Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Hot Update: 8.10 is out and 8.04 back in…
Sorry to disappoint some people that may feel we should push the party line, but 8.10 is really buggy at the most simplistic level: the desktops (yes, both GNOME and XFCE4) keep going south on me as described previously. 8.10 is really unstable and has some significant bugs. Period. Remember folks that for the Linux Desktop to survive and grow, it must be easy and seamless to install and to use for the average user!
Thus, 8.04 is back in…
However, on a positive note, the more Ubuntu becomes popular, I find that in addition to the Ubuntu Support Pages and Support Groups, there are tons of Ubuntu related sites that don’t have anything to do with Official Ubuntu, but offer great Tips, News and How-To’s. One of my main reasons to try 8.10 was OpenOffice.org 3.0 (which was not in, anyway) and The Gimp 2.6.1. I found all the necessary details to get these going on 8.04 nevertheless…
Since I use the XFCE4 Destop, all the Added Candy was basically in GNOME, with very little changes in XCFE4, at least that I can see. For those who might be interested, I normally install Ubuntu, then add the Xubuntu-Desktop, as the straight Xubuntu requires too many apps to install afterward to make it usable to my liking.
For the time being, I’ll stick with 8.04.1. When 8.10.1 comes out, if ever, I’ll give it a try on a spare drive…
Regards & have a great day!
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