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In the process of upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 this afternoon, anyone else take the plunge yet?
Personally, I think think it's smoother running, more polished and a tad faster than KK. The built-in Gwibber social tool and tighter Ubuntu One integration are also a plus. If I noticed a difference on my 8 year-old system, I'm sure you'll reap the benefits on yours. Enjoy!
Also, please mention your impressions on the OS in a future podcast. Maybe an Ubuntu roundtable episode in the future?
Also, please mention your impressions on the OS in a future podcast. Maybe an Ubuntu roundtable episode in the future?
I'd like to if it wasn't for loosing half my 8Gig RAM and that uncomfortable feeling you get when messing with HD partitions, one which holds your working Primary OS. I'll just run it live from USB for now. I really like it though.
it is wonderful, lots of graphical improvements. i run ubuntu at work.
Try this guide. Worked wonders for my MSI Wind u100 that wouldn't connect to WPA. www.ctbarker.info/2010/05/ubuntu-1004-wireless-chi...
Just a heads up I just did it about 3 hours ago and when it asks you to select the partion for the new GRUB, do not i repeat DO NOT select your windows partion. It will remove the boot loader and not let you access windows unless you go into the testdisk and recover the original boot loader for Windows.
I have found that with a few tweaks, Ubuntu (main distro) runs well on Mac hardware. For some reason (firmware related?), I needed to manually enable sound in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf by adding one line at the end:
options snd_hda_intel model=imac24
I don't know if this is still necessary.
Also, a work-around resume/lock issues:
! gconf-editor
> apps > gnome-power-manager > lock
Uncheck every box except "Use screensaver options" (check this one)
Be sure to install the proprietary hardware graphics driver appropriate for your Mac. It makes the screen look very nice. In my 2007 iMac 20", the graphics chipset was ATI so I had to install the fglrx driver.
options snd_hda_intel model=imac24
I don't know if this is still necessary.
Also, a work-around resume/lock issues:
! gconf-editor
> apps > gnome-power-manager > lock
Uncheck every box except "Use screensaver options" (check this one)
Be sure to install the proprietary hardware graphics driver appropriate for your Mac. It makes the screen look very nice. In my 2007 iMac 20", the graphics chipset was ATI so I had to install the fglrx driver.
I have installed Ubuntu and Fedora on several PCs (myself, friends, and neighbours). All of them have said that they miss the poor security and high cost of ownership.
I also have a Windoze 7 laptop at home which seems to run just fine. Does exactly what my wife needs. I always look forward to the weekends being tied down running Spyware Blaster updates, Spybot Search and Control updates, and full anti-virus scans on her laptop. Okay, I have a sick sense of humour.
On a serious note, Linux and Unix are about having low-cost choices.
I also have a Windoze 7 laptop at home which seems to run just fine. Does exactly what my wife needs. I always look forward to the weekends being tied down running Spyware Blaster updates, Spybot Search and Control updates, and full anti-virus scans on her laptop. Okay, I have a sick sense of humour.
On a serious note, Linux and Unix are about having low-cost choices.
