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Upgraded from a previous version for sneak preview (20.04 -> 23.10 -> 24.04), and had a slight scare as the system just froze after starting up until indicator-keyboard was removed (suspected OOM -...

upstart has been replaced by systemd as a default (except for official packages, existing scripts are not updated as far as I can tell)

Just wanted to report that the upgrade path is still very rough atm. On the two vms I tried, both were unable to complete dist-upgrade cleanly, with the first reboot into 4.x kernel resulting in...

Reported for personal attack, which is uncalled for

The problem with putty is that its popularity is amplified due to the lack of built-in support for ssh on Windows (where rdp access is mainstay), for tunneling purposes Tunnelier is probably a...

There's no need to overreact. The good thing about Windows systems is that they tend to have much longer lifecycles. XP is still very much viable in certain scenarios even today, and you can expect...

There is none that is nearly as feature complete as WinSCP (note that Nautilus is nowhere near as a contender)

Linux simply doesn't have the advantage of the well-established Windows ecosystem of third-party programs that started since the shareware days, while the slip-ups concerning the latest Windows 8...

Mint would be worthy of serious consideration if you do not wish to contend with the 12.04 LTS and want to enjoy the same Gnome 2 experience that is light on system resources. I am still on 12.04 but...

It does make for a suspicious pattern taking into account the way various events have unfolded since the very beginning of the Unity debacle, and of course leads to further division of the user base...

Well, direction has vastly changed between 10.04 (which runs much faster than 12.04 even on an old machine) and 13.04, now given their different position in the market, they kind of decided that...

I didn't say it is, but it does explain why the exodus has already begun at 12.04

gnome-session-fallback, but what would eunuchs know?

Unity was a path of no return, and the primary reason for the mass divide/exodus after 12.04. Many people on the current LTS will have no viable upgrade path and have no choice but to turn to other...

Generally, it is more advantageous to run Windows natively and Linux in a VM. Last time I checked wine is still pretty fickle with a bunch of programs that only work on a particular version, or not...

Windows programs?

Majority of people either have the wisdom not to upgrade or are too proud to admit they got lucky again and survived the new round of problems, which may not have manifested in their entirety.

Local institutions should be the ones responsible for physical distribution, which was never cheap in the first place.

If you really must suffer the experience, go with Windows 7 at least.

Quite the contrary, LTS releases tend to have the most comprehensive community support, especially for critical issues like driver support. For the minor issues that are unresolved in LTS, they will...

This is another of those annoying regressions, affecting even the Intel integrated graphics on my MBA 4.1. Granted I shouldn't have installed this on the LTS... (I did while using boot-repair the...

Incredible, I was able to print from our network printer (a Canon iR-ADV C2020) that is expecting a department id and pin, with no way to configure those. Your method worked perfectly (after digging...

take a deep breath (while holding your nose) and install gnome-session-fallback

Some need more ways to do the same or new things, others just need a few reliable ways to do the same or more things with less time or resources. I got the latter with 10.04, and hope it will still...

The available panel as you understand it will exist as the gnome-session-fallback, or gnome-shell when it is ready. These can all be considered Gnome3 variants. They will nearly be the same as Gnome2...