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Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo Beta Now Available With Linux Kernel 5.0 and GNOME 3.32 (betanews.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Today, Canonical's Ubuntu reaches a major milestone. You see, Ubuntu 19.04, which is named "Disco Dingo," has achieved Beta status. And yes, you can download it immediately. Fans of GNOME will be glad to know that version 3.32 is included in the standard Ubuntu Desktop release. Also cool? This is the first version of Ubuntu to use Linux kernel 5.
No, thanks. I'm waiting for Disco Duck. Better soundtrack.
just a number for most here
for common user the filesystem fixes for ext4 and xfs might be of interest... haven't had a problem with them myself and I admin 400 servers
Shame, I'll wait until the Mate flavour comes out -- that is usable, something that I don't find Gnome 3 is.
I really wanted to like it back when it came out, such an ambitious move from Gnome 2. In screenshots it looked so pretty, like I wanted to eat it with a piece of cake. I was very excited about the prospect of having Linux + Gnome on a tablet or phone with their new touch controls and interface. But I was disappointed when loading the first liveCD and found it "clunky" on my desktop. Still is. And I'm sorry but I can't stand the GTK3 style. I use Fluxbox as my WM and those stiff, wide, unfriendly window decorations just make me want to run in the other direction.
I'm sure it will be a much better experience on the Librem Phone. That's the form factor it was made for.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
I'msick and tired of lin-sux. And so are a LOT of my fellow developers and sysadmins. With the advent of Microsoft's AMAZING Linux subsystem there is simply no need to put up with the shitty experience of using lin-sux on a laptop. Now you can use all the linux software you want without suffering. I just hope this starts to spell the end of linux servers, too, so we can go back to software that just works rather than needing 24x7 hand holding.
Does anyone still even use Ubuntu? Manjaro and MX Linux are so much better.
Yep, systemd, pulseaudio and Gnome 3 are the key building blocks of it. No wonder why this will not be the year of Linux desktop either.
The year of Linux on the desktop will never arrive simply because the age of the desktop computer is coming to a close. Most people don't want computers and can now do everything they ever needed them for on their phones and tablets. The only people who will still use desktop computers will be the nerds, like the world was before the masses starting using them.
It's so funny, in almost every Linux related discussion these is at lest one who says that his distro is the best. And some wonder why Linux is so fragmented and can't conquer the desktop.
Thank goodness, we can stop building software to cater to the lowest common denominator. Wait...how does that explain Gnome 3?
They might be "better", but Ubuntu will always be the most well known and supported. Manjaro and MX are built on Arch and Debian respectively.
Spotted the guy who has never worked in an office...
Not quite. Smartphones/tablets are only good for content consumption, they can't fully replace PCs/Laptops at least if they lack laptop capabilities (for example tablet keyboard, mouse). PC/Laptop sales are falling because fewer people upgrade their computers. GNU/Linux on the desktop will unlikely arrive because it's not good enough for average people and has serious issues with quality, usability and backward compatibility. For people who just want to browse, watch videos or do simple document editing there is Chrome OS.
Oh contrario ... Ubuntu uses 99% easy for the casual appliance lusr. If experienced he/she just says fuckthisbyteboicrap to any excess shell twiddling, kranks up copy-past from a helpsite and prances on his way. Sure it hasn't improved usability since REDHAT-6, but nothing more is required for a lusrland appliance! You don't need to take Linux as serious as Windows, cause it's free-as-beer.
The article says Mate is out now:
This beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu flavours," says The Ubuntu Team.
Put Windows 10 on your laptop. I dare you.
Then dock and undock a couple of times.
You'll wipe that Microsoft shit off your SSD so fast it will put out a measurable gravity wave...
Normies get out REEEEEEEE
I do. I like the simplicity of it. I do the minimal desktop install and I'm happy as a clam. I don't want to work on my notebook, I want to get work done on my notebook. Linux distro should be as simple as possible. I respect and enjoy other distros, but for a notebook I haven't found anything easier to just use.
In the Debian-Ubuntu chain, Mint remains the best, well-rounded distro. Manjaro is really great, MX is good. I actually use all three at this point. Further down the distro list from that, you start to experience gaps, holes, anomalies, etc. I test a dozen distros a month.
A small point - ExTix was the _first_ distro to release with kernel 5.0 a couple of weeks ago. This is a wierd Swedish respin distro and they used the pre-beta of Disco Dingo as their base. And before you ask, yes, it sucked like a black hole.
Oh yes, a Linux/Unix init system is trivial. Hey, a good programmer can knock one out before lunch, right? (So the prima donna devs like to brag.)
So you don't like systemd - few people do. But it is a move-on from sysV init which has been around for decades. Anyone remember SCO in the early 90's - sysV was an unwelcome innovation that broke the way things always worked.
Now we all hate on systemd. Fine, YOU first go write something better, promote it, problem solved. If it is good it should quickly displace systemd. Otherwise, sit down and enjoy the ride.
No OS with "Disco" in it's name will ever be install on any computer equipment I am associated with.
You are totally clueless. Manjaro and MX Linux are both immensely more popular distros than Ubuntu.
Ms dos is even better
Imagine being so pathetic that people still whine about this. Yes it has its issues but it IS the future (until something new comes along) so just deal with already. Or just use Devuan and shut the hell up already.
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The situation with banks is due to government regulations.
Less and less people care about freedom of speech and favor enforcing religious values.
The modern religion is feminism, transforming into intersectionality.
At the it's core, government action shields people from the consequences of their actions.
Making the higher quality people pay the price for the lower quality people.
Quality as in the extent to which a person is productive, responsible and/or rational.
This allows religion to develop and get stronger.
In a free society their costs wouldn't be paid by others.
So I think religion also only exists because of government.
Thank you, Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden and so many others, for courageously defending humanity, my freedom and more!