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Ubuntu Development version / How to participate

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 12 down vote favorite 1 Questions about the Ubuntu Development version Background AskUbuntu is dedicated to helping users with the current released versions of standard Ubuntu and Ubuntu community flavours (Kubuntu, Lubuntu ... Xubuntu). Still, we may want to try the next Ubuntu version live and/or install it, and we may need to interact with other people about it. Questions How can I participate or get help with the Ubuntu Development Version? In April 2018 'Bionic' was released as 18.04 LTS and in July 2018 the first point release as 18.04.1 LTS, and we look forward to the next version. In October 2018 'Cosmic' will be released as 18.10. When should I upgrade if I want a smooth ride (and get help here at AskUbuntu)? iso bug-reporting launchpad development testing share | improve this question edited Jul 27 at 4:11 asked Mar 21 at 18:17 sudodus 20.2k 3 26 67 Sorry f...

Windows NTFS Drives not Read-Only

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 0 down vote favorite I am currently live-booted into Ubuntu 17.10.1 There are three internal hard drives plugged into the system: WD 320GB - A (contains Windows 10) WD 1TB - B (blank) WD 2TB - C (contains 1.6TB of media) My objective is to switch completely from Windows 10 to Ubuntu, as this desktop isn't used as much, and Ubuntu works better for simple data transfer (Drive C is used mostly for backups). I had faced problems with drive permissions before, and therefore wanted to make sure everything works on a live boot before installing Ubuntu. The Problem I am facing now, is that A and C are mounted as read-only. I can access all the data without a problem, but even when I tried to change the permissions to Read and Write and Create and Delete on a particular folder, although it did not show any error, no changes were made (I still could not create a new folder within that folder, nor delete any files). I have checked similar q...