>> On Jun 11, 2012 11:46 AM, "Ryan Hoots" <overlord at ryanhoots.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I was recently thinking about Ubuntu's 2010 releases, specifically
> >> 10.10,
> >>>> which has just reached its end of life. I liked 10.10 a lot, in fact
> >> it's
> >>>> still in use on about %25 of my computers because I like it so much.
> >>>> So, now that it's retired, I face a problem. Newer Ubuntu releases
> don't
> >>>> work with my hardware very well, even my brand new laptop I just got
> >>>> recently. But 10.10 is fine on it.
> >>>> My idea is to unofficially continue Ubuntu 10.10's development as a
> new
> >>>> Linux distribution, sort of like what MATE did with GNOME 2. In fact,
> >> MATE
> >>>> might even be installed on this new distro by default.
> >>>> So, I'd like to know, what's your opinion of this idea? Is it
> >> worthwhile,
> >>>> or is it doomed to failure?
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Ryan
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> www.ryanhoots.com
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent to you on my Linux? laptop- where else would I risk logging in to
> >>>> Gmail?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >> Message: 5
> >> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:03:03 -0400
> >> From: "Jeremy L. Gaddis" <jlgaddis at gnu.org>
> >> To: Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team
> >> <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
> >> Message-ID: <3747E465-2535-485E-BA47-EA2FED9B3F6E at gnu.org>
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> >>
> >> If you like Ubuntu, stick with Ubuntu. Personally, I'm a huge fan of
> >> Debian.
> >>
> >> I don't care for Unity or Gnome 3 or KDE, for that matter, but I do make
> >> use of Xfce, awesome, and xmonad at various times. I have one single
> >> "desktop" PC left and it runs Debian w/ Xfce quite nicely.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jeremy L. Gaddis
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jun 11, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Ryan Hoots wrote:
> >>
> >>> I was recently thinking about Ubuntu's 2010 releases, specifically
> >> 10.10, which has just reached its end of life. I liked 10.10 a lot, in
> fact
> >> it's still in use on about %25 of my computers because I like it so
> much.
> >>> So, now that it's retired, I face a problem. Newer Ubuntu releases
> don't
> >> work with my hardware very well, even my brand new laptop I just got
> >> recently. But 10.10 is fine on it.
> >>> My idea is to unofficially continue Ubuntu 10.10's development as a new
> >> Linux distribution, sort of like what MATE did with GNOME 2. In fact,
> MATE
> >> might even be installed on this new distro by default.
> >>> So, I'd like to know, what's your opinion of this idea? Is it
> >> worthwhile, or is it doomed to failure?
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Ryan
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> www.ryanhoots.com
> >>>
> >>> Sent to you on my Linux? laptop- where else would I risk logging in to
> >> Gmail?
> >>>
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> >> Message: 6
> >> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:55:06 -0400
> >> From: Sim?n Ruiz <simon.a.ruiz at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Ubuntu's Indiana Local Community Team"
> >> <ubuntu-us-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu 10.10
> >> Message-ID:
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> >> I've been playing around with Linux Mint, lately; I haven't been
> >> minding Unity, but unfortunately Precise stopped working on some of
> >> the older hardware (Dell Latitude D610) we use in class for the O.S.
> >> install lab we run our ninth graders through. I've tried several of
> >> the Ubuntu variants, but they all hang right at the end of the Ubuntu
> >> thermometer bar.
> >>
> >> I'm hoping Linux Mint lets me continue to use Ubuntu for that lab,
> >> otherwise I'll have to cast farther afield for an appropriate modern
> >> Linux distro to use.
> >>
> >> Sim?n
> >>
> >>
> >>
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