[GLLUG] Kubuntu 8.04 clean install - report
Charles Ulrich
charles at bityard.net
Tue May 6 21:24:08 EDT 2008
I've updated 3 of my systems to Hardy and overall, I don't see a huge
difference between Gutsy and Hardy. I guess most of the changes are
evolutionary.
I was excited about the inclusion of KVM in Hardy. I imagined that
we'd now be able to tell newcomers to Linux that they can easily
install and use Windows right inside Linux for those few pesky
applications that they _have_ to run. This would be a huge selling
point for Ubuntu and the Linux community in general. While there are
more virtualization options for Linux than ever, only KVM is really
going to be suitable for average users. Unfortunately, getting an OS
installed inside KVM is not yet anywhere near a point-and-click affair
because Ubuntu doesn't appear to have any GUI tools for it in
development. (Red Hat does, but they're still "not quite there" and
don't look to be newbie-friendly.)
That aside, the thing I like most about Hardy is the fact that my
Thinkpad backlight now works properly. :)
Also, for those who think Realplayer is actually a pretty decent and
simple MP3 player even if it is proprietary, don't bother with the
manual installation stuff. You can simply download the .deb directly
and install it with dpkg:
http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/r/realplay/realplayer_10.0.9-0.1_i386.deb
Charles
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Michael Rudas <audiotech50 at gmail.com> wrote:
> For a variety of reasons, I decided to do a clean install from DVD
> instead of upgrading from Kubuntu GG to HH. There were minor problems
> with my 7.10 install AND it's always been my motto, "Why borrow
> trouble?" -- in my experience, OS upgrades can be the kinkiest types
> of borrowed trouble. I have a pretty good idea of how I want my
> environment to look and feel, so apt-get and a few check-marks in
> Adept got things rolling pretty good.
>
> Things mostly went smoothly. I was able to import my backed-up
> Mozilla/SeaMonkey mail and most of the settings and miscellaneous
> files from my old "home" directory. I had to install Flash manually,
> as I couldn't do it from within Firefox for some reason -- no big
> deal. I was able to install the nVidia "legacy" drivers for the TNT2
> video card in this borrowed machine (one of the unresolved issues from
> the GG install). Then I found this on http://www.LXer.com:
> "Things to do on your new Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Installation"
> <http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2008/04/things-to-do-on-your-new-ubuntu-804.html>
>
> I copied-and-pasted the listed command lines one-by-one into the
> console -- man, what a difference. This Linux install is now the best
> ever for me in over 6 years of Linux usage.
>
> ~~ Mikey
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