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____/ Terry Porter on Thursday 05 Nov 2009 00:10 : \____
>
> Last OS on this workstation was Fedora 11, time in use, about the last 5
> months. Before that it was Gentoo for the previous 4 years.
>
> This OS, Ubuntu 9.10, also known as "Karmic Koala", was installed today
> 5.11.2009 as a new install.
>
> The Machine:
> CPU: Q6600 Intel quad core
> Ram: 7MB
> Video: GeForce 9600 GT
> Mobo: Intel
> Chipset: P35
> HDD: about 1.4TB across 4 Sata Hdds
>
>
> The install:
> First, I backed up my old home directory onto a external USB drive
>
> From a verified 9.10 CD, the install was a total no brainer, with user
> input basically being :-
>
> 1) partitioning, I selected manual, and imho, the menu is so easy, a
> trolls child could follow it.
> 2) username and passwords, want home dir encryption ?
> 3) time zone and hostname
>
> Wait while it finishes, reboot and viola, a new U9.10 install.
>
> 4) As root I then updated and upgraded like this
> "apt-get update"
> "apt-get upgrade'
> Obviously networking (via network-manager) was flawless.
>
> 4) I then copied the dirs and files I wanted from the external usb drive
> to my home dir as root, and then as root changed the ownership to my user
> 'tp' like this.
>
> "chown -R tp:tp /home/tp"
>
> 5) I then added all my required apps like this (as root)
> "apt-get install mc sylpheed fwbuilder vim-gtk" etc
>
> 6) I clicked on a ogg file, and it played, then a MP3 file and the system
> asked me if I wanted to download restricted drivers, answer yes, then I
> could play MP3's. I'm listening to one right now.
>
> 7) The system also (at some point) popped up a restricted driver
> available for my Nvidia card for full 3G, did I want it, answered yes, it
> installed and I rebooted, now I have full 3G for my card.
>
> At this point I was pretty much done. Pan, the newsreader I use to post
> to COLA came up at the same point I left it under Fedora 11, and of
> course I'm using it now for this post.
>
> I may replace network-manager with WICD, as my needs ate technical rather
> than user, and will add further apps as needed.
>
> Summary:
>
> A total no brainer, flawless in every way, on this machine.
>
> So don't believe the trolls when they FUD Ubuntu 9.10, because in my
> experience, it's flawless, and not broken at all.
>
> Please note, I have also installed U9.10 on my EeePC900, and the
> experience was IDENTICAL, with WiFi, suspend, video and audio working
> perfectly, right from the start.
Smashing! You know something? In the past 4 years of installing Linux only once did
I not have something that did not work out of the box. It was sound in Ubuntu 5.04. I
tried SUSE (before Microsoft deal) on the same box and everything worked.
Since then (long time ago as you can tell), everything has worked fine. Installation
time need not included messing about with any drivers and loads of applications
are preinstalled.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
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