Comments | hirez: Notes to self

hirez

Notes to self

Mar 29, 2013 12:25

Never ever bloody anything Ubuntu ever.

clue by four, hopeless shower of bastards, fail

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badnewswade March 29 2013, 12:45:38 UTC

Wha' appen?

hirez March 29 2013, 13:09:40 UTC

Getting recent versions of Puppet to even install on aged versions of Umbongleton is rather more hassle than it's worth.

quercus March 29 2013, 13:25:01 UTC

What's "aged"?

I have a perfectly functional server that kicks me every morning with an "I'm an October version and my lifegem is flashing" warning. Yet the newer versions have the shafted desktop, so it ain't going forwards. I might yet _downgrade_ this to the previous LTS, just to get rid of the dialogs.

maluse March 29 2013, 18:34:34 UTC

Linux Mint with xfce (based on Ubuntu) seems to be the best choice for an "It Just Works" system without broken desktop environments.

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jarkman March 29 2013, 14:51:14 UTC

Busman's holiday ?

hirez March 29 2013, 14:57:00 UTC

Yarp.

steer March 29 2013, 16:41:07 UTC

If the alternative is Centos you will perform indecent acts on Shuttlework (Mark or John or both) for an Ubuntu install.

hirez March 29 2013, 18:23:03 UTC

It would be a much more interesting thing if John Shuttleworth was in charge.

steer March 29 2013, 18:24:19 UTC

Product releases with a bon-tempi backing...

hazeii April 1 2013, 20:44:35 UTC

Build from source. Compile new code as needed. Add "init=/bin/sh" (or "1") to the kernel command line as needed.

Bit more effort in the short term. Less pain long term.

All these distro's are just trying to building a garden wall around you (by making the bricks so complicated you daren't touch it).

Your choice of bed.