Comments on: After you install Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:20:07 +0000

In reply to Donny. That is not the default behavior. Most people install it without any difficulty whatsoever. If you are doing something odd with your DNS, then there is no version of Linux that can help you (or Windows) if you don't know how to configure DNS. If you believe you are not doing anything unusual network wise, then there is something else wrong in your particular case.

By: Donny

Donny — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:06:11 +0000

Having just downloaded Bionic, I spent almost 2 days trying to get DNS to work correctly.

If this is “default” behavior, no wonder so many say Ubuntu sucks.

Finally found a forum post with a resolution – modify NSSWITCH to remove the local resolver and prioritize DNS. Gee, yeah, that makes sense.

Ubuntu seems to want to make life far too difficult. If I configure the network plan and set my DNS server to X, then use X. Don’t try to outsmart me, just do what I told you to do.

By: Colin N

Colin N — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 10:08:16 +0000

Hi, I’m currently running 16.04 with no issues, and thinking of updating to 18.04, but not sure whether it’s a good idea just yet. However if I do the upgrade, will the system remember any stuff from 16.04, like Firefox bookmarks, etc.?

By: dean

dean — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:44:21 +0000

In reply to Doug Alder.

A little late to come back, but a colleague pointed me to the explanation of R’s (seemingly) peculiar namings of releases: each one is a reference to a Peanuts cartoon (knowing this makes “Easter Beagle” make sense).

http://livefreeordichotomize.com/2017/09/28/r-release-names/

By: BillyR

BillyR — Wed, 23 May 2018 11:24:55 +0000

Thank you to this website owner, for his continues
promotion of Linux OSs.

My dalliance with Zorin 12.3 has resulted in failure
because of missing drivers and other technical issues.
It is not, as they say, ready for prime time but then neither
am I.

I installed Linux 18.3, called Sylvia or the female version;
Sylvania is the male version or a former region of Tito’s
Yugoslavia.

An excellent OS, easy to install and found my printer driver.
A large of depository of software and a beautiful interface.
Users will have to learn how install drivers and software
through the use of the terminal. A three step event.

The Bionic Beaver OS, sounds very interesting, especially after
ridding itself of unity and making installing drivers and
software a simple one step process, in the terminal.

Splendid job in updating this thread, as the additional material
is very, very helpful.

BTW, there already is a planned upgrade to this OS; it will be called
Bucky Badger, with the official sponsorship by Badger Meter Inc.

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Tue, 22 May 2018 20:49:43 +0000

Dean – I’ve always assumed it was to make it easier for end users to talk about their version – it’s easier to relate to Bionic Beaver in conversation than it is 18.04

By: dean

dean — Mon, 21 May 2018 16:27:02 +0000

Bionic Beaver

I’ve never gotten a good answer to this decidedly non-tech question: How/where did the habit of giving odd names to so many of these products arise? The folks who work on R are especially bad (“Joy in Playing”, “Easter Beagle”, “Supposedly Educational”, …).

Is it simply a little (at times very little) humor or something else?