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UBUNTU 12.10 - with Cloud Integration

post #1 of 13
10/18/12 at 5:24am
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Canonical has made available for download the desktop version of Ubuntu 12.10 open source operating system, which brings together desktop and cloud-based experiences.

When searching for documents in the Ubuntu 12.10 Dash, for example, users you see results from online services like Google Drive, as well as files saved on their hard drives. The Online Accounts feature allows authentication to online sites so that content like photos from Flickr accounts and contacts from Facebook can all be searched instantly by the Dash. The Dash can also search both paid and free content from Amazon and the Ubuntu One Music Store such as music, videos or any product be it digital or physical. The results are displayed in a separate section labelled, 'More Suggestions'.

Jane Silber, CEO at Canonical comments: "Ubuntu 12.10 is the operating system for the multi-device era. It makes life significantly easier for users by adapting Ubuntu to the way people really access their content today: online and on the hard drive, at work and at home, on the phone and, of course, on the PC. As consumers and businesses consider their upgrade options, Ubuntu 12.10 offers an easier, faster alternative to competing desktop operating systems."

New Previews give large previews of content as it appears in the Dash search results, giving you a quick way to get more information to help find what you are looking for. For example, previewing an album that the Dash has found in the Ubuntu One Music Store reveals a track listing and the option to listen - all without leaving the preview.

The new Web Apps feature offers integration between the desktop and online environment, by making frequently-used web applications like Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM, eBay and GMail available through the desktop, without launching a browser separately.

Ubuntu One, the 5 GB personal cloud service, is integrated and now available as a native app on Mac OS-X as beta, as well as Windows, iOS and Android. Ubuntu One's new referrals programme, means that it's possible to get even more storage in return for recommending new users. New APIs mean that application developers can make use of synchronisation features in their own apps.

A new remote log-in option now gives you the alternative of logging into a Citrix, VMWare or Microsoft desktop running on a desktop virtualisation server. Ubuntu 12.10 can thereby be used as a thin client by businesses that want to virtualise their desktop applications and deliver them to users over the network.

Get your copy here ...
http://www.ubuntu.com/download

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post #2 of 13
10/19/12 at 3:15am
So far ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE....

AVOID AT ALL COSTS UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERIMENTING

2 systems installed and 2 systems rolling back to 12.04....

Awful, Awful, Awful.....

Problems so far......

1) DO NOT USE THE UPGRADE OPTION. This will waste 2 hours of your life for a completely non-booting unworkable machine.
2) Install from CD. The Install graphics are generally fuzzed up so that is the first indication of an issue with the X driver. The partitioning setup is still confusing if you don't want a 'normal' install and again there is no 'upgrade' option from the CD. WHY, WHY, WHY!!!!!!!!!
3) NO WORKING NVIDIA OR ATI DRIVERS. This means to run two or more monitors you will run into issues.
4) Any search for an app and all you get is Amazon shopping, disabled that straight off.

Very lucky I have a 12.04 backup install which I am working on now.

I am now going to try SUSE.

Final thought AVOID UBUNTU 12.10 for the time being.
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post #3 of 13
10/19/12 at 9:08am
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Originally Posted by Mr T View Post

So far ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE....
AVOID AT ALL COSTS UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERIMENTING
2 systems installed and 2 systems rolling back to 12.04....
Awful, Awful, Awful.....
Problems so far......
1) DO NOT USE THE UPGRADE OPTION. This will waste 2 hours of your life for a completely non-booting unworkable machine.
2) Install from CD. The Install graphics are generally fuzzed up so that is the first indication of an issue with the X driver. The partitioning setup is still confusing if you don't want a 'normal' install and again there is no 'upgrade' option from the CD. WHY, WHY, WHY!!!!!!!!!
3) NO WORKING NVIDIA OR ATI DRIVERS. This means to run two or more monitors you will run into issues.
4) Any search for an app and all you get is Amazon shopping, disabled that straight off.
Very lucky I have a 12.04 backup install which I am working on now.
I am now going to try SUSE.
Final thought AVOID UBUNTU 12.10 for the time being.

wow ... mucho thanks for the head up Mr T bow.gif

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post #4 of 13
10/19/12 at 10:31am
To continue the saga...

