ramidavis
February 25th, 2013, 06:19 AM
Hello everyone!
Not really had a reason to post here in a while, but now...
I am in a bit of a situation here, and need some advice.
Currently, I am at Ubuntu 11.04, been using it since it came out ... and it is time to move on I believe.
I am on dial-up now, so I had to find a post on some blog explaining how to get dial-up setup for 11.04, download everything I needed in windows, and install it after a fresh 11.04 install by hand.
I go to town and use the Wi-Fi at the library about twice a month, so hopefully on my next trip there, I can get everything in order for my move to 12.10 / 12.04 .
Now that I am thinking about going to 12.10 (or possibly 12.04 since that one is LTS), what all should I download and have ready to go?
This is not going to be an upgrade, but a clean fresh install. I always prefer a fresh install. Clean slate to work with.
I am assuming I will need the latest versions of gnome-ppp, libuiconf, libwvstreams-base, libwvstreams-extras, and wvdial (At least, that is what I had to download for 11.04 to get my USRobotics usb modem working.)
I would prefer installing from USB again this time, as i am pretty much out of discs... 11.04 had a usb-creator.exe right on the disk, and I just used that (after mounting the .iso to a virtual cd drive in windows) to write the .iso I downloaded at the library to a usb stick, and install off that.
Looking at the .iso of 12.10 I just got (got back from the last library trip, did not get 12.04 downloaded yet), I am not seeing an usb-creator.exe . I know there is "system> administration> startup disc creator" here in 11.04 , will that make a proper usb image for 12.04 / 12.10, or is it just meant for 11.04?
Sorry for so many questions at once, but I just want to have everything ready to go, no hassles, especially since I am on dial-up now, and that does not seem to work with Ubuntu out-of-the-box.
Hope that is clearer for everyone now?
Not really had a reason to post here in a while, but now...
I am in a bit of a situation here, and need some advice.
Currently, I am at Ubuntu 11.04, been using it since it came out ... and it is time to move on I believe.
I am on dial-up now, so I had to find a post on some blog explaining how to get dial-up setup for 11.04, download everything I needed in windows, and install it after a fresh 11.04 install by hand.
I go to town and use the Wi-Fi at the library about twice a month, so hopefully on my next trip there, I can get everything in order for my move to 12.10 / 12.04 .
Now that I am thinking about going to 12.10 (or possibly 12.04 since that one is LTS), what all should I download and have ready to go?
This is not going to be an upgrade, but a clean fresh install. I always prefer a fresh install. Clean slate to work with.
I am assuming I will need the latest versions of gnome-ppp, libuiconf, libwvstreams-base, libwvstreams-extras, and wvdial (At least, that is what I had to download for 11.04 to get my USRobotics usb modem working.)
I would prefer installing from USB again this time, as i am pretty much out of discs... 11.04 had a usb-creator.exe right on the disk, and I just used that (after mounting the .iso to a virtual cd drive in windows) to write the .iso I downloaded at the library to a usb stick, and install off that.
Looking at the .iso of 12.10 I just got (got back from the last library trip, did not get 12.04 downloaded yet), I am not seeing an usb-creator.exe . I know there is "system> administration> startup disc creator" here in 11.04 , will that make a proper usb image for 12.04 / 12.10, or is it just meant for 11.04?
Sorry for so many questions at once, but I just want to have everything ready to go, no hassles, especially since I am on dial-up now, and that does not seem to work with Ubuntu out-of-the-box.
Hope that is clearer for everyone now?