Ubuntu 14.04LTS Things to do after install

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Scarpozzi

Scarpozzi

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I'm waiting on Xubuntu to catch up....

I need to make a list of stuff to move over. When I installed 13.10, I couldn't wait for LTS. :(
 
Elixer

Elixer

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Hey wait, I don't see a uninstall ubuntu and install mint option listed there... ;)
And yes, that was a joke... lighten up people! :)
 
dave_the_nerd

dave_the_nerd

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Scarpozzi said:
I'm waiting on Xubuntu to catch up....

I need to make a list of stuff to move over. When I installed 13.10, I couldn't wait for LTS. :(
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That would be my inclination for desktop use.

I can start a server template for VMWare now and just do an update in place after release though.

(It's been a slow day.)
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

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JManInPhoenix said:
Looking forward to putting 14.04 on my system. For me personally, all of the LTS versions seemed to work quite well but the regular 6 month releases I always ran into problems with.

Looks like Canonical is shutting down Ubuntu One. Glad this one is going away.
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I used UbuntuOne a fair amount. I just used the web interface to upload files. I'm not happy to see it go, but I think it's a logical decision.

I have Xubuntu on my netbook. I was gonna install Debian, but the proprietary wifi driver gave me issues using my netinstall image(obviously :^D ), and I was too impatient to wait for a full Debian install to download. Just as well really. Testing updates too often, and stable not enough. Xubuntu lts gives me the experience I like, with a suitable update interval.

If I had bought the netbook new, I'd have made sure it used all libre drivers, but I got it from a pawn shop at a very good price. I can "suffer" with Xubuntu under those circumstances :^)
 
bbhaag

bbhaag

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EDIT: NVM it doesn't matter. I'm not the type of user who wants to screw around in the terminal executing commands to get features to work. It appears that for now TRIM support is to buggy for other drives so I'll just stick with my HDD for now.
Hopefully it gets sorted out as time goes on.
 
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ashetos

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Currently running on Fedora 20. I have been using a OCZ Vertex 4 for 1.5 years, on EXT4 with TRIM enabled (discard option) plus using fstrim on the same file-system.

I have been doing that since at least Fedora 18, never had any problems with discard on EXT4 (this should be the default file-system on Ubuntu 14.04).

Now, EXT4 and TRIM are only linux-kernel code, and I doubt there is any difference between Fedora and Ubuntu. Since I've been using Fedora, that changes kernel versions like they are shirts, I can guarantee you that discard works just fine, and has been working fine for a few years.

The issue probably is that some SSDs have buggy firmware that cannot handle large queue depths of TRIM and read/write requests.

Anyway, I would probably enable discard and test it, after having backed up everything of course.
 
Cerb

Cerb

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sao123 said:
things to do after install:

Download Mint 17.
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Or convert to Bodhi alpha :).

Anyone know how to change the font settings to not look all fringy and abberated? Arch and PCLOS by default have decent looking fonts, and just changing Arch to using RGB medium or full hinting gets them looking good. *buntu 14.04's look fine on my desktop at home and work (in Vbox), but like crap on my Chromebook (it looks like when you set BGR for hinting on an RGB screen).

Other than that, and having to install Ubuntu or Xubuntu and then convert them (I can't get Lubuntu or Bodhi to finish installing), 14.04 is working quite well.
 
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HOSED

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~~Cerb, if you are doing a clean install of Bodhi Alpha, are you running from USB stick? I know 2.4.0 had some issues installing from CD, I used USB and had no problems install on my Dell. Thanks for heads up about Bodhi 3.0.0 (alpha) I want to check out E19!
 
Cerb

Cerb

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I installed Xubuntu, then added Bodhi's repo, updated, then installed bodhi*. I couldn't get the ISO to install in Vbox.
 
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Anteaus

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I replaced 12.04 with a clean install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Server last night. Other than the base server, all I included was Samba and SSH.

For such a minimal install, I was shocked to be hit by a Samba bug on the first log in.

no talloc stackframe at ../source3/param/loadparm.c:4831, leaking memory

Anyways, I went online and found a fix but I'm disappointed that something so basic wasn't fixed prior to going live, especially given the testing period.
 
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