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Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Beaver' Beta 1 Now Available For Download (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the weekend-project dept.

From a report: This week, Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Beaver' Beta 1 became available for download. Ubuntu 18.04 is significant, as it will be an LTS (Long Term Support) version. As was the case when Unity was the primary DE, GNOME is not available in this beta stage. Instead, there are other flavors from which to choose, such as Kubuntu with KDE Plasma and Xubuntu, which uses Xfce.

"Pre-releases of the Bionic Beaver are not encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu flavor developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs as we work towards getting this release ready. Beta 1 includes some software updates that are ready for broader testing. However, it is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs," says Dustin Krysak, Ubuntu Budgie team member.

101 comments

  1. Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    To get a relatively stable Ubuntu 18.04. now they are saying it's not stable and wait longer? QA over at canonical is pretty bad these days. Maybe we'll be lucky and only be 10 days past the scheduled release date this year

    1. Re:Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It is a BETA for heavens sake. Full release will happen eventually but even that will have bugs. That is just reality.
      I got off the Ubuntu bandwagon more than 4 years ago. I found it was changing stuff that didn't need changing so I moved to something with a long term support plan (10 years) in the shape of CentOS.

    2. Re:Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      If you want stable, you're going to have to wait until the final release on April 26th. This is a BETA release. The schedule hasn't changed.
      FWIW, I've been running it on a PC with few issues since pre-Alpha, but YMMV.

      https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bionic...

      This Beta is feature-complete and now the team is mostly focused on bug fixes and documentation.
      Next Beta is April 5th followed by Release Candidate on April 19th, and final release on April 26th. Every release up until Final Release will have cautions about instability.

      The reason it's called 18.04 is it's expected to be released near the end of April 2018. It's really not reasonable for anyone to expect anything stable sooner than that... as again, the schedule has not changed.

    3. Re: Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ubuntu switched over to GNOME 3, and it's not available in the beta? This is alpha quality software. Period.

    4. Re:Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Hal_Porter · · Score: 0

      Wait for Code_of_Conduct Cunt. That'll be awesome.

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    5. Re:Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wait for Code_of_Conduct Cunt. That'll be awesome.

      There's more than one cunt behind those codes of conduct.

    6. Re: Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      I still get an erection from the Sexy Salamander.

      Hmmm beavers. Maybe. As long as itâ(TM)s in the barn yard.

    7. Re:Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The Split Beaver release will be awesome!

    8. Re: Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Eythian · · Score: 1

      How can something that doesn't exist be "alpha quality"?

    9. Re: Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by amalcolm · · Score: 1

      Classy cunt?

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      Time for bed, said Zebedee - boing
    10. Re: Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Alpha & beta don't refer to quality. Of course it's supposed to be feature-complete and mostly debugged by the time it gets to beta testing, but it's all about making sure the software meets the spec and is as bug-free as possible.

    11. Re:Just two weeks ago they said wait for Mar 1 by Shirley+Marquez · · Score: 1

      But how can this qualify as a beta release if the primary UI isn't even included?

  2. I'm waiting for the next release. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    I'm waiting for the next release: Cocksucking Cat.

    1. Re:I'm waiting for the next release. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Are we still doing phrasing?

    2. Re:I'm waiting for the next release. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      I heard it's not a 'Cat' but 'Coder'.

  3. so.. they've dumped unity.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    but the gnome they switched back to is not available to beta test for the first post-unity lts version? wut? are they saying "wait for 18.04.1"?

    1. Re:so.. they've dumped unity.. by thsths · · Score: 1

      Yes, this is weird. What is the point of a beta if it is not feature complete? Surely you can only find bugs if the code is actually in there.

    2. Re:so.. they've dumped unity.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Just use Ubuntu MATE like a sane person and forget Unity ever existed.

    3. Re: so.. they've dumped unity.. by Type44Q · · Score: 2, Informative

      I've found Mint to be more stable...

    4. Re: so.. they've dumped unity.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      no mint kde

    5. Re: so.. they've dumped unity.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I've found X to be more Y

    6. Re:so.. they've dumped unity.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm unsure if both of you are just trolling, but 'Ubuntu Gnome' now is just 'Ubuntu' lol. They have added some default just customizations, but they are easy to disable.

    7. Re:so.. they've dumped unity.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Beta" is not "Release candidate". Nearly all development relating to usability takes place during the Beta phase - that's what it's for.

    8. Re:so.. they've dumped unity.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      if the summary and linked article are to believed: "ubuntu" (with gnome) isn't available; "kbuntu" (kde plasma) and "xubuntu" (xfce), are (along with budgie and mate desktops), for this release's beta cycle.

