Mike_tn
October 15th, 2010, 05:18 PM
Hi :) This is kind of a fun post but I'm also interested in thoughts.
There is a Question after the paragraph break, feel free to skip this intro and go there. Please allow me to ramble...my other forum visits wanted OS fixes. This is my first say-hello-to-Ubuntu-community post because I finally got it running the way I like! double YAY! I thank all the posters on the forums because I get a lot of help here and other Linux forums, and usually don't post on the thread at all. As a new Linux user of a few months, I just got Ubuntu 10.04 i386 running well on a Dell laptop (CPU-64bit-i3core) after much basic Linux digging/learning. In fairly short time I struggled with all of this: My initial Wubi install bootup system was destroyed by the GRUB2 update, fixed that by starting over and going to a full partition install with dual booting W7 and Ubuntu with EasyBCD free software to set up the boot sequence. Then used EasyBCD again to fix the boot problem after the GRUB2 update I knew was coming. Learned how to implement fixes for the proprietary broadcom b43 wireless driver to get online since internet is a must for Linux. Then got my laser mouse speed how I like it because the GUI fell short and common commands like xset m... didn't work, instead used the xinput terminal command and dropped a script for it into the startup applications. Played with bunches of Live Distros because I hadn't done much of that, I had installed Ubuntu without much Linux help or experience. My main draw to the internet was flickr and photography so I learned some GIMP and found the best RAW photo software (UFRaw). My plug on that >Ubuntu should keep GIMP in the LiveCD! And UFRaw too like Debian-Live does. So here I am. Seems you never want to stop making it better.
Was wondering if I should just enjoy my new 32-bit Ubuntu Lucid, it's lovely, or possibly keep making my life nuts by switching to Xubuntu 10.10 64-bit for: speed (faster desktop, 64bit, make use of 4GB RAM), or because I have the CPU for it even if I maybe don't need it HA, and maybe just because 10.10 is the flavor of the month. How hard is it? Would you upgrade the existing Ubuntu10.04i386, or do a fresh install, or install Xubuntu to the empty partition of the same size sitting right next to it (which I have), or don't bother because what you have is fine and the speed is not that big of deal unless you need it for gaming or your job or something like that? Maybe I ought to rest and actually use it for something...my flickr friends think I dropped of the edge of the globe. Peace
There is a Question after the paragraph break, feel free to skip this intro and go there. Please allow me to ramble...my other forum visits wanted OS fixes. This is my first say-hello-to-Ubuntu-community post because I finally got it running the way I like! double YAY! I thank all the posters on the forums because I get a lot of help here and other Linux forums, and usually don't post on the thread at all. As a new Linux user of a few months, I just got Ubuntu 10.04 i386 running well on a Dell laptop (CPU-64bit-i3core) after much basic Linux digging/learning. In fairly short time I struggled with all of this: My initial Wubi install bootup system was destroyed by the GRUB2 update, fixed that by starting over and going to a full partition install with dual booting W7 and Ubuntu with EasyBCD free software to set up the boot sequence. Then used EasyBCD again to fix the boot problem after the GRUB2 update I knew was coming. Learned how to implement fixes for the proprietary broadcom b43 wireless driver to get online since internet is a must for Linux. Then got my laser mouse speed how I like it because the GUI fell short and common commands like xset m... didn't work, instead used the xinput terminal command and dropped a script for it into the startup applications. Played with bunches of Live Distros because I hadn't done much of that, I had installed Ubuntu without much Linux help or experience. My main draw to the internet was flickr and photography so I learned some GIMP and found the best RAW photo software (UFRaw). My plug on that >Ubuntu should keep GIMP in the LiveCD! And UFRaw too like Debian-Live does. So here I am. Seems you never want to stop making it better.
Was wondering if I should just enjoy my new 32-bit Ubuntu Lucid, it's lovely, or possibly keep making my life nuts by switching to Xubuntu 10.10 64-bit for: speed (faster desktop, 64bit, make use of 4GB RAM), or because I have the CPU for it even if I maybe don't need it HA, and maybe just because 10.10 is the flavor of the month. How hard is it? Would you upgrade the existing Ubuntu10.04i386, or do a fresh install, or install Xubuntu to the empty partition of the same size sitting right next to it (which I have), or don't bother because what you have is fine and the speed is not that big of deal unless you need it for gaming or your job or something like that? Maybe I ought to rest and actually use it for something...my flickr friends think I dropped of the edge of the globe. Peace