<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks for the heads up ... </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">There is some confusing wording in the article:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Quote: "The biggest change isn't a change - it's that X11 remains, and Wayland is still a work in progress"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">So it is still X11 and there is no Wayland, or what?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Quote: "The kernel is at version 7.0, while Xfce 4.20 and GNOME 49 have been
"polished," according to the release notes, ..."</div></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Is GNOME included in Xubuntu alongside XFCE? That does not make sense.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Quote: "... a freeze when the
installer prompted me to remove the installation media. I needed a hard
reset to boot the new installation."</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I have seen this on 24.04 installation media as well. </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">If you press Esc, then you will see an obscure error message.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">It is a one off (you don't install every day), so a nuisance (why is there nothing on the screen) until you power cycle and boot your newly installed PC.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">The author later says: "I found a couple of reports, dating to the 24.04 release, citing the same freezing and lock-up problems."</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">On 24.04, I've only had the freeze at the very end of the install. If that is what was reported, then I can confirm it.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">It seems apart from installation issues, 26.04 runs well.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">He cites the usual complaint about snap, which I kill as soon as I install, and that is the only encounter I have with snaps. </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I don't plan to jump to 26.04 until October or so (after a 26.04.2 version is out), and I won't be installing anyway.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I will be doing sudo do-release-upgrade.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 12:22\u202fAM William Park via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">(Double posted. Reply to your list.)<br>
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FYI, pretty bad review of Xubuntu 26.04:<br>
<a href="https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260504#xubuntu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260504#xubuntu</a><br>
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