Path: csiph.com!news.nrbbs.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!news-out.netnews.com!feed-2.dca.netnews.com!dca.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=7XGIW7?J4eVTBYNk3=OSRZHWonT5<]0T]djI?Uho:Xe[Z97YXZTK1a[ Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Two months with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:34:09 -0700 Message-ID: <1792694049.6870002B@gmail.com> References: <11bcuh2$qqsh$1@dont-email.me> <11bdj81$13d6d$1@dont-email.me> Organization: Southern Nevada Institute of Technology X-Face: OE,U*3RQg$PaaY%:;s[%.TJFTqzGM9EL:D&.YbCOm5!c%xV@y]sZp1}|4z1e#&fu-CsQTGDv=2VH@#1t(zS,vzeoae-"89+OP('Dg:*IE(xZ}mm-/F&uPp'JhzS4($RUX5[,9lVU*4>+h03"l>poLm%m13'*KZ}:Zp5,eX)-dy{=ut.[~J=G#Go MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Loom GS/1.0 (macOS) Lines: 41 NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1792694051 reader.netnews.com 24 127.0.0.1:42955 X-Received-Bytes: 2837 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:724525 comp.os.linux.misc:94576 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. -- It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.