Re: Ubuntu on T520

Roger Koehler <[email protected]>
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On Jun 8, 2017 6:45 AM, "Roger Koehler" <[email protected]> wrote:

On Jun 7, 2017 9:18 PM, "Jeffrey Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote:

The latest release is 3 years old.  Are they doing updates?


Newer doesn't always mean better, and lately I've been finding quite the
opposite to be true. I do security updates mainly, and to satisfy
dependencies for newer software (that works).


p.s. You can put whatever you want in your /etc/apt/sources.list file.


On Jun 7, 2017 8:53 PM, "Roger Koehler" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Try Trisquel. It uses Ubuntu, but actually works.
>
> On Jun 7, 2017 7:42 PM, "Jeffrey Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have a Lenovo T520 I'd like to install a recent Ubuntu release on.
>> I tried 17.04 but suspend/resume rarely works properly, unplugging the
>> powerbrick freezes the system, and it's subject to infrequent freezes
>> for no apparent reason.  I tried booting a 16.04.2 live USB and
>> suspending.  It logged me out and froze.
>>
>> Is anyone running Ubuntu on a T520 successfully?
>>
>> TIA,
>>   Jeffrey
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