    9. Re: so.. they've dumped unity.. by Sesostris+III · · Score: 1

      I moved from Mint XFCE DE when that was no longer a supported option. I moved to Ubuntu 16.04 (with Unity) and have found that to be stable.

      I'll upgrade to 18.04 at some suitable point, either via an upgrade or via a fresh install. It'll be interesting how they move from Unity to Gnome.

      Now that I've moved away from Mint, I must admit I'm not that fussed about using it again.

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    10. Re:so.. they've dumped unity.. by MachineShedFred · · Score: 1

      I'm wondering if it's "not available" because they know it's horribly broken with certain families of GPUs. After all, the acrobatics you have to go through to get Gnome working on an Nvidia "Optimus" laptop with Ubuntu 17 isn't exactly straight-forward...

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  4. What's new? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Nothing's new.

    Half the functionality of Android for some 20GB of data more. Mostly version upgrades to compensate for the rigid upgrade model.

  5. Only LUDDITES use LUDDITEbuntu. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Modern app appers know that Appdows 10 S is the appiest apperating app, so only LUDDITES will ever use this LUDDITE software!

    Apps!

  6. Really? by ScentCone · · Score: 2

    Bionic Beaver. That's what you're going with.

    --
    Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
    1. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      There's nothing better for a beaver than hard wood.

    2. Re:Really? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 1

      The perfect thing for sex-starved geeks!

      --
      Ezekiel 23:20
    3. Re:Really? by louden+obscure · · Score: 1

      Eventually debian will run out of toy story character names cept fer sid, and then what? Well it prolly won't happen in my lifetime but still...

      --
      Serenity now, insanity later.
    4. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Quiet you. It is completely professional sounding.

    5. Re:Really? by KiloByte · · Score: 4, Informative

      There are 64 names left in Toy Story 1, 2 and 3 -- and Toy Story 4 is coming soon. Thus, names get added faster than they are consumed; and even if Toy Story 4 gets cancelled, with one release per approx. two years, existing buffer will last us a good while.

      --
      The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
    6. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bitching Bitch would be too obvious for their CEO...

    7. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Is there another kind of geek? Geeks are physically repulsive, socially inept, mentally disturbed. Nobody wants anything to do with them. We shun them, ignore them and, when they get too obnoxious, we beat them up.

    8. Re:Really? by elrous0 · · Score: 1

      Bionic Beaver.

      I knew a girl with one of those once. They had the technology and her parents really wanted her to succeed in Hollywood.

      --
      SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
    9. Re:Really? by reboot246 · · Score: 1

      I thought it was named after a sex robot.

    10. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I know. Giving your distro the same codename as an extremely popular embedded C library sounds like a terrible idea. Didn't anybody think to stop them?

    11. Re:Really? by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      I knew a girl with one of those once. They had the technology and her parents really wanted her to succeed in Hollywood.

      It never stops working, when you want work. Plus it vibrates.

      --
      "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
    12. Re: Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What's wrong with a little Canadian content, eh?

    13. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Am I the only one that was hoping for bald beaver?

    14. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The perfect thing for sex-starved geeks!

      What?

    15. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      but you also need them to have your computer fixed...

  7. These Ubuntu names... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Have they done 'Horny Horntoad' yet?

    1. Re:These Ubuntu names... by PixetaledPikachu · · Score: 1

      Have they done 'Horny Horntoad' yet?

      They went with Hardy Hardon.. I mean Heron for "H"

    2. Re:These Ubuntu names... by AlanObject · · Score: 2

      They went with Hardy Hardon.. I mean Heron for "H"

      If you really want to see fireworks on /. just wait until they get to Sexy systemd.

    3. Re: These Ubuntu names... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It was Hairy Hardon!

    4. Re:These Ubuntu names... by _merlin · · Score: 1

      Are you named after an Ubuntu release? The started using imaginary animals with J, so I wouldn't put using pokemon past them.

  8. Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Vagina' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    That's what women will hear.

    1. Re: Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Vagina' by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 1

      Uh, no, women actually know about the different parts of the female anatomy. "Beaver", in the colloquial use, doesn't refer to that part.

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      OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
    2. Re: Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Vagina' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Have you been living under a rock?

    3. Re: Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Vagina' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He's right... A beaver is the pubic area, not the vagina.

    4. Re: Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Vagina' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bionic Beaver is to beavers as Pussy Power is to cats.

      Power of the pussy wins every time.

    5. Re: Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Vagina' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Power of the pussy wins hands down with a finger or two folded under.

