Tagged and Bagged: Ubuntu
49 minutes. That’s how long it took me to install Ubuntu on my computer. That time was from inserting the cd to posting this acnowledgement of installation. I’ve not been much of a Gnome fan, but I couldn’t wait for the “flight 5″ Alpha of “Dapper Drake” for Kubuntu, so I installed the regular version to play around with. I’ll probably wipe and install Kubuntu in late April when the final version’s out.
That’s about how long mine took, too! I was shocked–very shocked and very happy. First Ubuntu install on one of the computers and first Linux install on the other. Everything just worked, too: Ethernet, printing, external CD *writer*. Even runs reasonably briskly on the 7-year-old laptop.
*off topic*
I was comming in to do some clicking, but I see you’ve removed them. So did ya’ get paid?
Oh just noticed that there’s on up top of the comment page.
*click*
@Solveig: First, thanks for commenting (sorry about the moderation). I’ve been following Ubuntu on and off since its beginning, as I want to know what I can recommend to newbies. I still prefer KDE to Gnome by quite a bit because of the way a few of the tools work, but this thing is impressive. It even found the printer part of my multifuncion (Epson Stylus CX1500, quite new), as it had the latest Gutenprint driver installed. I’m going to add a few non-free repositories to the sources list, though, as I’m used to trying the latest and greatest from everywhere, regardless of the freedom of the licence (Gentoo ~x86, at heart). This is the first time in a while that the driver worked for my Logitec Webcam Messenger, as well. Usually, its been hard to get it working, but, after the first google search, I found a site (quickly) that had easy instructions. Unpack. Install kernel-headers and compiler tools (as a package with Ubuntu - I’ll find the site and link to it for others who need it - later). sudo make install. Done. Webcam. Color’s still not the best with this cheap cam, though.
@Macbros: I had to take the code down temporarily, as it was slowing the site down too much.
They updated the code to BTW
And the answer to the second question is yes…