Ubuntu Kansas LoCo Anyone try Gutsy yet?

[Jason Preu]

I did an upgrade to Gutsy from Fiesty on both my desktop (AMD K8N 64 -
Kubuntu) and laptop (Toshiba Satellite A25 - Ubuntu) with minimal issues.
The laptop has no graphic capabilities so Compiz was not an option there.
Other than minor upgrade configuration issues, the laptop upgrade went
smooth and I haven't noticed much difference in operation. The wireless
still worked well (incidentally, *buntu is the only flavor I've been able to
get wireless working with no configuration at all on the laptop). I agree
with Seth that its nice seeing application upgrades too. I'm interested to
test out any power management changes when time allows.
As for my desktop upgrade - again, smooth process and I wanted to try out
Compiz-Fusion. Took forever and a day to get Compiz running and configured.
I played with it for about a day and found most of the features fun, but
still a bit buggy for me (nothing *buntu related). So I went back to default
window/desktop management and things seem fine. Not much too report on.
Seems the upgrade is rather subtle in its differences from the prior
release, which is good. Slow, steady improvements make for happy end users.

-jason
jasonpreu.com


On 10/25/07, Seth Galitzer <sgsax at ksu.edu> wrote:
>
> I actually installed Gutsy on Day 1.  I put it on my ThinkPad T43, where
> I've had Edgy, and then Feisty, previously.  For both upgrades, I did a
> clean install each time.  With Feisty, my trusty Cisco Aironet350 PCMCIA
> wifi card stopped working, but I think that was due to kernel goofiness,
> not necessarily the Ubuntu apps.  So I've been using the built-in
> Atheros wifi instead, which is nowhere near as powerful as the Aironet,
> but usable.
>
> With Gutsy, the Aironet card still doesn't work, but the newer version
> of the Atheros driver seems to give me a bit more power on my wifi link.
> After a bit of troublshooting, I had to blacklist the ipv6 kernel
> module as it appeared to be preventing ipv4 routing from working
> properly on my home network (many threads in the forums about that
> issue).  That also would appear to be a kernel problem and not
> necessarily an Ubuntu problem.
>
> Other than that, the out-of-the-box experience is pretty good.  Compiz
> working easily is nice, and fun for a while.  It makes for a great
> demonstration of what Linux/xorg can do that other OS can't.  But I
> turned mine off after a day or two.  Configuration of compiz is still a
> complete nightmare, but again, that's not Ubuntu-specific.  Version
> bumps in all major applications is nice.  Stuff I care about I'll update
> manually, but having the latest version with the distro is nice for
> newbies.
>
> Overall, I'd give Gusty four out of five stars for a well-polished
> distro and amazingly easy installation process.  One star off for not
> patching the kernel to fix networking instability.  That's something
> that Joe Blow Windows User won't be able to deal with when he switches.
>
> Seth
>
> Eric Klemm wrote:
> > Was wondering if anyone that visits here has tried out Gutsy yet.
> > I am reluctant to do so now because my machine is dual-boot and the
> > windows side is being used for schoolwork right now.
> >
> > This is the thread that I am following.
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=579746
> >
> > I upgraded this machine from Edgy Eft to Feisty and it had its problems,
> > When I install gutsy I think I will do a fresh install.
> >
> > Eric
> >
>
>
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