This is just a short post
to report about the upgrade of my two computers to the latest Ubuntu
release. I upgraded just after the distribution release (Saturday 19)
but various problems kept me from writing about it.
"A human being should be able to change a
diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a
building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone,
comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone,
solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects." (Robert A. Heinlein)
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Test Drive: Ubuntu-Gnome 13.10 “Saucy Salamander” (Beta 2) on the EEEPC
After testing
the latest Ubuntu release I
proceeded my test session with Ubuntu-gnome edition. Ubuntu-gnome is
the distribution I have installed on the (actually) oldest computer I
have, the EEEPC 900. Trying a distribution without installing becomes
so the “go/no-go” condition for when the official upgrade
will be released. Even if Linux distributions are generally
benevolent with older hardware you'll never be sure if and how your
system will work without testing.
First impressions
As usual, I prepared a
bootable USB disk with the Ubuntu's tool and a booted my EEEPC from
it.
Ubuntu-gnome is provided
with Gnome-Shell 3.8. The interface is quite similar with the version
shipped with previous Ubuntu release.
Labels:
EEEPC
,
Saucy Salamander
,
Test-drive
,
Ubuntu
,
Ubuntu 13.10
,
Ubuntu-Gnome
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