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Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra

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On Oct 22, 2026 at 11:04 AM, John Bokma wrote in
11bdj81$13d6d$1@dont-email.me:
> On 22/10/2026 19:59, rbowman wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:11:14 +0200, John Bokma wrote:
>>
>>> "
>>> While I like the look and feel of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS something can be
>>> said about the issues I encountered. Especially the crashing of
>>> applications, the disappearance of icons, and WiFi suddenly not
>>> working. None is really a deal breaker to me but I can imagine that
>>> for a beginner those are.
>>> "
>>
>> I haven't had many problems with 26.04. Thunderbird sometimes stops
>> working. It doesn't crash but doesn't collect mail from the STMP
>> server. A restart fixes it.
> 
> I only use Thunderbird on macOS. What I've noticed is that after a
> while it doesn't show messages (the contents) in the preview pane
> anymore. A restart fixes this. It's still in 158.0. There is an update
> to 158.0.1 available, no idea if that contains a fix.

I have not used Thunderbird in forever. Did not like it. Moved to
Usenapp... and it is OK. Now working on my own. So far it is going well
but still a lot to do.

> 
>> I doubt I'll go to 26.10. GNOME isn't my favorite DE and I've no
>> desire to see how long it takes to sort out GNOME 51. The KDE 6.8 on
>> the Tumbleweed laptop works well although I've not, and probably
>> never will, use the new features.
> 
> I just use whatever comes with Ubuntu :-). Don't like to configure
> things endlessly. And I pick Ubuntu because it's common. If I run into
> an issue others might have done too, and maybe provide a fix.



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Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-10-22 14:11 +0200
  Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-22 17:59 +0000
    Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-10-22 20:04 +0200
      Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 11:34 -0700
        Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-22 19:37 +0100
          Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-10-22 19:48 +0100
            Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 12:00 -0700
              Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-23 00:56 +0000
                Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 18:13 -0700
                Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-23 04:45 +0000
                Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 22:04 -0700
            Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-23 00:54 +0000
          Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 15:39 -0400
            Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 12:43 -0700
              Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 16:05 -0400
                Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 13:23 -0700
        Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-10-22 22:30 +0200
          Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 13:57 -0700
      Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-23 00:46 +0000
  Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-23 02:28 +0000
    Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 20:08 -0700

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