With sadness I had to bid goodbye to Ubuntu 12.10. No, it was not Unity, because I quite liked it.
Just that applications began crashing once too often. When this became a constant irritation, the nearest I could think of was Mint. So for now sorry Ubuntu.
I also managed to install Arch Linux on a dual boot with Linux Mint. I tested the installation procedure as described in the Arch Wiki in Virtual Box first. After a few misfires I managed to get it right. Then I backed up all data...

My website: www.bhupendra.me.uk
On my website I have my CV, more importantly, I have
written about why I use Linux and especially Ubuntu as my desktop.
I am also in the process of writing about how I designed the website with GIMP, HTML5 and php.
I also hope to write about My diabetes type 2.

The upgrade to Natty did go smoothly, but Unity
was broken. Had to do a fresh install. Everything
works now. There has been a lot of controversy
regarding Ubuntu's move to Unity. As far as I am concerned,
it does not make much difference whether it is Gnome 3.0 or
Unity, so long as it works. Even KDE is good. Once you get
familiarized however the desktop is organized matters less so long as it is Linux.
I like Ubuntu and will stick with it. For that...

The upgrade to Maverick went smoothly. I quite like the Meerkat. Following all the excitement about Fedora 14 Gnome, I installed it in the Virtual Box. The problem was that it kept crashing after installing the guest additions. It seems there is a bug somewhere. So I have trashed it for now. Ubuntu is just fine. I have managed to install peppermint 2010 on some friends' pcs and laptops, to replace winxp. They are not computer literate but were quite impressed. If they keep on using Linux, I shall...

Upgrade to Lynx went smoothly. It looks great. The awful orange is gone . Replaced by Purple. So far everything seems ok. More about my experience of this latest version later.
The only thing that did not work was Gwibber. But today Gwibber works. Hopefully it will also work tomorrow and day after.....
Everything else seems to work and it is faster.