    6. Re: Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Vagina' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      There are still people who think "vagina" is the entire area, so he has the right idea, but wrong term.

    7. Re: Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Vagina' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why split hairs?

  9. I ditched Windows for Ubuntu... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Way back in 10.04 days and never went back to Windows. But Ubuntu turned into some kind of metro gay user interface around 15.05 with Unity or the new Gnome. I tried other flavors including gnome-flashback, but lots of bugs trying to get the classic UI. I finally got fed up with Ubuntu and went with Fedora w/Mate & Compiz... Perfect and stable.

    1. Re:I ditched Windows for Ubuntu... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I began the migration from Fedora to Ubuntu between 8.x and 10.x

      Reason why I left Fedora after investing so much time was I needed a server environment that had current packages w/o having to perform an upgrade every 6-9 months. In my experience in place upgrades of Fedora where very disruptive. I don't recall having one that didn't have serious issues usually requiring a full install into the existing filesystem.

      Not ruling out error on my part, but since the switch; in place upgrades of Ubuntu have been flawless.

    2. Re:I ditched Windows for Ubuntu... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you liked 10.04 Gnome 2, then 16.04 MATE should be perfect for you - without having to constantly upgrade like Fedora. The 18.04 MATE pre-release looks fine as well. I tried various distros when 10.04 went out of support but 16.04 MATE was like 'coming home'.

    3. Re:I ditched Windows for Ubuntu... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So you needed a server environment and you went with a distro that was created especially as a test environment for RHEL , and you never bothered to look at Centos, a RHEL clone? Wow!

    4. Re:I ditched Windows for Ubuntu... by walterbyrd · · Score: 0

      I agree that MATE is a great environment if you like Gnome 2.

      But why have that systemd crap?

    5. Re:I ditched Windows for Ubuntu... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I tried Ubuntu Mate, it was buggy as hell. So far Fedora 27 Mate/Compiz has had the fewest problems of any Ubuntus. dnfdragora is slow as it refreshes every time you use it, but other than that it's a well polished gem.

    6. Re:I ditched Windows for Ubuntu... by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 0
      But why have that systemd crap?

      Systemd is the perfect excuse for why its not yet the year of the Linux desktop.

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  10. This is news? by sqorbit · · Score: 0

    A beta for one distro is news? Ubuntu has been falling in popularity according to many sources. This is a late release of only a beta. Why is this news?

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    1. Re:This is news? by serviscope_minor · · Score: 1

      I suspect that ANOTHER CRIPPLING BOMBSHELL HITS THE BELEAGURED UBUNTU COMMUNITY er I mean that the death of Ubuntu is greatly exaggerated. I've heard people don't like it so much for desktop use. I've never really noticed: as an FVWM diehard, all the "better" desktop distributions don't do much for me since I install FVWM first thing anyway.

      I'm not a fan of systemd, but that's hardly unique to ubuntu to put it mildly. It's still pretty popular on servers and the LTS releases are generally pretty hassle free: you set them up and they don't break for 5 years. Likewise workstations.

      Ubuntu has mostly reached the point where it's boring and generally works.

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      SJW n. One who posts facts.
    2. Re:This is news? by sconeu · · Score: 2

      Yes, this is news. It's news for the original core audience.

      Back when CmdrTaco ran the site, it actually had NERD NEWS, not this political BS.

      --
      General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
    3. Re:This is news? by Voyager529 · · Score: 1

      A beta for one distro is news? Ubuntu has been falling in popularity according to many sources. This is a late release of only a beta. Why is this news?

      I agree that a beta release is a bit much for a headline. However, Ubuntu news is still worth keeping apprised of. It's lower on the Distrowatch download stats, for sure, but Ubuntu has a sizeable ecosystem around it. Everything from half-decent forums to Youtube tutorials, to the fact that downstream distros like Crunchbang, Mythbuntu, Blackbox, and Gallium, are groups impacted by new Ubuntu releases.

      The good/bad part about rolling release Linux distros is that releases aren't necessarily released as a result of groundbreaking new features being added. Moreover, while Ubuntu proper might be falling in popularity at a desktop level, if you add in Mint, the numbers hold up. Finally, it's pretty challenging to truly assess the popularity of a Linux distro; Debian runs lots of my infrastructure primarily due to it being the basis of the Turnkey Linux appliances but Debian isn't exactly getting credit for it.

    4. Re:This is news? by ceoyoyo · · Score: 2

      Amen. More Linux, physics, and tech. And hot grits.

    5. Re:This is news? by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 1

      Ubuntu has mostly reached the point where it's boring and generally works.

      Which means it's hit enterprise. The only alternative I've seen to Fedora and, at least where I've seen it, close to up to date.

