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Think before you update!

Postby Rhakios » Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:45 pm

Which I didn't do tonight.
Having got home and sat down at my computer, I thought I'd check for updates, although apt-get update didn't take too long to run, there were some 10 packages to be upgraded (43.3MB). Okay, answered Y to apt-get upgrade, and it's still downloading 20 minutes later. It's like flippin' dial-up.
Do you see what I did there? I forgot that today is an Ubuntu release day. Bu99er!
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Postby towy71 » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:03 pm

I feel your pain, one of my computers is stuck too :oops:
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Postby nelz » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:18 pm

Another argument for rolling releases :D
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." (Albert Einstein)
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Postby Dutch_Master » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:37 pm

Debian RULZZZZ!!!!!!!!11111 :roll:

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Thanks for the laugh Rhakios :twisted:
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Postby guy » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:12 pm

Dutch_Master wrote:Debian RULZZZZ!!!!!!!!11111

Well it might if it didn't bork my monitor display. Darned if "stability" means "newfangled-by-default", mutter, mutter... :(
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Postby towy71 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:18 pm

I now have three computers asking to upgrade..... still undecided :roll:
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Postby bobthebob1234 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:15 pm

lol my 'decide later' button doesn't work...
For certain you have to be lost to find the places that can't be found. Elseways, everyone would know where it was
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Postby towy71 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:06 pm

Ooh mine neither :? :?
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Postby Rhakios » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:56 pm

Comes under the heading of: "Never put off 'til tomorrow the mistake you can make today". ;)
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Postby wyliecoyoteuk » Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:55 am

Living dangerously here, upgading my netbook to 11.10, while still using it, on wifi and battery power!
oooh the thrill of life on the edge........
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Postby Brian Hunter » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:20 am

Was talking with a chum yesterday and after updating to the latest Ubuntu he installed Fedora over it. Seems he had a falling out with Unity.
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Postby heiowge » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:49 am

A lot of people seem to be having a fall out with 11.10. Is it just unity causing it? I know I fell out of love with Kubuntu with 11.10, but since I think I'm the only person who was using it... :lol:

And it's also why my netbook hasn't been "upgraded".
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Postby wyliecoyoteuk » Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:09 am

I like Unity, and it seems to be maturing nicely.
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Postby bobthebob1234 » Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:56 pm

wyliecoyoteuk wrote:I like Unity

weirdo :D

Currently upgrading on my netbook as that is what unity seems to work best on... 11 hours remaining...
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Postby wyliecoyoteuk » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:27 pm

bobthebob1234 wrote:
wyliecoyoteuk wrote:I like Unity

weirdo :D

Currently upgrading on my netbook as that is what unity seems to work best on... 11 hours remaining...

At least I don't live in a field. ;)
Only took an hour on my netbook.
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