Did you have the backport sources enabled? For example Compiz on 7.04 was most definitely beta in my opinion. I have been running Kubuntu 7.04.
The only application I have consistant issues with is Evolution, and I suspect that has a lot to do with the scalix plugin I am using. I keep being amazing how I plug in scanners, webcams, tv tuners, mobile phones and once you i.d. the right app it just works. I tried Mandriva 2007 Spring earlier this year and had massive difficulties with USB devices freezing my machine. I would like to point out I am using a Toshiba M55 Laptop. The power saving works better than the default Windows Toshiba app, which once I had added 1Gb of memory refused to work properly, i.e. not un-hibernating. I am looking forward to 7.10 and will try to draft a quick review once I have it running for a couple of months. One thing I like is the multiplatform support, we have reasonable successfully installed it on ibooks and powerbooks. On another note completely, does anyone find MTNInternet via GPRS unusable except to access www.mtn.co.ug? What is the Infocom offering like? Simon On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 13:52 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Kubuntu is here - opensuse 10.3 anywhere? > (Patrick Patons Ocira) > 2. Re: Kubuntu is here - opensuse 10.3 anywhere? (Reinier Battenberg) > 3. Re: Kubuntu is here - opensuse 10.3 anywhere? (Wire James) > 4. Re: Kubuntu is here - opensuse 10.3 anywhere? (Ernest - (AfriNIC)) > 5. Re: Kubuntu is here - opensuse 10.3 anywhere? (Markus A. Wipfler) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:44:27 +0300 > From: "Patrick Patons Ocira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Kubuntu is here - opensuse 10.3 anywhere? > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Sounds good, > > Thnx Reinier. > > Wonder if opensuse 10.3 is on you list of upcoming downloads. > > I have been downloading the DVD version since October 4th. Only got 900mb > only > > --- > Ocira > > > > > > On 10/22/07, Reinier Battenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > Time has come... > > > > You can download the latest of the latest kubuntu linux from our server > > http://hosting.mountbatten.net/downloads/Download/UbuntuLinux/Kubuntu7.10/ > > > > When you do this, please use a download manager, so you can restart the > > download when the connection accidentally drops. We have one of those, > > too: > > > > http://hosting.mountbatten.net/downloads/Download/AccessTheInternet/wxDownloadFastDownloadManager/ > > > > more ubuntu CD versions yet to come. > > > > enjoy enjoy. > > > > -- > > rgds, > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > Director > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > +256 782 801 749 > > www.mountbatten.net > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20071023/ea6ff296/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:53:14 +0300 > From: Reinier Battenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Kubuntu is here - opensuse 10.3 anywhere? > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > > Nope, we are going (k)ubuntu exclusively. One day, we would like to have some > repositories as well, so you can quickly install software and run updates for > all your machines in the office. The more people that make the switch, the > better that would work. > That, and the advantage of having a lot of ubuntu knowledge in the country. > > and, after all, Mark is african, isn't he. > > rgds, > reinier > > On Tuesday 23 October 2007 12:44:27 Patrick Patons Ocira wrote: > > Sounds good, > > > > Thnx Reinier. > > > > Wonder if opensuse 10.3 is on you list of upcoming downloads. > > > > I have been downloading the DVD version since October 4th. Only got 900mb > > only > > > > --- > > Ocira > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/22/07, Reinier Battenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > Time has come... > > > > > > You can download the latest of the latest kubuntu linux from our server > > > http://hosting.mountbatten.net/downloads/Download/UbuntuLinux/Kubuntu7.10/ > > > > > > When you do this, please use a download manager, so you can restart the > > > download when the connection accidentally drops. We have one of those, > > > too: > > > > > > > http://hosting.mountbatten.net/downloads/Download/AccessTheInternet/wxDownloadFastDownloadManager/ > > > > > > more ubuntu CD versions yet to come. > > > > > > enjoy enjoy. > > > > > > -- > > > rgds, > > > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > > Director > > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > > +256 782 801 749 > > > www.mountbatten.net > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 782 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:59:00 +0300 > From: Wire James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Kubuntu is here - opensuse 10.3 anywhere? > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I was told that Prof Tusu of Makerere University hosted an Ubuntu > Meeting at Grand Imperial Hotel early last week. Was any one on LUG > invited? > > Wire > > > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 12:53 +0300, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > > > Nope, we are going (k)ubuntu exclusively. One day, we would like to have some > > repositories as well, so you can quickly install software and run updates for > > all your machines in the office. The more people that make the switch, the > > better that would work. > > That, and the advantage of having a lot of ubuntu knowledge in the