Re: (no subject)

Geoff uses Lubuntu 14.04 (I have cd if you would like)

woohoo no unity
Lxde desktop is a lot like the old gnome desktop we used to love.


On 11/26/14, Kathinka <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm using mint because I disliked the smartphone-ised Ubuntu, and yes I
> know it's my duty as a consumer to adapt to what producers want to produce
> but  that's too much like the DCC's attitude of "we're putting up parking
> charges because we think you should walk, bus and cycle" and I don't like
> that either so I practice active avoidance.
>
> So anyhoo, I'd better take a look-see at what mint has on offer now... well
> not now, it's a great gardening day and I've finished my coffee break.
>
> Thanks for the heads-up about new versions, guys!
>
> Kathinka.
>
> On 26 November 2014 at 13:59, Michael Foley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 26 November 2014 at 13:30, Noel Sheridan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) End of Life reached on January 27 2014
>>> Need to upgrade.
>>>
>>> see here;
>>>
>>> http://tinyurThat is what I was going to say alsol.com/pp9j4bf
>>> <http://tinyurl.com/pp9j4bf>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Noel
>>>
>>>
>> To add to what Noel said, they changed the non-LTS releases of Ubuntu to
>> only 9 months, so when you upgrade it is probably best not to upgrade to
>> 14.10, but 14.04 instead as it is the LTS with 5 years of support.  And
>> 14.10 is not noticeably different from 14.04 anyway.
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> DunLUG mailing list
>> [email protected]
>> http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug
>> DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> [Feeding children adequately] should be the parents responsibility, ''but
> if you've got crappy parents, you're bloody stuffed aren't ya?" (Jamie
> Pink)
>
> If you forward this e-mail please delete the forwarding history which
> includes my e-mail address.
> It's a courtesy to all of us who may not wish to have our e-mail addresses
> sent all over the world.  Thank you.
>


-- 
     Cheers
Geoff Barkman
======================================

_______________________________________________
DunLUG mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug
DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/