      It's the release Matlab and Nvidia target (my experience) as well multiple other companies.

      Most will only support 2 LTS which means 14.04, the first "big" Ubuntu release into enterprise, is going to get deprecated. Which means life after April is going to be interesting.

    6. Re:This is news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's lower on the Distrowatch download stats

      Distrowatch does not have download stats. They show pageview stats which have never correlated closely with installs. Also, if you add up all the Ubuntu flavors it has the most pageviews.

      Look up a site that shows user agent stats if you want real data.

    7. Re:This is news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      +1

  11. xubuntu installer says... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    thank you for installing xubuntu 17.10 heh...

    1. Re:xubuntu installer says... by Walter+White · · Score: 2

      Did you file a bug report?

      Seriously, I installed 17.10 on my laptop, a Lenovo Y-50. Yeah, that's the one what that got the trashed BIOS from the kernel that came with 17.10. I updated the kernel wo one that fixed the problem, but it didn't leave me with a warm feeling about Ubuntu. And the 'fix' kernel doesn't work with ZFS because the DKMS kernel module build fails. I asked about this on 'AskUbuntu' and got one suggestion to check my DKMS configuration. It was a lot easier to just return to Debian (dual boot.)

      Another thing I didn't care for - The 'software store' doesn't list all available packages. There used to be a setting to enable this but it has been removed. Synaptic or 'apt search' can be used to search all packages. But they don't search snaps.. 'snap search' (or something like that (they felt that using the same key words as 'apt' was not a good idea.) will list available snaps.

      I also miss middle mouse button copy/paste.

      One thing I did like about 17.10 was the ability to configure a 'start application' to run when I log in on the graphical desktop. I haven't figured out how to do that with Debian. Yet.

    2. Re:xubuntu installer says... by serviscope_minor · · Score: 1

      I also miss middle mouse button copy/paste.

      I hear some systems like to misconfigure that by default because Gnome at any rate thinks it's an "easter egg" and is determined to destroy everything good about Linux, preferring insteat a Windows 95^W XP^W^WOSX ripoff.

      I assume you're on a laptop in which case synclient will beable to set the mapping of button 2 back to button 2.

      One thing I did like about 17.10 was the ability to configure a 'start application' to run when I log in on the graphical desktop. I haven't figured out how to do that with Debian. Yet.

      Which desktop?

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    3. Re:xubuntu installer says... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I wish the software center would make snap packages more obvious. I don't want to install any snaps.

    4. Re:xubuntu installer says... by Walter+White · · Score: 1

      I also miss middle mouse button copy/paste.

      I hear some systems like to misconfigure that by default because Gnome at any rate thinks it's an "easter egg" and is determined to destroy everything good about Linux, preferring insteat a Windows 95^W XP^W^WOSX ripoff.

      I assume you're on a laptop in which case synclient will beable to set the mapping of button 2 back to button 2.

      I am on a laptop and synclient no longer works because they are using a different touchpad driver. I suppose it is a matter of time before this is the situation on Debian too.

      One thing I did like about 17.10 was the ability to configure a 'start application' to run when I log in on the graphical desktop. I haven't figured out how to do that with Debian. Yet.

      Which desktop?

      Gnome Shell - the default (AFAIK) for Debian.

    5. Re:xubuntu installer says... by serviscope_minor · · Score: 1, Informative

      I am on a laptop and synclient no longer works because they are using a different touchpad driver. I suppose it is a matter of time before this is the situation on Debian too.

      Yes! You triggered the correct memory. I've encountered this. Synclient was superseded by libinput as a more generic system. Try here:

      https://wiki.archlinux.org/ind...

      The arch documentation for Linux is excellent by the way, even if you don't use arch. TL;DR, you use xinput now, not synclient.

      Gnome Shell - the default (AFAIK) for Debian.

      I don't use GNOME, but I believe you can put scripts in somethig like .config/autostart

      Here's the spec:

      https://specifications.freedes...

      The documentation has the flavour of the Isla de Muerta: it cannot be found save by those who already know where it it, but now you know too.

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      SJW n. One who posts facts.
    6. Re:xubuntu installer says... by Carewolf · · Score: 1

      Gnome Shell - the default (AFAIK) for Debian.

      The default for Debian with Gnome GUI. GUI isn't even a required default for Debian. But the underpants people have succesfully removed Gnome from their label in the installer so you get the false choice between "GUI" and "KDE GUI"... We used to be able to report bugs on that and have it fixed, but at some point a few years ago the midgets have started
      to get away with it.