country. > > > > and, after all, Mark is african, isn't he. > > > > rgds, > > reinier > > > > On Tuesday 23 October 2007 12:44:27 Patrick Patons Ocira wrote: > > > Sounds good, > > > > > > Thnx Reinier. > > > > > > Wonder if opensuse 10.3 is on you list of upcoming downloads. > > > > > > I have been downloading the DVD version since October 4th. Only got 900mb > > > only > > > > > > --- > > > Ocira > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/22/07, Reinier Battenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > Time has come... > > > > > > > > You can download the latest of the latest kubuntu linux from our server > > > > http://hosting.mountbatten.net/downloads/Download/UbuntuLinux/Kubuntu7.10/ > > > > > > > > When you do this, please use a download manager, so you can restart the > > > > download when the connection accidentally drops. We have one of those, > > > > too: > > > > > > > > > > http://hosting.mountbatten.net/downloads/Download/AccessTheInternet/wxDownloadFastDownloadManager/ > > > > > > > > more ubuntu CD versions yet to come. > > > > > > > > enjoy enjoy. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > rgds, > > > > > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > > > Director > > > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > > > +256 782 801 749 > > > > www.mountbatten.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20071023/ea265255/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:46:37 +0400 > From: "Ernest - (AfriNIC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Kubuntu is here - opensuse 10.3 anywhere? > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Wire James wrote thus on 10/23/07 1:59 PM: > > I was told that Prof Tusu of Makerere University hosted an Ubuntu > > Meeting at Grand Imperial Hotel early last week. > > Ubuntu is not only about the Linux Distro - it means "humanity". May be > it was some kind of social meeting to save the world from global warming :-) > > eb > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: smime.p7s > Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature > Size: 3132 bytes > Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature > Url : http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20071023/489b5eca/smime.bin > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:51:53 +0300 > From: "Markus A. Wipfler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Kubuntu is here - opensuse 10.3 anywhere? > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Hi Reinier, > i am just curious why you like (k)ubuntu soo much, out of all distros. I > had tried it several times, latest was kubuntu 7.04, which i installed > on my office desktop and used for about 3 month. At first I was very > happy how easy it was to install software (automatix2 is great, but not > installed by default), especially those plugins, codecs and other 3rd > party appz that are not included because of licensing issues. > However with time, applications started to crash and some of the appz > installed via synaptic just crashed out of the box. I know that > (k)ubuntu is trying to add the latest and greatest software to its > releases, but at which cost? > Ultimately, I was forced to remove Kubuntu because I was not as > productive as when working with suse 10.2. > Currently I am running PCBSD 1.4 which can easily level the user > friendliness of (k)ubuntu, has a great, easy to use package manger for > pbi (push-button installer) binary packages, plus you can use the bsd > port system via a GUI interface. > Anyway am not hating on (k)unbuntu and i think it contributes greatly to > the popularity of Linux, however personally i was a bit disappointed. > > -- > Markus > > > > Reinier Battenberg wrote: > > Nope, we are going (k)ubuntu exclusively. One day, we would like to have some > > repositories as well, so you can quickly install software and run updates for > > all your machines in the office. The more people that make the switch, the > > better that would work. > > That, and the advantage of having a lot of ubuntu knowledge in the country. > > > > and, after all, Mark is african, isn't he. > > > > rgds, > > reinier > > > > On Tuesday 23 October 2007 12:44:27 Patrick Patons Ocira wrote: > > > >> Sounds good, > >> > >> Thnx Reinier. > >> > >> Wonder if opensuse 10.3 is on you list of upcoming downloads. > >> > >> I have been downloading the DVD version since October 4th. Only got 900mb > >> only > >> > >> --- > >> Ocira > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 10/22/07, Reinier Battenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Dear all, > >>> > >>> Time has come... > >>> > >>> You can download the latest of the latest kubuntu linux from our server > >>> http://hosting.mountbatten.net/downloads/Download/UbuntuLinux/Kubuntu7.10/ > >>> > >>> When you do this, please use a download manager, so you can restart the > >>> download when the connection accidentally drops. We have one of those, > >>> too: > >>> > >>> > >>> > > http://hosting.mountbatten.net/downloads/Download/AccessTheInternet/wxDownloadFastDownloadManager/ > > > >>> more ubuntu CD versions yet to come. > >>> > >>> enjoy enjoy. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> rgds, > >>> > >>> Reinier Battenberg > >>> Director > >>> Mountbatten Ltd. > >>> +256 782 801 749 > >>> www.mountbatten.net > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> LUG mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >>> > >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >>> attachments if any). 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