I started up one of my old boxes and discovered Ubuntu 11.04 on it, and it was still able to access Youtube etc. I always liked Ubuntu before they migrated to Unity desktop. I switched to Linux Mint and never looked back. But I decided to check out Ubuntu 16.04.4 because it was supposed to be a return to "classic" Ubuntu.
Major disappointment, still got the crappy tile things, with an Amazon tile(!). I had to row through the Software store to load Synaptic and when I loaded hardinfo and a few other apps they didn't show up in the tile bar. Also no log file viewer and no details when you are doing a software update.
Next I loaded Zorin OS-12-2 64-bit. Very pretty, but again no log file viewer or update detail. Also. don't check the "update while installing" button, as the update fails. Some program not found in the Zorin repository. Finally got it to restart the install without the "update while installing". That worked, but on reboot, the software update locked up the system. Did a hard shutdown, everything worked on reboot. Looks like the software update completed but the screen dialog crapped out.
So Linux Mint still rules. It and Zorin use the Ubuntu repositories. Don't understand how Ubuntu continues to suck! Lubuntu is better than Ubuntu, but lacks the polish of "old" Ubuntu.
Major disappointment, still got the crappy tile things, with an Amazon tile(!). I had to row through the Software store to load Synaptic and when I loaded hardinfo and a few other apps they didn't show up in the tile bar. Also no log file viewer and no details when you are doing a software update.
Next I loaded Zorin OS-12-2 64-bit. Very pretty, but again no log file viewer or update detail. Also. don't check the "update while installing" button, as the update fails. Some program not found in the Zorin repository. Finally got it to restart the install without the "update while installing". That worked, but on reboot, the software update locked up the system. Did a hard shutdown, everything worked on reboot. Looks like the software update completed but the screen dialog crapped out.
So Linux Mint still rules. It and Zorin use the Ubuntu repositories. Don't understand how Ubuntu continues to suck! Lubuntu is better than Ubuntu, but lacks the polish of "old" Ubuntu.
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