indigoshift
September 15th, 2010, 09:04 PM
So, I've been using Ubuntu since 5.10-ish (I've never been able to remember the funny animal names). It's fun. I like it.
The LTS versions have been great. I got my whole family using Ubuntu because I was tired of doing tech support at work and coming home to MORE TECH SUPPORT because everyone in the house had their own XP box.
Now the kids are grown and have moved out, and it's just me and the Missus. We're both on laptops running 8.04...she's kept hers patched while I decided to run a little experiment I call "use a LTS release and don't patch it no matter what...just to see what happens".
That's right! I've run an unpatched Ubuntu 8.04 on my old Latitude D610 for over two years. No problems whatsoever...up until a month ago when Opera 10.6x decided to run without actually opening a window. Seeing as how I love Opera, it was finally time for an upgrade.
So now I'm running 10.04. This is officially Day Two, and I woke up this morning to a laptop that wouldn't boot. I found the problem and fix here: (click!) (http://pinoy-computing-tips.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-fix-ubuntu-error-no-init-found.html), and now it's working great. Hell, I'm typing this from the previously non-booting laptop.
What was the problem? I believe it was a bad install CD. Took me three tries to get the install finished because it kept hanging at 56%...72%...that kind of thing. It kept hanging up at the "installing dpkg" messages.
In short: I burned an almost-working Live CD and managed to get things upgraded and working anyway. There may still be problems to come, but nothing that can't be fixed with a few "cryptic" command line workarounds. :D
I'm sick today, and rambling. At least I don't work in tech support anymore! ):P
I will definitely burn a better CD when it's time to upgrade the wife's laptop. I don't like sleeping on the couch. ;)
The LTS versions have been great. I got my whole family using Ubuntu because I was tired of doing tech support at work and coming home to MORE TECH SUPPORT because everyone in the house had their own XP box.
Now the kids are grown and have moved out, and it's just me and the Missus. We're both on laptops running 8.04...she's kept hers patched while I decided to run a little experiment I call "use a LTS release and don't patch it no matter what...just to see what happens".
That's right! I've run an unpatched Ubuntu 8.04 on my old Latitude D610 for over two years. No problems whatsoever...up until a month ago when Opera 10.6x decided to run without actually opening a window. Seeing as how I love Opera, it was finally time for an upgrade.
So now I'm running 10.04. This is officially Day Two, and I woke up this morning to a laptop that wouldn't boot. I found the problem and fix here: (click!) (http://pinoy-computing-tips.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-fix-ubuntu-error-no-init-found.html), and now it's working great. Hell, I'm typing this from the previously non-booting laptop.
What was the problem? I believe it was a bad install CD. Took me three tries to get the install finished because it kept hanging at 56%...72%...that kind of thing. It kept hanging up at the "installing dpkg" messages.
In short: I burned an almost-working Live CD and managed to get things upgraded and working anyway. There may still be problems to come, but nothing that can't be fixed with a few "cryptic" command line workarounds. :D
I'm sick today, and rambling. At least I don't work in tech support anymore! ):P
I will definitely burn a better CD when it's time to upgrade the wife's laptop. I don't like sleeping on the couch. ;)