Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Ubuntu 12 04 LTS to be released today

Ubuntu 12 04 LTS to be released today


Ubuntu Countdown as seen on OMGUbuntu.co.uk
Ubuntu Countdown as seen on OMGUbuntu
The day has finally arrived. Today Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) LTS will be released. Notable changes include:

  • The default music player has been changed to Rhythmbox
  • LibreOffice has been updated to 3.5
  • System Settings Appearance allows users to easier configure some of Unitys properties
  • Nautilus quicklist support has been added to to Unity launcher
  • ClickPad (as is featured in MacBooks) support has been improved
  • and many more ...
source: Ubuntu Wiki

The new Ubuntu is supposedly booting very quickly and overall is very responsive.
I am looking forward to the release and will provide feedback as soon as I have upgraded.

<Update>
Apparently the Ubuntu Servers were down. I couldnt access their website and couldnt access the download-servers either. Now theyre back online and I am going to download the upgrade soon.

Upgrade broke my installation and I was unable to boot. Had to install 12.04 from scratch. Then I had some major problems with the graphics drivers. Ubuntu couldnt install the proper drivers, I then had to choose an alternative which caused my Computer to freeze about every 30 minutes.

After completely reinstalling 12.04 again (there were some other issues as well) it now seems to be working properly. No crashes so far installations seem to be working as well. Fingers crossed!

So all in all not that easy an upgrade. I just hope the 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS upgrade at work goes a little more smoothly.
</Update>

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