I have ordered a Linux Ubunto 13:04 on eBay. I read somewhere that 13:04 will only be supported for a few months. Is it worthwhile putting it on or is it 13:014 just temporary to make way for an upgrade on 13:04 which would be supported.
When 13.10 is released, 13.04 will offer to update itself to 13.10 … so don’t panic 
Dunno why you “ordered” it though … why didn’t you just download the ISO yourself ?
It was only 99p including p/p on eBay and I would always have the disc.
It would have been just as cheap to burn your own disk … and you’d know it hadn’t been tampered with
I received the disc this morning but instead of Ubuntu on the disk, it says Lubuntu. Is this a new kind of Ubuntu.
Lubuntu is Based on Ubuntu and shares it’s software repositories, but with the LXDE desktop environment instead of Unity:
http://www.lubuntu.net/
Ubuntu = Ubuntu with the Unity desktop environment
Kubuntu = Ubuntu with the KDE desktop environment
Xubuntu = Ubuntu with the Xfce desktop environment
Lubuntu = Ubuntu with the LXDE desktop environment
See a pattern here
Personally I’m not a huge fan of Unity, so I think they may have done you a favour … my favourite distro (Peppermint) is based on Lubuntu, but with (IMHO) more polish.
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What is LXDE ?
Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment
A lightweight and very fast desktop … possibly not as feature rich as things like Gnome/KDE/Unity … but most of the missing features can either be added or aren’t necessary in the first place.
Lubuntu/Peppermint are great choices for older hardware, or will be “screaming fast” on newer hardware … but both have easy access to all the same software as the more bloated Ubuntu.
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Don’t like it much, cant find the launcher for it. Not user friendly like Ubuntu 12:04
Hi Bill
You can still download the Ubuntu ISO from here http://www.ubuntu.com/download burn it to a DVD or a USB drive and install it if that’s what you prefer
Graeme
Sorry, but that’s funny … oddly I can’t find the “Unity” launcher in Windows/KDE/Gnome/Xfce either … kinda odd that I can only find it in Unity ← sorry goldtopia, just pulling your leg, but I couldn’t resist that one
Bit baffled by “not as user friendly” … in what way, I’d have thought the user interface was more like Windows ???
BTW, If you want a dock bar, you can add one in LXDE … see Emegras desktop … which is also LXDE
http://linuxforums.org.uk/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10937.0;attach=2464;image
Mark I hope your aware i’ve got a copyright on that desktop
You’ll be hearing from my lawyers 
You are the one that made it public domain, and I see no copyright notice
Oh, and I’m not “supplying” it … I claim carrier status until I receive a takedown notice.
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