Dist upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04

[Clive DaSilva]

  Well I upgraded one laptop and one desktop from 10.04 to 10.10 and I 
think its just great. Phenomenal boot up time, snappy screen reloads, etc




On 10-10-18 01:06 PM, Timothy Hildred wrote:
> I'm doing it in a vm on a Ubuntu image i respun with remastersys, to 
> see what ill happen. Only 7 hours to go!
>
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org 
> <mailto:evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I've upgraded my Ubuntu netbook to 10.10 and it's a massive step down.
>
>     Canonical has made a strategic decision
>     <http://blog.canonical.com/?p=446> to chase not only Apple and
>     Microsoft, but also Google and RIM and Intel into the realm of
>     touch and tablets. Based on what I see on my little Asus this is a
>     stunningly bad decision. I only hope they don't burn too many
>     bridges and force too many others away in the process of
>     alienating their core.
>
>     In making the new Ubuntu Netbook distribution touch-friendly,
>     they've made desktop administration and customization a nightmare.
>     There's pride in eliminating the taskbar at the bottom, but it's
>     been replaced with a bigger apps/taskbar at the left.
>     Documentation is sparse and they're no help icon.
>
>     Microsoft found that you couldn't just simply adapt a desktop UI
>     to a tablet and expect it to work well. In 10.10, Ubuntu (or more
>     probably Canonical, seeing some revenue potential in embedded
>     devices) has made the opposite mistake in chosing to switch to a
>     tablet-focused UI, and those of us still with mice and touchpads
>     and sticks can fend for ourselves. Even if they make massive
>     strides in this system they'll be far behind the others in this field.
>
>     They have no chance of succeeding to compete with iOS or Android
>     or WebOS or WinMo7, certainly with this tech. I only hope they
>     don't completely screw over their traditional laptop users in
>     pursuit of tablet vendors. Meanwhile. I'll have a serious look at
>     the Kubuntu netbook edition and maybe -- if desperate -- Meego.
>
>     - Evan
>
>


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