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Sethun
February 10th, 2013, 08:56 PM
Hey guys! I've been out of the loop for a year or so due to not even owning a computer, I always got by with just using my roomies to just surf the web or whatever. I just wanted to know how you guys have been liking ubuntu lately. :)

ACubed10
February 10th, 2013, 09:48 PM
Hey guys! I've been out of the loop for a year or so due to not even owning a computer, I always got by with just using my roomies to just surf the web or whatever. I just wanted to know how you guys have been liking ubuntu lately. :)
I installed 12.10 but it was still a little too buggy for me. Back to 12.04 and happy as can be!

MadmanRB
February 10th, 2013, 09:51 PM
12.10 is very buggy and not all that good.
I will try 13.04 though

monkeybrain2012
February 10th, 2013, 10:13 PM
It is very good on the machines I tried it on.

black3agl3
February 10th, 2013, 10:40 PM
Ok. Except for the Ubuntu Software Centre. Slow as hell on my pc. Dash too tends to get to turtle speed when I've been using my computer for a while (around 4-5 hours) without restarting.

I've found the Webapps useless. Correct me about the naming if i'm wrong. I mean those GMail,Youtube,Facebook addons you install within firefox and then show up in the left sidebar (launcher i think its named?) They might be of some use in the future but right now they are simply a waste of time, functionality-wise.

Otherwise I've not found any problems. Rather good release overall.

Jakin
February 10th, 2013, 10:48 PM
I tried 12.10 early on, and it didn't have the repos i use on 12.04... this may have changed, i do not know.
12.10, seemed to be pretty stable when i used it- there were some bugs, though.

I decided to just stay 12.04 LTS, it gives me no hassles, and every repo i like and its software, all work fine.

Hylas de Niall
February 10th, 2013, 10:50 PM
i wouldn't touch it, TBH. Stick with the LTS.

alphacrucis2
February 10th, 2013, 10:59 PM
Seems to be ok but I have left it behind now. Upgraded to 13.04 dev over the weekend.

craig10x
February 11th, 2013, 12:01 AM
12.10 is very buggy and not all that good.
I will try 13.04 though

I am running 13.10 testing installed in dual boot with 12.10 and even though 13.04 still has almost 3 months until final release, it is already a LOT better then 12.10...:D

Erik1984
February 11th, 2013, 12:12 AM
I am running 13.10 testing installed in dual boot with 12.10 and even though 13.04 still has almost 3 months until final release, it is already a LOT better then 12.10...:D

You are from the future? :p

craig10x
February 11th, 2013, 12:55 AM
You are from the future? :p

YEP ;) :D

Actually, i first ran it live and noticed 2 serious bugs i had were gone in 13.04 and that the power management and performance had quite a bit of improvement as well...and since i installed several weeks ago, it has been very stable considering it's basically still in alpha...

And we still have 2 1/2 months to go to release...and it seems to get better as the updates come in...so based on that, i'd say 13.04 is going to be a REAL WINNER...even at this stage, it seems much less buggy and more stable then 12.10 has been...so, looking good i'd say...

drawkcab
February 11th, 2013, 01:53 AM
12.10 was mostly worthless for what I use ubuntu for. 12.04 is really awesome though.

cariboo
February 11th, 2013, 02:14 AM
12.10 wasn't feature complete when it was released, and because of the nature of Ubuntu's release cycle, it never will be. For us Nvidia users, there are 4 different closed source drivers that may or may not work with your hardware. The alternate install iso was dropped, but not all the functionality was moved to the Live CD in time for 12.10's release, suffice to say that you may better off using 12.04, or if you are knowledgeable enough to solve problems that come up using a development version, 13.04.

black3agl3
February 11th, 2013, 05:47 AM
12.10 wasn't feature complete when it was released, and because of the nature of Ubuntu's release cycle, it never will be. ...suffice to say that you may better off using 12.04
That means LTS releases, even though they may be older, will usually pose less problems than non-LTS releases?

cariboo
February 11th, 2013, 06:53 AM
That means LTS releases, even though they may be older, will usually pose less problems than non-LTS releases?

Not necessarily, with the change in the way releases are developed, the interim releases may be just as stable and reliable as the LTS releases. We are seeing this in Raring, aside from a a problem with the 3.5 series kernels and AMD cpus (we're running the 3.8 kernel now), this dev cycle has almost been boring as the majority of people doing the testing aren't running into the usual problems we see every dev cycle.

pqwoerituytrueiwoq
February 11th, 2013, 10:54 AM
running 12.10 xubuntu very stable, less bugs than 12.04 imo

TeamRocket1233c
February 11th, 2013, 01:20 PM
Running 12.10 Unity and I really like it.

philinux
February 11th, 2013, 02:13 PM
12.10 64 bit on desktop pc with nVidia 8600gt and on laptop with Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07).

