Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx"

[Bemk]

I am testing Lucid now in a VM (which crashes on shutdown), and I must say I quite like it, although I hate the new theme. Lucky for Ubuntu that's the only thing I hate, because it is quite easy to edit.

I have a new laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad R500) and I am still looking for a linux distro to go next to Windows 7 (yes, I'll leave Win7, for I need it on my next school, and more importantly, it's the first Windows which I think is a proper system).

Both Gentoo and Debian are atractive competition for Ubuntu, and I am even taking a look at BSDs, even though those systems require too much learning again, which I can't use right now, because I'm going to do my final exams in 2 weeks.

I am also looking at the upgrades from Hardy Server to Lucid Server, as I have some servers to upgrade. One of which is my IPv6 gateway, so I really want that one to keep running. The other is just back-up, so I don't even remotely care as much about that one.

I have had trouble with the upgrade a couple of weeks back, because it killed my initrd. Not really something that comes in handy in a server. Lucky for me I tested it in a VM, and had the HDD backed up, so it wasn't much work to get it back to a functioning virtual test server. Tried again a couple of days ago, and all seems to be working now.

The servers will remain Ubuntu Server for a while, even though Debian is providing quite some competition.

Ubuntu is no longer my first choice, though I will always like it, as it is the distro that has tought me the basics, and even some more advanced features of Linux. Ubuntu 7.10 was what introduced me to Linux, and I have been using Ubuntu Hardy for quite some time now, untill my old laptop died. That means I have been using Ubuntu for at least 2,5 years now, for I remember it being my birthday, that I poped in the Ubuntu CD the first time, and tomorrow it will be exactly 2,5 years later.

[darkrose0510]

I installed Lucid yesterday, everything 'just worked' like it should, even nouveau was good. But I was looking at the system and figured I could either spend the next few days customising the system to something close to what I wanted, or just install Gentoo.

Gentoo ended up being the quicker/easier option, so Lucid wasn't around very long. But I'll definitely recomend it to anyone new to *nix.

[techieMoe]

But I was looking at the system and figured I could either spend the next few days customising the system to something close to what I wanted, or just install Gentoo.

...And spend the next few weeks customizing your system and compiling everything.

[darkrose0510]

...And spend the next few weeks customizing your system and compiling everything.

Heh, gentoo is already installed and running with just about everything I need. Not that I won't tinker with it of course....

[rokytnji]

Bit the bullet. Backed up what I wanted in 8.04 LTS and clean installed 64 bit 10.04 Gnome.

~$ inxi -F
System:    Host harry-desktop Kernel 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Distro Ubuntu 10.04 lucid
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium Dual E2160 (SMP) cache 1024 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips 7182.5 
           Clock Speeds: (1) 1200.00 MHz (2) 1200.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card Intel 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller X.Org 1.7.6 Res: 1024x768@85.0hz 
           GLX Renderer Mesa DRI Intel Q35 GEM 20091221 2009Q4  GLX Version 1.4 Mesa 7.7.1 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver HDA Intel BusID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.21
Network:   Card-1 RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI driver rt61pci v: 2.3.0 BusID: 11:0c.0
           Card-2 Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection driver e1000e v: 1.0.2-k2 at port 1820 BusID: 00:19.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 330.1GB (2.2% used) 1: /dev/sda ST380815AS 80.0GB 
           2: USB /dev/sdb WD2500BB 250.1GB 
Partition: ID:/ size: 9.5G used: 3.2G (36%) fs: ext4 ID:/home size: 61G used: 3.6G (7%) fs: ext4 
           ID:swap-1 size: 3.27GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Info:      Processes 165 Uptime 45 min Memory 420.3/1983.6MB Runlevel 2 Client Shell inxi 1.4.9

Picked up wireless PCI card OK on iBM M57 Desktop. Slowly getting applications I usually run installed. First time running Ext4 File system with Grub 2 oh my

Pretty painless so far. Like finding the Latest versions of Seamonkey and Gimp available.

[rokytnji]

Bit the bullet again. This time I went the upgrade route (not a clean install) from preinstalled Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 on my Newer Asus Micro Desktop.

inxi -F
System:    Host owner-desktop Kernel 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Distro Ubuntu 10.04 lucid
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (SMP) cache 1024 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm) bmips 8799.86 
           Clock Speeds: (1) 2199.969 MHz (2) 2199.969 MHz
Graphics:  Card nVidia G71 [GeForce 7900 GS] X.Org 1.7.6 Res: 1024x768@50.0hz 
           GLX Renderer GeForce 7900 GS/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version 2.1.2 NVIDIA 195.36.15 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio:     Card ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver HDA Intel BusID: 00:14.2
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.21
Network:   Card Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI at port dc00 BusID: 02:00.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (4.1% used) 1: /dev/sda WDC_WD3200AAKS 320.1GB 
Partition: ID:/ size: 288G used: 13G (5%) fs: ext4 ID:swap-1 size: 6.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0C mobo: 44.0C gpu: 0.0:65C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 5400 psu: 0 sys-1: 1013 
Info:      Processes 148 Uptime 40 min Memory 560.1/2008.5MB Client Shell inxi 1.4.9

Got a Network Manager error during upgrade but was nothing serious (this computer is hardwired to router). Thought I lost a bottom taskbar but after killing horizontal conky (taskbar was hidden by conky) I got that sorted to. Took ages (all day to download updates, install new packages, etc...)
but posting now from 10.04. Still to early to check for any problems yet via updating vs a clean install. I am comfortable doing distro upgrades on AntiX (on my Laptops and netbooks) because it is all done through the terminal. It is a lot quicker than Ubuntu upgrade also.

Popped my cherry doing my first Ubuntu Upgrade. Will see later if I got any STDs.

[Bemk]

Bit the bullet again. This time I went the upgrade route (not a clean install) from preinstalled Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 on my Newer Asus Micro Desktop.

inxi -F
System:    Host owner-desktop Kernel 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Distro Ubuntu 10.04 lucid
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (SMP) cache 1024 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm) bmips 8799.86 
           Clock Speeds: (1) 2199.969 MHz (2) 2199.969 MHz
Graphics:  Card nVidia G71 [GeForce 7900 GS] X.Org 1.7.6 Res: 1024x768@50.0hz 
           GLX Renderer GeForce 7900 GS/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version 2.1.2 NVIDIA 195.36.15 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio:     Card ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver HDA Intel BusID: 00:14.2
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.21
Network:   Card Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI at port dc00 BusID: 02:00.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (4.1% used) 1: /dev/sda WDC_WD3200AAKS 320.1GB 
Partition: ID:/ size: 288G used: 13G (5%) fs: ext4 ID:swap-1 size: 6.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0C mobo: 44.0C gpu: 0.0:65C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 5400 psu: 0 sys-1: 1013 
Info:      Processes 148 Uptime 40 min Memory 560.1/2008.5MB Client Shell inxi 1.4.9

Got a Network Manager error during upgrade but was nothing serious (this computer is hardwired to router). Thought I lost a bottom taskbar but after killing horizontal conky (taskbar was hidden by conky) I got that sorted to. Took ages (all day to download updates, install new packages, etc...)
but posting now from 10.04. Still to early to check for any problems yet via updating vs a clean install. I am comfortable doing distro upgrades on AntiX (on my Laptops and netbooks) because it is all done through the terminal. It is a lot quicker than Ubuntu upgrade also.

Popped my cherry doing my first Ubuntu Upgrade. Will see later if I got any STDs.

I suppose you do your upgrades graphically, though it is also possible to do them through command line:

sudo do-release-upgrade

Though I, personally, recommend that for servers.