The install went smoothly and no issues with drivers it appears. The
only issue I've noticed is that my sound is extremely low even with it
maxed. I've done a few searches on this and it seems like a common
issue with a variant of resolutions. So far none have worked or only
marginally.
On Sep 19, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Chris Louden <[email protected]> wrote:
Penns link to the howto forge is where i started. Its a great
reference. Obviously pick and choose the apps you want form the list
provided.
-Chris
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Jason Cotton <[email protected]>
wrote:
I'm following Chris and Chris's recommendations, I'll let you all
know how
it goes when I'm done.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]>
wrote:
If you are finally fed up with XP/Vista, Im guessing you are not use
to Linux as a desktop. In that case, going with the basic install
of
ubuntu and letting the installer format the disk for you would
probably be the best choice. I agree with what chris says, 1-6.
Some of 1-6 can be found here:
http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-9.04
I do not recommend all of the package in this howto.
In addition to what chris said, I would also suggest turning off
some
of the services that run by default if you do not need them. For
example, if you are not using bluetooth, you can turn off bluetooth
services. There are some other services you many not want; I do
not
have a jaunty box here, so I cannot check.
Chris...
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Chris Louden
<[email protected]>
wrote:
my advice/ 2 cents.
Some minimal stuff to get you going. This is just a quick spew
and not
completely detailed.
1. Install
2. Initial boot, see what works and what doesn't. Setup wireless
or etc.
3. Reboot.
4. Updates (sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade)
5. Reboot. Generally you do not need to after updates however the
kernel has changed since the release of 9.04 and your
installation so
you will need to reboot after the updates for all changes to take
effect.
6. Install Medibuntu
(sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list
--output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo
apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo
apt-get update)
7.install some other stuff for media and system customization.
(sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 vlc vlc-plugin-*
ubuntu-restricted-extras vim compizconfig-settings-manager)
with that you will have a nice working system that supports quite a
bit of media. Note that not all of that software mentioned is
legal
for use in the US due to software patents and etc...
-Chris
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Jason <[email protected]> wrote:
I plan on using it for web surfing and media mainly. And well to
learn
the
operating system more also
On Sep 18, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Chris Louden <[email protected]>
wrote:
I highly recommend manually partitioning it once you are a bit
more
comfortable with it. Odds are you are going to reinstall
several times
to get things right/comfortable. Don't worry about it now. Play
around
get familiar with it. Only option you might need to specify
with the
install is ACPI. If the installation locks up, try disabling
that. If
the install goes right through, then don't worry about ACPI.
Now once you have it install a whole world of options and
customization opens up to you. What are you going to use it for?
Generally stuff.. internet/email? Might want to look at
installing
medibuntu, and well... of alot of things.
-Chris
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Manny <[email protected]>
wrote:
Definitely do a manual partition.
I did a quick install of Ubuntu 9.04 in a VM using
VirtualBox. I was
able to get a legacy scanner to work on it last night, as
there are
no
drivers for the scanner in Vista or Win7.
Xsane is so cool that it was able to see the scanner (usb) and
I was
able to scan something my wife wanted to fax. My plan was to
scan
and
email the pdf to myself.
Unfortunately last nights Ubuntu updates were taking too long
so I
canceled midway and I'm left with a system that will require a
reinstall.
This time I definitely plan to make a root (/) and home (/home)
partition to safeguard any data.
I attempted a reinstall without formating my /, but that
didn't work.
I reinstalled grub but that didn't work either. Someone told me
there
was a kernel update last night which explains much.
The document is recoverable (boot livecd image and mount the
partition) but wasn't important. It was a pretty fresh install.
Good luck!
Make a separate /home if you plan to save any data.
--Manny
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Jason <[email protected]>
wrote:
I'll be single booting since I have several other machines.
So I'm
not
worried about screwing up and trying over
As to my exposure/experience with Linux I'm a novice. Dave
exposed
me to
it
years ago but I only dabbled with it.
On Sep 18, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Randall Whitman <[email protected]
>
wrote:
I have a 15 inch acer that I'm going to put Linux on. I'm
finally fed up with vista and xp that I want to seriously use
Linux.
Are you planning to dual-boot or install Linux only? How
familiar
are
you
with Linux (i don't remember from any previous posts,
sorry)? If
not
accustomed to Linux-only, and not planning to dual-boot, it
can be
a
good
idea to run Linux from one of Live-CD/USB or WUBI-install,
until
used
to
it.
I have the ubuntu 9.04 distro. Should I just allow it to run
through
a standard setup or are there settings that I should be
looking
for?
We always do manual partitioning (even though that may be the
hardest
part
of install process) - at a minimum separate partitions for /
(system)
and /home (data).
We also routinely add the OpenOffice PPA repository to the
Software
Sources,
so we get the newest OpenOffice through the Package Manager.
(Well, we also get rid of libmono and install gThumb.)
Also opinions should I install the desktop distro or the
netbook?
My recommendation is to try LiveCD or LiveUSB of both and
see which
you
like better.
/Randall
Randall Whitman
Whizman Software Solutions
www.whizman.com
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