Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread David Chatterton
> On 5 Jan 2015, at 16:12, Gibbs wrote: > > > > On 05/01/15 15:56, David Chatterton wrote: >> I have since upgraded the OS to Ubuntu 14.10 > > I am curious to know why? As a general rule of thumb you should only > upgrade to LTS .1 versions if you are looking for stability. For example > 14.0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread TT Mooney
On 05/01/15 17:58, Gibbs wrote: > > On 05/01/15 16:46, TT Mooney wrote: >> On 05/01/15 16:12, Gibbs wrote: >>> >> I love the freedom of Linux, especially on the desktop. The software is >> mature (albeit there are problems, like at the end of Gnome 2). But >> hardware that 'just works' with the OS

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 5 January 2015 at 17:28, TT Mooney wrote: > On 05/01/15 16:46, TT Mooney wrote: > > I'm in the process of founding a startup, and even though I've kept my > > current company as Linux on the desktop shop for 10 years, the startup > > is going Mac. Because it's easier to maintain -- because the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread Gibbs
On 05/01/15 16:46, TT Mooney wrote: > On 05/01/15 16:12, Gibbs wrote: >> >> On 05/01/15 15:25, TT Mooney wrote:> So, just getting Ubuntu >> preinstalled is not enough. And this is why I >>> see Linux Devops people carrying Macs all the time now. It's a bit sad. >> >> Seriously? As a devop myself

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread TT Mooney
On 05/01/15 16:46, TT Mooney wrote: > I'm in the process of founding a startup, and even though I've kept my > current company as Linux on the desktop shop for 10 years, the startup > is going Mac. Because it's easier to maintain -- because the hardware > vendor cares about making sure it 'just wor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread TT Mooney
On 05/01/15 16:12, Gibbs wrote: > > On 05/01/15 15:25, TT Mooney wrote:> So, just getting Ubuntu > preinstalled is not enough. And this is why I >> see Linux Devops people carrying Macs all the time now. It's a bit sad. > > Seriously? As a devop myself I wouldn't even entertain the idea of using

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread Gibbs
On 05/01/15 15:56, David Chatterton wrote: > I have since upgraded the OS to Ubuntu 14.10 I am curious to know why? As a general rule of thumb you should only upgrade to LTS .1 versions if you are looking for stability. For example 14.04.1. On 05/01/15 15:25, TT Mooney wrote:> So, just getting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread David Chatterton
For what it is worth, I recently bought a Dell XPS13-9333 that came with Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed. Almost as soon as I switched it on, I received a message advising of an upgrade to 14.04 being available which I accepted. The upgrade retained the Dell-supplied drivers for the WiFi and Bluetoo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
On 5 January 2015 at 15:25, TT Mooney wrote: > > And this is why I > see Linux Devops people carrying Macs all the time now. It's a bit sad. > yeah, I'm guilty of carrying a mac around, too :-) Work have provided me a nice samsung core-i7 laptop but I still prefer the mac for actually working on.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread TT Mooney
On 08/12/14 13:53, Alan Pope wrote: > On 6 December 2014 at 15:51, George Tripp wrote: >> I feel it's a pity that Canonical don't collaborate with a supplier to >> provide PC / laptops which are definitely compatible with Ubuntu. > > Canonical does. For example there are around 300 different lin