Comments on: Moving to Jaunty

By: Gabi Huiber

Gabi Huiber — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:19:33 +0000

I haven't yet tried Karmic, but I moved to Jaunty when I did partly because I thought that upgrading from it to Karmic might be easier than doing so from an earlier release. I had picked up A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux from the local library and it came with an Intrepid CD. It was slow and useless, but its update manager had a "New distribution release 9.04 is available, update now" button, so I did. Jaunty's been telling me the same thing about 9.10, but it's quick and nice, so I'm in no hurry.

By: Gabi Huiber

Gabi Huiber — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:07:38 +0000

Believe it or not, I'm taking some distance ed classes at that big red university -- right now, assembly language. I will be on campus this coming Tuesday for my second exam.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:44:41 +0000

I've been using Jaunty (actually Linux Mint 7) at home for a few months now after flirting with Ubuntu several times. In the past, I think my tests of Ubuntu were kept short in part because I was dual booting WinXP and it was easy to go back to what I was familiar with. After deciding to go 'all or nothing' Ubuntu I've been pleased. Could also be because Jaunty was leaps and bounds better than earlier releases. Have you had a chance to try Karmic 9.10 yet? It's out today but I'm holding off on upgrading for now.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:04:04 +0000

I'm running ubuntu 9.04. Looking forward to the new 9.10 release, although next years release is likely to be pretty good. I run 64 bit stata for linux and love it. I also use Kate as the editor. There's a nice syntax highlighter built in. With wine for my windows apps, I am all set. I'll admit that I do like the new Win 7 which I have at home on the family PC, but for work, its ubuntu all the way.

Keep us posted on your progress.

Incidentally, I work at that big red university down the road from you!