Has anyone tried Ubuntu 10.04 yet? How is it coming along?

djmarkus

Khannie wrote: »

It'll be this evening methinks.

I have a link. PM me if you want it.

EDIT: the link is now broken. Sorry

MrVestek

This link seems to work however they don't seem to have updated their homepage yet.

This seems to be the final build as it was updated today:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/lucid-desktop-i386.iso

Tony H

or I got it off this blog link ,

http://gravityfx.org/blog/2010/04/28/ubuntu-10-04-lts-final/

I got the link in the ubuntu forums .

Dartz

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODE5Ng


It appears that there is a Grub issue that may cause a release delay.

MrVestek

I can't get this to install properly at all.

First I had an issue with the installer not starting up correctly which turned out to be a conflict with my floppy drive.

Disabled the drive in the BIOS but now the installer hangs after I select my keyboard layout and doesn't go any further although it does seem to trash my HDDs about for one reason or another.

I've tried booting without splash and I've tried nomodeselect as various forums suggested but no luck.

It's a pity as it seems like a nice new release too as I'm posting from a live session as we speak.

kc66

Achilles wrote: »

I can't get this to install properly at all.

First I had an issue with the installer not starting up correctly which turned out to be a conflict with my floppy drive.

Disabled the drive in the BIOS but now the installer hangs after I select my keyboard layout and doesn't go any further although it does seem to trash my HDDs about for one reason or another.

I've tried booting without splash and I've tried nomodeselect as various forums suggested but no luck.

It's a pity as it seems like a nice new release too as I'm posting from a live session as we speak.

I downloaded the one from your link and it installed no problem. Used LiLi USB Creator to put it on a USB stick and boot.

Eliot Rosewater

If you download an unofficial release, that is, if you don't get the link officially from Ubuntu.com after an announcement, there is no guarantee it will work whatsoever.

It must be stressed, too, that downloading early only delays the release: when their servers are under pressure it will be harder to ensure eveything has synced properly.

Stuxnet

official link,
its the shizz

http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/

Jonathan

ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso and ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso downloaded and seeding

MrVestek

BOBBY wrote: »

official link,
its the shizz

http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/

That's the one I downloaded though. It was the official ISO but from one of their mirror servers is all.

Apparently I'm not the only one with the issue I'm having atm.

Also for some strange reason my BIOS doesn't support booting from USB :-/

Eliot Rosewater

Achilles wrote: »

That's the one I downloaded though. It was the official ISO but from one of their mirror servers is all.

It's probably not. The ISO's were "re spun" asfaik, because a pretty large error regarding GRUB reared its face a the last moment. If I were you I'd download it again.

MrVestek

Eliot Rosewater wrote: »

It's probably not. The ISO's were "re spun" asfaik, because a pretty large error regarding GRUB reared its face a the last moment. If I were you I'd download it again.

Yeah I took that advice. The installer also seemed to have a pretty big bug in it that made the partition manager go into an infinate loop.

Proper full release has installed successfully for me now though... although for some reason I don't get a proper boot splash.

aidan_walsh

Ugh, again it won't upgrade correctly from CD despite the 10.04 disc being listed at the top of the list. They really need to fix this, pisses me off every time.

civis_liberalis

Thinking of taking the linux plunge and replacing a Vista machine with 10.04.

Wish me luck!

aidan_walsh

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Ugh, again it won't upgrade correctly from CD despite the 10.04 disc being listed at the top of the list. They really need to fix this, pisses me off every time.

Actually, I'm wrong. First it spends a few hours downloading most of the files, then gripes at me to insert the CD to copy 3 off of it. I think I preferred it when it just ignored it completely.

Tobias Greeshman

Updated it through the upgrade feature on the 9.04 install I had earlier. Overall I'm not so sure, still trying to get used to it. The window buttons moved to the left is a little annoying, and I've had it freeze/hang during boot up, which I think could be this bug.

pickarooney

Tobias Greeshman wrote: »

The window buttons moved to the left is a little annoying,

I presume that's just a feature of the default theme. I've had the buttons on the left for some time now with a modified gtkrc file. Try switching to another theme to see if they jump back, otherwise you'll have to hack the config file (and I think the new release should have an editor for this). It's quite a significant UI change to foist on users without asking them though - typical Canonical arrogance, IMO.

Khannie

civis_liberalis wrote: »

Thinking of taking the linux plunge and replacing a Vista machine with 10.04.

Wish me luck!

Good luck! Let us know how you get on.

Khannie

Upgrade in progress......

source

pickarooney wrote: »

I presume that's just a feature of the default theme. I've had the buttons on the left for some time now with a modified gtkrc file. Try switching to another theme to see if they jump back, otherwise you'll have to hack the config file (and I think the new release should have an editor for this). It's quite a significant UI change to foist on users without asking them though - typical Canonical arrogance, IMO.

It's just the ambiance theme, the other themes switch the buttons back to the right.

Khannie

Upgrade went very smoothly I have to say. Things look....slicker. Something feels weird though. Can't quite put my finger on it.

civis_liberalis

Khannie wrote: »

Good luck! Let us know how you get on.

Did a clean install on top of Vista.

Didn't run into any problems. Only thing that confused me was when I was downloading flash. It gave me different options and I didn't know which one. Got it in the end.

Any ideas on guides for complete novices?

Stuff I should know coming from a 100% Windows background, that sort of thing.

djmarkus

Khannie wrote: »

Upgrade went very smoothly I have to say. Things look....slicker. Something feels weird though. Can't quite put my finger on it.

I bet its the windows controls being on the left

kudo

I've upgraded at home and in work. Seems good. I have run into no real problems yet expect that in work it did not install some of the new Applications and Settings during the upgrade process. Other than that seems slick. Everything works.

Khannie

civis_liberalis wrote: »

Any ideas on guides for complete novices?

Stuff I should know coming from a 100% Windows background, that sort of thing.

ubuntuguide.org is very useful. You ever used linux before?

djmarkus wrote: »

I bet its the windows controls being on the left

No, I ditched that immediately. Didn't really like it. I'm using the "New Wave" theme and it's lovely.

kudo wrote: »

I've upgraded at home and in work. Seems good. I have run into no real problems yet expect that in work it did not install some of the new Applications and Settings during the upgrade process. Other than that seems slick. Everything works.

Welcome to boards.

Khannie

Oh, one thing. MP3 support in amarok is disabled by default in 10.04 (even when upgrading from a version that had it).

sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg

will fix it.

AndrewMc

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Actually, I'm wrong. First it spends a few hours downloading most of the files, then gripes at me to insert the CD to copy 3 off of it. I think I preferred it when it just ignored it completely.

If you want it to pull the packages from the CD, you need the "alternate" CD, not the desktop one.

Rofl Lundgren

Khannie wrote: »

Oh, one thing. MP3 support in amarok is disabled by default in 10.04 (even when upgrading from a version that had it).

sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg

will fix it.

The lack of MP3 support is an issue with Ubuntu, rather than Amarok, right? Some legal reasons mean that a lot of codec support has to be installed by the user, rather than bundled with the OS. MP3, AVI, etc. are all included in the "Ubuntu Restricted Extras" package, available through the Software Centre (for those allergic to working through the terminal ).

Khannie

Rofl Lundgren wrote: »

The lack of MP3 support is an issue with Ubuntu, rather than Amarok, right? Some legal reasons mean that a lot of codec support has to be installed by the user, rather than bundled with the OS. MP3, AVI, etc. are all included in the "Ubuntu Restricted Extras" package, available through the Software Centre (for those allergic to working through the terminal ).

Yeah, that's the case alright. I had that support in 9.10 though and when I upgraded to 10.04 I no longer had MP3 support in Amarok despite still having the restricted extras package installed.

Eliot Rosewater

The new look is very nice and much more appealing than the old. This will be good for new users. One of my friends installed 9.10, but as soon as he saw the look of it he deleted it! :pac:


Unfortunately shutdown doesn't work for me, instead it just restarts my computer. Strange. I'm not the only one either: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/552316