12.04 is almost here, any takers?

[invisible]

I got my custom iso running last night and was testing it. I installed and uninstalled a bunch of packages, but made sure I installed gnome-session-fallback so I could have gnome classic, as I just can't seem to function in unity.
Every time I click Applications -> Sound and Video to access VLC, as soon as the menu opens an error pops up, saying some module is missing. It does this everytime, and I think it's complaining because it's looking for either rhythmbox or totem and it's not there.
You can no longer access the default 'ubuntu' user account from Users and groups, so you can change the password to something random. Since ubuntu's password is blank by default, and since I run a live version off a thumb drive, that is the first thing I do when I boot up. I can no longer do that in 12.04. Sure I can do it from the terminal via "sudo passwd ubuntu", but I prefer to change to something random upon every boot.
From what I can tell, package manager is now gone, and has been replaced by Ubuntu Software Center. I tried to install the nero linux 4 .deb as usual. I was instead greeted by a HUGE window advertising what third party software I could install, but the Install button was greyed out. nice. Thankfully it installed via the terminal just fine, and I'm happy to report that 12.04 didn't break Nero.
While gnome classic is a near exact clone of gnome 2, a bunch of shortcuts are missing. I also noticed that every time I insert a disc, or mount a volume, it no longer shows up on the desktop (also does this in unity). I have to go to Home and navigate from there, or go to Places.
Also every time I boot up I have to log out, then select gnome classic, otherwise it just defaults into unity every time. Unless there is a trick somehow to get me to the login screen first, in live mode?
One last thing. I noticed the devs have adopted Apple's 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes model. Kind of interesting. Try it out for yourself.
All in all I am not impressed, and I'm reverting back to 10.04. I may try Precise again when 12.04.1 comes out, but 10.04 runs quite nicely on my systems, and EVERYTHING WORKS.

[MidnightSun]

Updated to Xubuntu 12.04 on my Averatec. Everything is working fine, and a few quirks have been worked out (including a drive mounting issue I've been having), so I'm a happy camper!

[turqoisegirl08]

I downloaded Xubuntu 12.04 also. Looking forward to installing it soon

[v1k1ng1001]

I just installed 12.04 on my HTPC and on my thinkpad...so far it has been fantastic. Will definitely install on my other systems ASAP.

In spite of the improvements, I still don't get unity. Gnome Shell or XFCE for me, thanks. Cinnamon is coming along slowly but it is a way off yet.

Btw, I never upgrade. Clean install seems to help me avoid the various gremlins that plague the upgraders.

[invisible]

@MidnightSun and/or turqoisegirl; does Xubuntu come with a "startup disk creator" like ubuntu, so I can transfer an iso to a thumb drive? I can't find any indication on that.
I'm still searching, but if vlc and other software I typically use in ubuntu is available also for xubuntu, I may try it. I just remember when I last tried it, that there were no admin rights for the desktop, so I couldn't do simple things like cut and paste files in dirs and so on.

[ZaZ]

I installed Pangolin on my R60e last night. It doesn't seem all that different, but scrolling on sites with heavy flash is more fluid, which is a plus. I don't know if that's Pangolin or Firefox.

[invisible]

So you took the plunge after all.

[turqoisegirl08]

@MidnightSun and/or turqoisegirl; does Xubuntu come with a "startup disk creator" like ubuntu, so I can transfer an iso to a thumb drive? I can't find any indication on that.
I'm still searching, but if vlc and other software I typically use in ubuntu is available also for xubuntu, I may try it. I just remember when I last tried it, that there were no admin rights for the desktop, so I couldn't do simple things like cut and paste files in dirs and so on.

Hi Talin. I use THIS to make my own SDLive or USBLive media. I am 99.9999999999% sure you will be able to install VLC on xubuntu. Let us know if you have problems. I have not done my installation yet. I am studying for finals atm. I will do my installation after finals are over with.

[invisible]

Thanks, I'll look into that. I just packed away my old thinkpad today, it's starting to show its age, and with more and more content being pumped into webpages these days, it's getting slower and slower. :\ So now I'll have only one machine to maintain distros for.

[v1k1ng1001]

Stuffed xubuntu 12.04 on the eeepc just now. It's incredibly responsive sans compiz of course.

I think, however, that I might go to Mint Debian Edition xfce which pretty much matches Lubuntu for speed and agility.