Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu 8.04 is in the wild

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Author: Chris. Aubrey-Smith
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu 8.04 is in the wild
Why all the rush? I've ordered a CD which I have no doubt will (yawn) arrive
in due course, at which time I shall take a look. I'll decide then if I want
to bother upgrading from Gutsy.

Meanwhile, Etch continues to do everything I need....

Chris.

On 25/04/2008, Sean Gibbins <sean@???> wrote:
>
> Craig wrote:
> > Glad you're all have such luck.
> > Opened up the update manager and clicked on the Upgrade button. After
> > about half an hour the Release notes come up. Click upgrade, and it
> > successfully downloads the upgrade tool before soon hanging on 'Checking
> > Package Manager' on the distribution upgrade.
> > Still trying to find a fix - I'm not the only one with this issue it
> > seems. Interestingly, this is the same place as the 'Unable to get an
> > exclusive Outlook' message box pops up sometimes.
> > I guess I'll just keep looking.
>
>
> I've only got one Xubuntu machine left to upgrade now having been
> running the release candidate of Ubuntu for a few days on my other
> machines. Dunno if I want to join the queue or wait a few days for all
> the fuss to calm down - I suspect the latter might be the sensible thing
> to do.
>
> As for issues, none to speak of having upgraded 3 desktops and a laptop.
> I think one of the desktops needed a tweak to accommodate the swap from
> bcm43xx to b43 wireless nic driver, but that was about the sum of it.
>
>
> Sean
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