  12. SystemD for DHCP?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yikes sounds like a potential nightmare if something goes Erie during a reboot or configuration change.

    Also I read it will come with Visual Studio Code as the default editor wtf.

  13. Ubuntu 18.04 looks 15 years old. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Face it, consumers like some glamor and Ubuntu ain't got any. No Linux distribution as, under any desktop environment.

  14. glad back on track by e**(i+pi)-1 · · Score: 2

    I'm still on trusty (14.04) on one of my machines and I'm glad Ubuntu is well and alive and overcame the Unity disaster. I had never any issues with long term support versions. I just hope that Xorg will stay default. I would not mind Wayland as long as it is not the only version (a linux distribution without Xorg would be not an option any more as I run blackbox, a minimal windows manager which has solved for me the windows manager issue 20 years ago and which had allowed me to just completely ignore unity for the years it existed). The health of Ubuntu is also important for derivative distributions like mint. And even more important is debian which feeds ubuntu. In any case, it is reassuring to see a healthy culture (without monoculture).

    1. Re:glad back on track by SurenEnfiajyan · · Score: 1

      Ubuntu is well and alive and overcame the Unity disaster

      As if GNOME 3 is better.

    2. Re:glad back on track by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh, you may have some systemd work ahead of you.

    3. Re:glad back on track by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The "new Ubuntu" is just a low cost Ubuntu to make Canonical look better for the IPO.

  15. Screenshots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are the screenshots called beaver shots?

  16. 10.04 was my last Ubuntu distro by walterbyrd · · Score: 1, Informative

    10.04 was awesome. Back then, Ubuntu got better with each new release.

    After that, Canonical ruined Ubuntu. First with the " Gnome 3 Unity" abomination, and then with systemd.

    I use Calculate Linux now.

    1. Re:10.04 was my last Ubuntu distro by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I went back to Windows and Mac OS for some time after that Unity thing.
      Now I have a pretty decent workstation and I can install pretty much whatever I want, but at that time it really drove me away from Ubuntu

  17. What's in a name. by NormanHaga2580 · · Score: 1

    Great name. My wife said she knows some women that deserve that name.

    1. Re:What's in a name. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Great name. My wife said she knows some women that deserve that name.

      Names and telephone numbers or it didn't happen.

  18. I used to come to slashdot for the comments by thegarbz · · Score: 1

    66 Comments in and all of them deserving their current moderation. What the hell is going on on this site right now?

    1. Re:I used to come to slashdot for the comments by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not just this site, the web at large. Parents give their old cellphones/tablets to their children these days. Barrier to entry has finally hit zero. If you find yourself being annoyed by a troll just assume that it's an angry child.

      At the very least, they're interested enough in tech to be trolling THIS site so... There's hope for the future, I guess?

    2. Re:I used to come to slashdot for the comments by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 1

      Everyone is fed up with where they currently are on the internet so they scatter seeing if they can find something better.

      Reddit is a sinking ship with it's core demographic. Facebook is dropping users left and right. Twitter and Instagram are just bots. Given Slashdot's staying power and topic I'm guessing a new demographic is trying it out. I'm guessing a lot are trying to troll and Slashdot's moderation system is working as intended.

    3. Re:I used to come to slashdot for the comments by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It got bought by a marketing company. Notice the lack of a link to the changelog. Instead it's a link to a blog post. The web has slowly turned into the largest circle jerk with everyone linking to everyone's ad supported ramblings to increase revenue instead of linking to the technical data which matters. Too many people think the person saying something is more important than what's being said.

  19. Breezy Badger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I've been using using it since 5.10 / Breezy Badger

    It feels like those old arcade games, when you finish all the levels, you come back to the first levels, but everything is much harder, enemies are much tougher, and so on. for example Target Renegade on Amstrad CPC. Not sure whether the same principle applied to Double Dragon, because I never played to it..

  20. Bionic Beaver? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    I had no idea this was named for Jamie Sommers.

  21. Linux Mint KDE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Linux Mint 18.3 "Sylvia" - KDE (64-bit). "Sylvia" is the current version supported until 2021.

  22. Linux Mint XFCE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Linux Mint 18.3 "Sylvia" - Xfce (64-bit). "Sylvia" is the current version supported until 2021.

    1. Re: Linux Mint XFCE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And after that?

      Yeah, thought so.

  23. Crossfit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I almost got confused with the posts from my crossfit-place-of-sweat-and-tears (or "box"). Then I saw the "0".

    Good luck to Ubuntu fans and good luck to those taking part in this year's Open...

  24. Bionic Beaver by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Or fleshlight for short.