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51. Ubuntu 12.04 hits beta, brings smooth Unity for marching masses

Fri Mar 2, 2012, 11:36 AM

Mar 2012

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/02/ubuntu_12_04_beta_review/

Review The beta for Ubuntu 12.04, or Precise Pangolin as Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth would have it, is upon us.

This is the fourth major Long Term Support (LTS) release and the first featuring the Unity desktop: LTS.

That means that while the rank-and-file Ubuntu users may have already made the leap to Unity, many of Canonical's actual customers have likely been waiting for the LTS release before dipping a toe in the Unity waters.

LTS editions of Ubuntu are delivered every two years and have extended support from Canonical. They also set the look of the coming years' releases.

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Windows 8 Beta out now (aka Consumer Preview) [View all] steve2470 Mar 2012 OP

I want to try it. Renew Deal Mar 2012 #1

It's already a failure. randome Mar 2012 #2

Actually it is meant to be a tablet OS MattBaggins Mar 2012 #4

Personally, I think the 'Metro Tile' design looks childish. randome Mar 2012 #7

Absolutely. nt snagglepuss Mar 2012 #20

I can't stand it either MattBaggins Mar 2012 #21

Exactly CatholicEdHead Mar 2012 #23

Amusingly, you just explained the problem with GNOME 3 and Unity too. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #24

I was always more fond of KDE over Gnome anyway MattBaggins Mar 2012 #28

Gnome 3 is gawdawful fugly HillWilliam Mar 2012 #43

Strange, Red hat Enterprise 6 still uses the nice old GNOME 2.x. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #53

Nah, KDE 4 was buggy and a retrograde step on release.. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #54

That's why they're coming up witn Win 8 Warpy Mar 2012 #6

LOL......wow, you have decided. Are you a expert? Logical Mar 2012 #29

A self-styled 'expert' in user design. randome Mar 2012 #33

Wow, people like you..... Logical Mar 2012 #34

It's just an opinion. That is what we do on message boards - offer opinions. JFN1 Mar 2012 #41

So you haven't tried it Renew Deal Mar 2012 #38

Reports from people who downloaded it say to be sure and save a backup of current system first DJ13 Mar 2012 #3

Partition your hard drive and dual boot MattBaggins Mar 2012 #5

I'll bravely venture to install it on a virtual machine slackmaster Mar 2012 #8

I have tried that on Virtualbox CatholicEdHead Mar 2012 #22

I'm using VMware Player and the 32-bit version of Windows 8. So far no luck with the NIC. slackmaster Mar 2012 #26

I'll wait until enough machines flame out that they release a stable version. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #9

So far so good on my machine steve2470 Mar 2012 #10

ALWAYS throw a simple VGA monitor on before upgrading. The boot screens are on the VGA. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #12

It booted up just fine steve2470 Mar 2012 #14

Well, to be fair, even HDMI monitors have a VGA cable. It's just easier with two. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #15

I suspect Win 7 will become the new XP IDemo Mar 2012 #11

I agree steve2470 Mar 2012 #13

I'm Still Running Windows ME Yavin4 Mar 2012 #16

I've been using Linux for to long Sea-Dog Mar 2012 #17

Linux is not a real OS for an end user. Hackers and Servers. Logical Mar 2012 #30

That's your opinion HillWilliam Mar 2012 #44

The poster never did bother to support that opinion. TroglodyteScholar Mar 2012 #48

P.S. TroglodyteScholar Mar 2012 #49

HEHEHEHEHE HillWilliam Mar 2012 #60

I truly don't care at this point. TroglodyteScholar Mar 2012 #18

my hardware runs the newest ubuntu like shit off a shovel whereas its slow as hell running just xp Sea-Dog Mar 2012 #19

Autocad2000 runs on ubuntu 10.10 using wine better than it does on xp. madokie Mar 2012 #25

Yea...I'm running Xubuntu on a 5 year old high-end laptop... TroglodyteScholar Mar 2012 #27

Linux is free. And it shows. Not a real end user OS. Logical Mar 2012 #31

And when was the last time you installed a Linux distro? TroglodyteScholar Mar 2012 #35

I write embedded code for devices. So I love the idea of linux. But it is not for 90% of end users.. Logical Mar 2012 #36

No, the wine comment was because you falsely equated free with poor quality TroglodyteScholar Mar 2012 #37

Also, you didn't bother to answer my question. TroglodyteScholar Mar 2012 #39

That's what I'm hearing, too n/t HillWilliam Mar 2012 #45

Yep...in the lack of an answer we have our answer. TroglodyteScholar Mar 2012 #61

Haven't installed or used linux in a while, huh? Occulus Mar 2012 #57

Hand on my hart. MichaelMcGuire Mar 2012 #40

I have a Mac, so I doubt that I will be trying it. RebelOne Mar 2012 #32

kick for today's crowd nt steve2470 Mar 2012 #42

I'm happy with Windows 7. It will be many long months Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #46

I never do operating system beta's. Javaman Mar 2012 #47

Windows 8: Sugar coating on Microsoft's hard-to-swallow tablet FarCenter Mar 2012 #50

They use words like 'reimagining' and 'reinventing' but they don't mean anything. randome Mar 2012 #52

Ubuntu 12.04 hits beta, brings smooth Unity for marching masses FarCenter Mar 2012 #51

Comparison images: Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #55

Touch for a desktop will never work well. randome Mar 2012 #56

The question is what 360 million PC, 300 million tablet, and 500 million smartphone buyers want FarCenter Mar 2012 #58

I use KDE on Linux Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #59