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____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Wednesday 10 September 2008 18:30 : \____
> Actually, the installation itself was only 20 minutes. But installing
> the other software I want, and setting up the web server and print
> server, took the rest of the time. The other software I refer to
> was not contained in the default Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron installation
> DVD, so I had to activate repositories and install it. That included
> some proprietary software, as well as multimedia stuff. For the
> multimedia stuff I followed the howto on the Ubuntu web site, mostly
> cutting and pasting some commands. Proprietary stuff included Adobe
> acrobat. Had to download and install and then configure Thunderbird
> to access my email (since I prefer Thunderbird). Also installed TeX/
> LaTeX, which took some configuration to get the paths etc the way I
> want them (and TeX/LaTeX use kpathsea, which takes some figuring
> out.) Also installed gcc, man pages, emacs and some Xlib stuff for
> basic development. Twiddled with gnome to get the desktop the way I
> want it. Put in some alias commands in the .bashrc file for safer
> operation. Installed apache for the web server, configuring it (my
> needs are simple) was easy. Had to read a howto to figure out how to
> set up the print server, but in the end it was just 3 clicks of the
> mouse (had to also configure the clients, but they were just as
> easy). Installed a variety of other software from the Ubuntu
> repositories. Set up several user accounts. Altogether about 7
> hours.
>
> No crashes/freezes yet, it's been 2 weeks. System easily handles
> several apps at once, eg Thunderbird+Firefox+acrobat+Openoffice+gv
> +emacs+terminals is fairly common. No crashes on moving mouse, moving/
> resizing windows, etc. Web server and print server are working doing
> great duty for a variety of users and clients.
When I set up this machine I only needed to copy my home directory over (KDE
3.5 -> KDE 3.5) and it was all set up. Missing applications can be ticked in
the package managers and then be installed all at the same time. I think it
needn't take more than 1 hour. Opening cardboard boxes and stuff can take
longer.
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