[kwlug-disc] Ubuntu review on Distrowatch

[CrankyOldBugger]

Despite my recent whining, and the mixed reviews on the internet regarding
Ubuntu 22.04, I am still sticking with Ubuntu.  Stay with what you know,
right?

So far, one in-place upgrade from 21.10 to 22.04 went without a hitch,
while a 20.04 to 22.04 (lts to lts) failed miserably (and I'm now repaving
that system).  I will say that normally Ubuntu upgrades usually fail for
me, while Fedora upgrades tend work every time, so there's that...





On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 10:10 AM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 12:08 AM William Park via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20220502#ubuntu
>>
>> [Last paragraph]
>> I think the launch of Ubuntu 22.04 is a clear sign Canonical is much
>> more interested in publishing releases on a set schedule than producing
>> something worthwhile. This version was not ready for release and it's is
>> probably going to be a costly endeavour to maintain this collection of
>> mixed versioned software and mixed display server and mixed designs for
>> a full five years. It's a platform I would recommend avoiding.
>>
>
> Usually, I wait until the .1 release before attempting to upgrade (i.e.
> 22.04.1).
> This usually takes a few months at minimum. Trying to run
> do-release-upgrade
> returns a message saying do you want to install a development release
> (implying
> that the 22.04 upgrade is not ready yet.
>
> Then, I downloaded and burned a DVD of the Xubuntu 22.04 64bit image.
> One objective was to see if snapd is needed or can I just uninstall it
> like I do on 20.04, per
> the recent thread.
>
> Tried to install it on a spare old laptop, and it did not go well.
> It took ages to just get a GUI going. Something like the good part of an
> hour.
> Then it popped up a message about xfwm crashing, and kept accessing the
> DVD continuously.
> Can't proceed with using the Live DVD nor install it.
>
> Attempted twice, same failure both times.
> So I gave up and installed Xubuntu 20.04, and it installed without a hitch.
> And indeed snapd can be removed without issues on a fresh install, and
> Firefox is an apt.
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