[TriLUG] Ubuntu 11.04 Release Party, April 28, Chapel Hill

[Neil L. Little]

 From reports 5 out of 11 beta testers have managed to crash the Unity 
desktop

73,
Neil,WA4AZL


matt at noway2.thruhere.net wrote:
>> On 04/17/2011 01:03 PM, John Broome wrote:
>>     
>>> On 04/15/2011 11:10 AM, Bill Farrow wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hey TriLUGers,
>>>> It's April, which means another Ubuntu Release, which also means a
>>>> release party !  Come and socialize with other Linux enthusiasts
>>>> outside of a formal meeting.
>>>>         
>>> People still do this?
>>>       
>> Any excuse to party, right?
>>     
> On a more serious note, what is everybody's take on the new Ubuntu concept
> with the departure from a standard Gnome based desktop?  If you are an
> Ubuntu user, do you plan to stay with it or go to something else as a
> result?
>
> I personally have been using Ubuntu for several years, but have been
> moving away from it.  This is a little complicated by the fact that my
> wife also uses it and is "comfortable" with it (she couldn't navigate my
> KDE based installation of Slackware).  My complaint with the new Ubuntu
> display is how it makes everything into icons with the panel on the
> desktop.  I don't really have any intentions to upgrade any of my existing
> installations.  I guess at some point I will switch, but I am not sure to
> what exactly.
>
> I also have a couple of server distributions that I now rely on.  One of
> them is still running Karmic, which is now or will soon be EOL.  Again, I
> question do I switch and if I do, what would be the best way to minimize
> my "down" time.
>
>
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