Managed to get an install up and running on my main rig (running on an SSD). Icons still corrupting. Plymouth crashed after about 5 minutes followed by compiz. Got Compiz restarted, so I could resize, scroll windows etc. Switched from LDM to GDM and things settled down. Set up twin monitors, pretty straight forward, looking good. Installed updates, still getting icon corruption. Checked what video driver running. Xorg default running, so I updated to the nVidia ones. All OK, then compiz crashed again. restarted it and installed some programs. looking stablish.. Reboot and that was it, loads of beeps on the Ubuntu 12.10 screen, no entry to desktop. rebooted and tried a recovery, no joy whatsoever.

So in essence if you have an ATI or NVidia card prepare for issues. LDM is still terrible. Using two or more monitors, very finicky and bug ridden. the Compiz and Plymouth crash was new to me, but Compiz crashing twice!!!!

So, I have

Ubuntu 12.04 on DVD
Linux Mint 12 on DVD
SUSE 12.1 on DVD

and in the process of downloading Mandriva 2011 (I used to use Mandrake).

Tough choice which one will I use, I am most used to Ubuntu and this is the first real time I have had major issues where the new install is completely untrustworthy.

Again for the time being I would avoid ubutu 12.10 until they sort issues out..

Mains system I am trying it on is a:

AMD FX4100
32Gbs DDR3
NVidia 430
OCZ Vertex3 60Gb SSD

Tried an ATI 4850 and an Nvidia 9500.
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post #5 of 13
10/19/12 at 12:28pm
Well got Linux Mint up and running, only issue is it wont see 2nd monitor. Not complaining as all is stable....
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post #6 of 13
10/20/12 at 12:38am
Well got monitor working with a bit of fiddling with X... Not bad and stable too....
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post #7 of 13
10/20/12 at 1:42am
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all right ... so I spent the whole yesterday's evening playing with it (Ubuntu 12.10), taking some of the tips from Mr T as far as upgrading and backing up winknudge.gif

what can I say ... just that I am back using my previous Suse tongue.gif

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post #8 of 13
10/21/12 at 4:12am
Yes, it is that bad... I am now stability running Linux Mint 12 64bit with a few tweaks that I ironed out of my old Ubuntu 12.04 setup. TRIM enabled on the SSD with minimal swap space.. All good do far...

Is the death knell for a decent desktop operating system... Are all operating systems aimed at tablets..?
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post #9 of 13
10/21/12 at 4:19am
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I have been following up closely after your most informative post above, and everything is pointing to the missing of a linux-headers-generic as a dependency in the package for the graphic issues ...

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/+bug/1068341

In a nutshell ... lousy QA before the release ... thumbdown.gif

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post #10 of 13
12/8/12 at 6:42am
Well an Ubuntu update... It seems to have stabilized now (fingers crossed).. Made the move over to windows 8, a far more polished affair, but still been dabbling with 12.10. Changed the motherboard and it has sped the boot times up. Nvidia drivers more stable, no Compiz crashes, but I am running it on one monitor... so far, so good.....bored.gif
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post #11 of 13
12/8/12 at 12:03pm
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Any specific release version number Mr T?

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post #12 of 13
12/9/12 at 6:06am
No, used the day 1 release disc of 12.10 and updated it fully, then did the nVidia drivers. After that swapped out the motherboard from an nVidia chipset to an AMD one. 12.10 booted in straight away and was really stable, no compiz crashes. I did get rid of LightDM for GDM though...
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post #13 of 13
12/9/12 at 8:12am
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Cool. Off topic on this one a bit - do you know anything about Fedora getting "no OS ..." error after a successful installation, at the the first reboot? I heard about the F11 full disk assign for the installation, but even that is not always 100% full proof

http://www.notebookforums.com/t/241033/acer-boot-erorr-no-bootable-device-insert-boot-disk-and-press-any-key#post_3363167

cheers ...
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