On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:53:26 -0700 (PDT) Josh Coffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:
> I've read there have been repository problems with the > latest Ubuntu release. Have you seen any problems? I'm using Ubuntu-64 Dapper now on my R3240. The only repository problems I have had is that the default installation does not activate all the possible repositories -- I mean, not even all the normal ones. With Breezy Synaptic listed nearly 18,000 apps. The initial installation of Dapper gave me 4,000-something. I had to enable multiverse and universe myself and reload. Now I have 18,000+. If you want a .deb from some nonstardard repository it sometimes is missing, e.g., marillat. But that has always been the case with unofficial stuff. As for the Broadcom driver, I futzed with it off and on for the better part of a day before giving up on it. I have the 4306 and it just kept flaking out. Sometimes it would lock up the computer. Finally I just blacklisted it and installed ndiswrapper instead. Nidiswrapper worked fine on Hoary and Breezy, and it continues to work fine in Dapper. Plus, I have read a lot of complaints that the new built-in driver (bcm43xx) has a 22 MB/s limitation, which goes away when you switch to ndiswrapper. In addition, installing ndiswrapper is now a snap, because it is listed in Synaptic. No more downloadng, untarring, compiling, etc. A couple mouse clicks and a couple command line entries to insert the bcmwl564, and there it is, working perfectly. I just use the same 64-bit Windows driver that I have always been using. I now have everything running in 64-bit, including Adobe Reader 7.0. I have yet to install RealPlayer 10 and Flash, and the Firefox plugins, but posts on the Ubuntu forums indicate the process. I also need to switch to the nVidia driver. The open-source nv driver runs fine at 1680 x 1050, but I've never been able to play a movie with it. The biggest advantage of Dapper is that they have really enhanced the ability to run 32-bit apps. You just install with force-architecture, also documented on the forums. Last night I installed Opera 9.0, the first time I have ever been able to get Opera to run in a 64-bit Linux. No more chroot. No more bitching because the latest version of something is not available for 64-bit. I love my Dapper! _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
