10.10 slowing down.
It is my impression that 10.10 is a cutting edge release that sometimes updates with less than perfected things. It is also my impression that 10.04.1 LTS is more designed for a guy who just needs the computer to work and they are a little more cautious in what goes into it. Be sure that you have all of the updates for 10.10. They might have put out a bug fix when a problem started showing up in multiple places. But if all you want is a productive desktop, you might want to consider 10.04.1 LTS. This edition assumes that you have a better screen resolution than 1024/768. If that is what you have, you might want to install 9.10 and then upgrade it, or possibly Xubuntu, something that I have never used. If your install gets you sound but no video, then it's probably because it's default setting is higher than what your video card can really deliver. It most likely can be changed in command line but I could not tell you how. Most people at some point settle into one distro, simply because all of the distros have their little idiosyncrasies and using one distro means that you will only need one set of "tricks of the trade." That is why I took XP out of my system. Two platforms mean twice as much work and you have four! I also took Kubuntu out, for all of it's bells and whistles, because I was spending more time configuring than getting things done. If you decide to go the simple route, you might want to "Kill Disk", a free download, your hard drive (AFTER YOU HAVE BACKED UP YOUR DATA!!!!!) before you start. I have had problems putting a distro over a distro on a partition previously used for LInux because reformatting a disk does not delete every little line of code, it just deletes the system's ability to address. it. KIll disk writes zeros on every space on your hard drive giving you a true fresh start. (Reformatting you hard drive does not delete classified documents and the police have a program that can find "Kiddy Porn" on a reformatted hard drive. If Windows is on one of the partitions, make sure that your Windows restore CD's aren't scratched as well. Mine are. I only use Ubuntu with Gnome and can do everything except play some Windows CD's (Wine only works well with low graphics applications.) That is because I need a computer that boots right up and gets me online and printing out, without a lot of hastle. Mark On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Kristoffer Walker <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jan 5 - Building a Community Site with Drupal > Feb 2 - Zimbra > Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell > -- Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 (845) 541-7396 _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jan 5 - Building a Community Site with Drupal Feb 2 - Zimbra Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell
