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Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo Beta Now Available With Linux Kernel 5.0 and GNOME 3.32 (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the beta-news dept.

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.

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  1. Disco Dingo...? by Real+Data+Collection · · Score: 2

    No, thanks. I'm waiting for Disco Duck. Better soundtrack.

    1. Re:Disco Dingo...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      Canonical might have made some really dumb choices with Ubuntu, but naming is not one of them. Go try searching "debian stretch" or "debian jessie". Those words are too common to be useful as code names for releases if you search "ubuntu dingo", you are unlikely to find many, if any, irrelevant results. If you add "disco" in there, it only reinforces it. They pick really odd adjectives and animal names on purpose. To make it easier to get good search results.

  2. so what by iggymanz · · Score: 2

    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

  3. Re:Gnome 3.32 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I know this is slashdot, but if you RTFA, download links for MATE (and some others) are actually there, at the bottom.
    I find GNOME 3 unusable too, switched to Mint a long time ago, but will probably have a look at this.

  4. Re:Gnome 3.32 by johnsie · · Score: 2

    Nobody reads the article you insensitive clod. You must be new here. Obligatory xkcd https://xkcd.com/2127/

  5. Could never get used to Gnome 3 by TheDarkener · · Score: 2

    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.