Is that Ubuntu's problem that people just upgrade? Perhaps they should default to LTS and require people to override it explicitly. File a bug for that.
Not sure whether it is better engineered or whatever. But it is certainly more stable from experience, and spaces out any issues the upgrade causes by years rather than months.
You seem to be confusing the LTS with six month releases for Ubuntu.
The Long Term Support releases are every other year, usually in April, and are supported with security updated for 5 years on the server, and 3 years on the desktop.
The six month releases are the unstable ones, but the LTS are very stable.
Been using them for many years and yes, I sysadmin several systems, both servers and desktops (KDE though), and things are good.
I work on Drupal for a living.
Right now, I am upgrading a 4.7 site to 7.x, with 5.x and 6.x intermediates.
I will write an article on this soon, but basically, you set 4 directories, one per version.
Then you point the web server to the version that you are working on via a symlink.
You then run update.php for 5.x, then 6.x, then 7.x
Your content is preserved.
Porting modules and themes does require some work, unless someone has ported said modules/themes for you, or you chose a new theme.
But your data should be preserved fully.
Haven't seen those.
Maybe they are new in 12.10, or something
Not sure what hovering toolbars you are referring to. I am using 12.04, since it is an LTS release, and will be supported for 3 years with security updates, and no surprises like you have with the other releases.
My desktop is really simple.
Just a vertical side bar on the left instead of on the bottom. It has the K Menu button for launching apps at the top, the Task Manager with all running apps in it, time and date, and the System Tray with a few frequently used apps.
And that is it.
Very Windows XP like in fact.
Here is a photo, while writing this post in Firefox http://i.imgur.com/jKzHIAT.png
Perhaps that is part of its success that I have not conciously thought about
I have been a user of Ubuntu for many years. Since 2005 or so.
All these debates about Ubuntu, Shuttleworth and Unity do not affect me in the least.
Why?
Because I use KDE Ubuntu (Kubuntu), not Gnome/Unity at all. I also stay with the latest LTS and not upgrade to the twice annual releases.
The same goes for servers. I use Ubuntu Server LTS, which has a longer support cycle of 5 years vs. 3 years for the desktop.
Not affected by any of those ongoing debates or controversies
IUTBAP (I used to be a pharmacist).
One of the things we studied were drug interactions.
Basically pharmacists are more qualified to know these interactions, because they studied pharmacology, as well as pharmaceutics (how drugs are presented, what each form's method of spreading to the affected area(s) are,
The clinical pharmacy movement was started back several decades ago, so doctors would diagnose, then pharmacists would prescribe together with the doctors, taking into account many things, like other patient health issues, drug interactions,
But, this will not happen, because big pharma markets to doctors so they prescribe their brand over the competition.
Sad to see the state of affairs status quo as they were in the early 80s.
Thanks for the morning smile
Made my day already
I read about this a while ago, and it was fascinating. Appartently, the crystals polarized sunlight, even if it was through clouds and
Here are some links that may help:
The stone itself is calcite, Iceland Spar or the more complex Cordierite, also known as iolite.
Here is one account of how it could have been used:
And here is another:
Viking Compass
Sony does have an Android watch that is been out for a year or more.
But history will be rewritten so that Steve Jobs would be the pioneer of smart watches, and even doing so from his grave too
Sony already makes an Android watch, the SmartWatch
But this will be Apple's
I am a developer too, and English is my second language (I am from Egypt, and Arabic is my first language). When I learned programming, it was in English using English text books and magazines,
Once, after many years in development, I was supporting a place that got a software package developed in Morocco. French is the lingua technica there. So, the source code was totally unitelligible to all of us except one of the Moroccan developers who worked for the company developing it.
All the variable names and comments were in French, and did not mean anything to us, making the code very hard to follow.
With English being the language most used internationally for businesss and such, I imagine this is true outside of the Francophone countries (and perhaps Latin America too)?
Try the Sony Android phones.
I have the Xperia Arc, and its picture quality is amazing for a phone, or even a mid range point and shoot camera.
Despite the usual small lens and limited software from the camera application itself, the lens and the sensor are far superior to most phones.
About the only thing I miss is a proper optical zoom on it. If it had that, I would not be using my Canon SX20 IS camera.
If you don't like the user interface that the handset manufactuer cooked up and puked on your Android phone, just install ADW Launcher on it, and you get a functional as well as speedy.
I did that on my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc to get rid of Sony's TimeScape.
If you think the system is working, ask someone who's waiting for a prompt.
