My testing sandbox server is running on an ancient Dell Optiplex 280 minitower, which has a P4 processor and 2gb of ram. \u00c2\u00a0Its been chugging along placidly on Ubuntu 10.04LTS. \u00c2\u00a0The 12.04LTS version has been popping up for a bit, and it seemed like it was being reported as a very solid release.<\/p>\n
The install running in my VirtualBox partition went smoothly enough, but that was only a leap from 11.x to 12.04. \u00c2\u00a0Upgrading from 10.04 is a couple of levels to jump, so the possibility for problems increases.<\/p>\n
So with some amount of\u00c2\u00a0trepidation\u00c2\u00a0I decided to run the upgrade process on the 10.04 sandbox. If the upgrade should barf completely, its not a tremendous loss. \u00c2\u00a0If it works, the 12.04LTS version is supposed to be good through 2017(if I recall the upgrade notes correctly).<\/p>\n
The upgrade seems to have been completely successful, with zero impact on the test bed. \u00c2\u00a0Sweeeeeet….. The 10.04LTS was mostly a plain vanilla install, but its nice that it made the leap with so little intervention.<\/p>\n
This upgrade went far more easily than a prior upgrade(from 8.10 to 9.04). \u00c2\u00a0Very happy to see the Ubuntu developers have made the upgrade process so user friendly.<\/p>\n
Very. \u00c2\u00a0Nice. \u00c2\u00a0Work.<\/p>\n
So now the file server is good to go and can remain stable for the foreseeable future. \u00c2\u00a0Time to get back to hacking up some web apps for graphing the Reverse Beacon network data extracts.<\/p>\n
Not so happy with the UNITY desktop, but at least it is easy to revert back to Gnome. \u00c2\u00a0Unity is kinda like the new Windows 8 – ButtHole Ugly. \u00c2\u00a0The very last thing I want is an interface that looks like a tablet. \u00c2\u00a0Bleh.<\/p>\n
Never have understood why OS developers seem to think that 30 years of accumulated OS familiarity is so readily cast aside for their own vision of ease-of-use. \u00c2\u00a0Too little customer contact…. \u00c2\u00a0Most customers want their interfaces to function the same way they functioned yesterday(providing they actually worked yesterday), and changed only if they were broken. \u00c2\u00a0AKA, “New Coke Syndrome”.<\/p>\n
Coke Classic pleeze…..add gold rum and lime….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My testing sandbox server is running on an ancient Dell Optiplex 280 minitower, which has a P4 processor and 2gb of ram. \u00c2 Its been chugging along placidly on Ubuntu 10.04LTS. \u00c2 The 12.04LTS version has been popping up for a bit, and it seemed like it was being reported as a very solid release.<\/p>\n
The install running in my VirtualBox partition went smoothly enough, but that was only a leap from 11.x to 12.04. \u00c2 Upgrading from 10.04 is a couple of levels to jump, so the possibility for problems increases.<\/p>\n
So with some amount of\u00c2 trepidation\u00c2 I decided to run the upgrade process on the 10.04 sandbox. If the upgrade should barf completely, its not a tremendous loss. \u00c2 If it works, the 12.04LTS version is supposed to be good through 2017(if I recall the upgrade notes correctly).<\/p>\n
The upgrade seems to have been completely successful, with zero impact on the test bed. \u00c2 Sweeeeeet….. The 10.04LTS was mostly a plain vanilla install, but its nice that it made the leap with so little intervention.<\/p>\n
This upgrade went far more easily than a prior upgrade(from 8.10 to 9.04). \u00c2 Very happy to see the Ubuntu developers have made the upgrade process so user friendly.<\/p>\n
Very. \u00c2 Nice. \u00c2 Work.<\/p>\n
So now the file server is good to go and can remain stable for the foreseeable future. \u00c2 Time to get back to hacking up some web apps for graphing the Reverse Beacon network data extracts.<\/p>\n
Not so happy […]<\/p>\n