[GTALUG] Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10

[Mr Chris Aitken]

On 15-01-18 06:42 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
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> - From the Ubuntu login screen, the desktop selector is the circle in
> the top-right corner of the login dialogue box.  Click on the circle,
> then select your preferred desktop environment. Some desktops put a
> logo in there (the Ubuntu logo for Unity, the bigfoot logo for Gnome),
> but the MATE desktop just has a blank circle.

No circle in top right corner. From left-to-right: A circle with a man 
inside (five-pointed asterisk where one spoke is a circle), up/down 
arrow logo, EN, volume icon, time, power logo (with spokes).

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> - --Bob.
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> On 14/01/15 08:22 PM, Mr Chris Aitken wrote:
>> On 15-01-03 03:44 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote: On 03/01/15 03:04 PM,
>> Chris Aitken wrote:
>>>>> Will there be any possibility of choosing the old GNOME
>>>>> interface, so I don't end up with Unity?
>> I use the MATE interface, a Gnome2 fork. You can install it from
>> Ubuntu 14.04LTS "Trusty Tahr" repositories now:
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/mate-desktop  Install it from
>> the commandline with 'apt-get install mate-desktop'
>>
>>> OK, I got a tech to install 14.04. So, that's done. Now I want
>>> to install mate-desktop. I tried your command, and got ...
>>
>>> chris at Chris-Pc:~$ sudo apt-get install mate-desktop [sudo]
>>> password for chris: Reading package lists... Done Building
>>> dependency tree Reading state information... Done mate-desktop is
>>> already the newest version. The following packages were
>>> automatically installed and are no longer required:
>>> linux-headers-3.13.0-32 linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic
>>> linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic
>>> linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to
>>> remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10
>>> not upgraded. chris at Chris-Pc:~$ sudo apt-get remove mate-desktop
>>> Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading
>>> state information... Done The following packages were
>>> automatically installed and are no longer required:
>>> libmate-desktop-2-17 libunique-1.0-0 linux-headers-3.13.0-32
>>> linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic
>>> linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic mate-desktop-common Use
>>> 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will
>>> be REMOVED: mate-desktop 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to
>>> remove and 10 not upgraded. After this operation, 97.3 kB disk
>>> space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading
>>> database ... 225461 files and directories currently installed.)
>>> Removing mate-desktop (1.6.2-1) ... Processing triggers for
>>> man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for
>>> mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for
>>> gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for
>>> desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for
>>> bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding
>>> /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... chris at Chris-Pc:~$ sudo
>>> apt-get install mate-desktop Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The
>>> following packages were automatically installed and are no
>>> longer required: linux-headers-3.13.0-32
>>> linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic
>>> linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to
>>> remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>> mate-desktop 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10
>>> not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/17.8 kB of archives. After this
>>> operation, 97.3 kB of additional disk space will be used.
>>> Selecting previously unselected package mate-desktop. (Reading
>>> database ... 225454 files and directories currently installed.)
>>> Preparing to unpack .../mate-desktop_1.6.2-1_i386.deb ...
>>> Unpacking mate-desktop (1.6.2-1) ... Processing triggers for
>>> mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for
>>> gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for
>>> desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for
>>> bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding
>>> /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... Processing triggers for
>>> man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up mate-desktop (1.6.2-1)
>>> ... chris at Chris-Pc:~$
>>> When I rebooted, there was no offer to choose mate.
>>> Chris
>>
>> I'd also install the packages 'mate-desktop-environment' and
>> 'mate-desktop-environment-extras', but they seem to be available
>> only in 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn":
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/utopic/mate-desktop-environment-extras
>>
>> Instead of upgrading from 14.04LTS to 14.10 to get the
>> '-environment-extras' you may want to add the MATE repositories
>> instead. That'll let you install the '-environment-extras'
>> package, and probably provides you with a more current MATE core as
>> well. There's good instructions at
>> http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download#ubuntu_1404_lts_trusty_thar
>>
>> --Bob.
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>> On 03/01/15 03:04 PM, Chris Aitken wrote:
>>>>> On 15-01-02 11:21 AM, Tim Tisdall wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Chris Aitken
>>>>>> <chris at chrisaitken.net  <mailto:chris at chrisaitken.net>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15-01-02 09:39 AM, Tim Tisdall wrote:
>>>>>>> If you don't have too much on that computer, you should
>>>>>>> probably just copy of your personal stuff and reformat it
>>>>>>> with the 14.04 version.   Nuke it from orbit...  it's the
>>>>>>> only way to be sure.
>>>>>> Man, it's been so long. I don't expect you to give me a
>>>>>> step-by-step, but are the broad strokes that I would make a
>>>>>> CD or DVD on another PC, then boot from that to do the
>>>>>> fresh installation? Is there a command I can run, then at
>>>>>> boot the installation would begin? I assumed I was going to
>>>>>> lose everything anyway - I'm good about backing up data.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Easiest way is to download the 14.04 ISO image and then use
>>>>>> the "Startup Disk Creator" to create a bootable USB flash
>>>>>> drive. You then boot from the USB drive and follow the
>>>>>> instructions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should have everything you need on that older Ubuntu
>>>>>> machine already, you just need to download the disk ISO.
>>>>> OK - I'm starting in on this. Will there be any possibility
>>>>> of choosing the old GNOME interface, so I don't end up with
>>>>> Unity?
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
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