Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Apr 2012 20:58 UTC, submitted by anonymous
The Canonical team has released Ubuntu 12.04 - a new long term support release. The biggest new feature is the HUD, an addition to the traditional application menu system, where you can search for the actions you want to perform instead of having to hunt for them in menus. Unity overall has been improved, and I must say that even though this new release is simply not at all ready for Asus ZenBooks, Unity runs perfectly well on it, and to my own shock and surprise, I'm slowly warming up to it. It's starting to make sense, it looks nice (especially after some custom tweaking), has become a lot more configurable, and it's really, really, really fast.
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RE[2]: sleep/hibernate ?
by diegoviola on Fri 27th Apr 2012 16:58
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Member since:2006-08-15
It was primarily sleep/hibernate issues that drove me back to Windows on my Thinkpad.
After a weekend spent struggling to get Linux working properly, with no solution in sight, it was quicker and easier to install XP to get a fully working system.
A shame, as I genuinely would prefer to be running Linux Mint on it.
After a weekend spent struggling to get Linux working properly, with no solution in sight, it was quicker and easier to install XP to get a fully working system.
A shame, as I genuinely would prefer to be running Linux Mint on it.
Strange, I've never had problems with suspend/hibernate/resume on Linux.
My computers are: ThinkPad T510 and a bunch of desktops with ASUS motherboards (P5P41T-LE, etc).
I suggest you file bug reports to: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/ if you are still struggling with suspend/hibernate problems.
Also, ask/pressure your hardware manufacturers to contribute back fixes as well.
Edited 2012-04-27 16:59 UTC
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RE[3]: sleep/hibernate ?
by diegoviola on Fri 27th Apr 2012 22:38
in reply to "RE[2]: sleep/hibernate ?"
Member since:2006-08-15
thanks for all the supportive remarks - really appreciated. It was indeed a retorical question as the actual issue is already logged as a bug... except that no one is interested in fixing it (Lenovo business laptop) ... and yes, I wish I could do it myself :/
Tom UK
Tom UK
Try upgrading your kernel to the latest 3.3.x.
A lot of ACPI patches went to Linux 3.3 and it fixed some ACPI issues I had with my Lenovo ThinkPad T510. I've seen also that some other users reported success with 3.3 and ACPI on their ThinkPad laptops.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA0NDE
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36132
Please upgrade your kernel to the latest 3.3.x, test your suspend/hibernate and report back your results.
The latest kernel on Ubuntu 12.04 is 3.2.0 and this version seems to have some issues with ACPI on ThinkPads. At least from my experience.
Linux 3.3.x fixed all this for me.
Edited 2012-04-27 22:49 UTC
RE[2]: sleep/hibernate ?
by diegoviola on Fri 27th Apr 2012 23:09
in reply to "RE: sleep/hibernate ?"
Member since:2006-08-15
It was primarily sleep/hibernate issues that drove me back to Windows on my Thinkpad.
After a weekend spent struggling to get Linux working properly, with no solution in sight, it was quicker and easier to install XP to get a fully working system.
A shame, as I genuinely would prefer to be running Linux Mint on it.
After a weekend spent struggling to get Linux working properly, with no solution in sight, it was quicker and easier to install XP to get a fully working system.
A shame, as I genuinely would prefer to be running Linux Mint on it.
Hi Dave,
please see my response to TomF below, I would recommend that you upgrade your kernel to the latest 3.3.x as a lot of ACPI patches went to 3.3.x.
Linux 3.3.x also fixed some ACPI issues I had with shutdown/reboot on my ThinkPad laptop, perhaps the latest kernel will fix things for you too.
It's also recommended that you always try the latest kernel version before reporting issues.
If your problem persists with the latest kernel I recommend you take some time and report the issue to: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
Please try suspend/hibernate with the latest kernel and report things back.
Thanks.
Edited 2012-04-27 23:10 UTC
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The third and final WWDC product I want to talk about is - of course - OS X 10.9 Mavericks. While iOS 7 was clearly the focus of this year's WWDC, its venerable desktop counterpart certainly wasn't left behind. Apple announced OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the first OS X release not to carry the name of a big cat.
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We already talked about iOS 7 yesterday (after a night of sleep, it's only looking worse and worse - look at this, for Fiona's sake!), so now it's time to talk about the downright stunning and belly flutters-inducing new Mac Pro. As former owner and huge, huge, huge fan of the PowerMac G4 Cube - I haven't been this excited about an Apple product since, well, I would say the iMac G4. This is the Apple I used to love.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/10/13 23:13 UTC
Apple held its big keynote event thing at WWDC earlier this evening, but since I was away with friends I've had to read up on it later in the evening. The company announced iOS 7, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and they gave a preview of the new Mac Pro. Especially the Mac Pro impressed me, and while iOS 7's new Holo/Metro-inspired theme looks messy and garish to me, I do commend Apple for finally breaking the mold. This news item will focus on iOS 7 - I'll dive into the Mac Pro and OS X 10.9 tomorrow (it's late here now).
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It was primarily sleep/hibernate issues that drove me back to Windows on my Thinkpad.
After a weekend spent struggling to get Linux working properly, with no solution in sight, it was quicker and easier to install XP to get a fully working system.
A shame, as I genuinely would prefer to be running Linux Mint on it.