Ubuntu Linux 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish Beta Now Available For Desktop, Cloud and Server Versions (betanews.com) 73
Roughly three weeks ahead of the scheduled release of Ubuntu Linux 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish", the latest major update for the popular Linux distro, beta of all of its flavors -- desktop, cloud and server -- is now available for download. From a report: Codenamed 'Cosmic Cuttlefish,' 18.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs," says Adam Conrad, Software Engineer, Canonical. Conrad further says, "This beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu flavours. The beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of 18.10 that should be representative of the features intended to ship with the final release expected on October 18th, 2018." Further reading: Canonical Shares Desktop Plans For Ubuntu 18.10.
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Does it run on windows?
Just wait (Score:3, Funny)
systemd will get that feature any day now.
Re:Just wait (Score:4, Interesting)
Someone will get the bright idea to put all of /etc into a flat binary file. Think how nice that will be! Then a tool to make changes, maybe call it regedit...
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It's going to require 70 different obscure libraries and frameworks to function.
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Good stuff (Score:2)
Although I've been a fan of MATE for a while, I see myself in the process of converting those machines to Budgie which are powerful enough, and moving to Xubuntu those which aren't. Unfortunately, MATE 18.04 seems to put much more demand on hardware than 16.04 used to – at least that's my impression so far.
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Perhaps it is bogged down with Gnome 3 applications and components and other stuff somewhat bloating up. I only tried Lubuntu 18.04 and saw that the pdf reader is a Gnome 3 application with GTK header bar! I'll stick with Mint though I would like to use "real" Ubuntu sometimes. What Ubuntu offers that isn't on Mint : network installation, minimal installation, Ubuntu 18.10.
What Mint offers : a pdf reader and picture viewers that use GTK 3 but with classic menu and tool bars. (known as the 'xapps', probably
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What Mint offers : a pdf reader and picture viewers that use GTK 3 but with classic menu and tool bars. (known as the 'xapps', probably easy to get running in ubuntu and debian).
Ubuntu Mate 18.04, Default PDF application is Atril. Text editor is Pluma. Eye of Mate image viewer etc. All have classic menu and tool bar. Caja (same on Mint) is a decent file manager. The Mate Tweak application with its easy desktop layout switching is neat. Have found it a solid distro for getting sh*t done.
That being said, have used Mint in the past and liked it a lot too.
Eventually (Score:3)
They will probably notice that Linux is a better host for Linux VM's.
Enough with Linux on the Desktop (Score:5, Insightful)
Linux dominates on:
Linux doesn't come anywhere near dominating on:
One of these markets is fading hard. Guess which one?
Desktop isn't the metric we should be looking at. Not anymore.
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Why should Linux even "dominate" anything? I'm satisfied as long as it works for me and I don't have to put up with the horrors of having to use and administer Windows machines at home. It's bad enough I have to use WIndows at work.
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It would be best if there were no dominating system at all, and everyone would stick to (open) standards.
When windows was dominant (on the sum of all devices), they could subvert standards and lock out other systems. If this would have continued, I bet windows (IE) might have been a requirement to watch Netflix. Luckily, the threat of Linux (and Mac) alone have been enough to prevent this. Of course there have been multiple factors to prevent this horror scenario, including concerns from politics in various
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One of these markets is fading hard. Guess which one?
Supercomputers.
Did I guess right? I guess you wanted me to say Desktops but the millions of corporate users would disagree with you.
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pfft (Score:2, Informative)
another systemdOS clone who cares it ain't *nix....
Re: pfft (Score:1)
I wish i had an account and mod points for you
Canonical trinkets (Score:2, Funny)
Ubuntu varients from rock-solid U-16.04 are lubricious trinkets Cannonical hucksters while pimping its bones to Micro$oft. The home desktop lusr has no reason to move from ultra-reliable Leggy Lynx (whatever) to the new and fragile painted hussy. I mean ... who would fuck-a-Gnome in preference to cuddly MATE-desktop 1.18 ?
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Try systemd free Devuan (Score:4, Informative)
I cannot find anything really wrong with it. It's like using real Debian, instead of systemd crap. Great package management.
Not sure why Devuan is not more popular.
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As the AC here said so eloquently:
Because majority of users don't see systemd as a problem and are not interested in those fanatics who overblow systemd problems.
If your use-case involves you failing to be able to use systemD, then don't use Debian/Ubuntu. But assuming that it bothers the rest of us is asinine. The only time I remember that it's my init system is when I come across a post like yours.
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Not sure why Devuan is not more popular.
Because when all is said and done the world didn't end with Systemd and ultimately no one but a few of the most vocal minority cared. Linux didn't end. BSD didn't become the most popular of the *IX flavours. Servers kept humming away.
Why throw away a perfectly good Debian distro for it's distinctly more experimental cousin?
Why is this news? (Score:3)
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because it's the most popular linux distro?
When they fix the bugs, not before (Score:2)
These are lists of bugs in just gnome-shell. The reading is terrifying for people who actually want to work with Ubuntu. Some were known before releasing 18.04 "LTS", are still not fixed, and force me to avoid using full-screen video and to reboot my Ubuntu VM very regularly. Luckily I don't depend on Ubuntu for work, it's just a VM...
https://trello.com/c/pe5mRmx7 [trello.com]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubu... [launchpad.net]
And with Gnome 3.* by default! (Score:2)
Ubuntu minus systemd please! (Score:1)