Both running absolutely rock solid.

matt_symes
February 11th, 2013, 02:31 PM
running 12.10 xubuntu very stable, less bugs than 12.04 imo

And me.

It's been very stable so far after i fixed the wireless problems. The only issue i have is that i cannot change the brightness.

Lenovo S206.

cprofitt
February 11th, 2013, 03:02 PM
I have had no issues with 12.10 on my Lenovo T500 or my Lenovo T530. I am currently running 12.04 on my W520 and 13.04 on the T500.

Umbra Diaboli
February 11th, 2013, 05:34 PM
Since I installed Cinnamon GUI, I love ubuntu 12.10. Unity is for me, absolutely the opposite of what it is intended to be - it is horribly inefficient.

craig10x
February 11th, 2013, 05:46 PM
Since I installed Cinnamon GUI, I love ubuntu 12.10. Unity is for me, absolutely the opposite of what it is intended to be - it is horribly inefficient.

Cinnamon is a nice desktop but there is nothing horribly inefficient about unity...it's really just a shortcuts taskbar on the left side of your screen which looks like a dock and auto-hides when you don't need it...

I put on all my favorite and most used apps for quick 1 click access and use the dash search for that rarely used one (like the terminal for example)...desktop switcher also works great..nothing inefficient about it really, at all...sorry to hear you don't like it...I didn't think i'd like it either but after working with it for a few weeks, began to appreciate it's efficiency and simplicity :D

Glad to hear you are enjoying 12.10...i am testing 13.04 and it's going to add even more awesomeness ;)

Triblaze
February 11th, 2013, 09:48 PM
12.10 has been working great for me. I've grown quite fond of Unity, and I haven't run into any problems other than a bad video card driver screwing things up, but uninstalling it fixed everything.

My girlfriend's computer had been quite screwy with Windows 7, so I installed Ubuntu when Windows stopped booting, and she loved it. She's now on a Windows 8/Ubuntu 12.10 dual boot (same as me), but she doesn't like Windows 8, so she uses Ubuntu for everything.

Most of my comp sci friends in the dorm have migrated over to Ubuntu too, so everything's pretty chill in the Linux world over here.
May try out arch or something in the future as well.

monkeybrain2012
February 11th, 2013, 11:58 PM
12.10 works well on my 4 year old laptop.. but it simply kicks ass on my dad's one year old laptop. Everything just works including the amd graphic card. I am going to write something to recommend the laptop on the hardware sub forum soon.

azangru
February 12th, 2013, 12:00 AM
I am running 12.10 on a new laptop, and the OS itself is fine, but there are two things about particular apps that I don't like:

- Libreoffice integration with Unity in 12.10 is really bad: LO's menu frequently becomes unavailable. Say I run LO Writer, then I want to insert a footnote, go to the menu Insert > Footnote - and nothing happens. There is nothing left but to restart Writer, then the menu will work again. That's really terrible.
- Empathy doesn't pick my Google Talk account the first time I start it. Again, I have to restart it, then my Google Talk contacts will appear.

I didn't have these glitches in 12.04, and if it were not for the Ivy Bridge on my laptop and old kernel in 12.04 I would have happily downgraded. As it is, I just wish Raring will be better. I've heard it looks promising.

collisionystm
February 12th, 2013, 12:04 AM
I had no problems with 12.10. It ran smoother than 12.04 for me.

I experience 2 'glitches' with 12.04 that really annoyed me.

#1. At times I did not have the Window Close,minimize and expand buttons on firefox when full screened.
#2. Running programs didnt always appear in the unity launcher. I.E. I ran transmission today and couldn't see the running window until I actually launched it again.

monkeybrain2012
February 12th, 2013, 12:04 AM
I didn't have these glitches in 12.04, and if it were not for the Ivy Bridge on my laptop and old kernel in 12.04 I would have happily downgraded. As it is, I just wish Raring will be better. I've heard it looks promising.

You can easily upgrade your kernel. I am running 3.7.6 in Precise ( just saw that 3.7.7 is now available)

http://www.upubuntu.com/2013/02/install-linux-kernel-377-on-ubuntulinux.html

Edited: If you have proprietary graphic card it may be a bit tricky.