I stayed with 10.04 myself and used that distro to teach Linux as well
--- In [email protected], c beck <usabecker@...> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:55 AM, iloveubuntulinux > <valchaulinux@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > Ubuntu 10.04 has been a very stable release for me and I am disappointed in > > Canonical > > for releasing their new Unity desktop prior to it being really stable...I > > await their April > > release this year, hoping they have stabilized their changes. I have used > > Ubuntu since > > 2006 and only avoided using it during 2011 and this part of 2012. But 10.04 > > is still very good. > > Did you actually stop using Ubuntu during this time? Or do you just > mean you stopped the distribution upgrades? 10.04, as 12.04, are long > term support, meaning there is no reason not to continue using the > desktop as security stays current (though 2015 at the moment). > > > > > Note that the 12.04 release (which some of my Linux students are trying > > out) uses GRUB 2 and that sometimes this GRUB 2 has a problem identifying > > other Linux distros present if those use GRUB legacy version. > > > > Not sure I follow unless you are chainloading a separate grub for each > OS on the HD. If you are using Grub 2, this is not a bad idea, as > Kernel updates are ignored if 'update-grub' is not run from the > partition where it's bits and pieces sit (or so I've been told). I > prefer to just install the old Grub though and not bother with Grub2. > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
