Ubuntu

Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:38 pm

I’ve officially moved to Ubuntu! The installation went flawlessly, as did everything else. I even installed some applications! It was all point-and-click, but teTeX required a bit of geekiness. (Not that normal folks would install a TeX distribution anyway.) I already used Firefox, Thunderbird, LaTeX, The GIMP, OpenOffice.org, etc in Windows, so i felt at home right from the start.

This is something i’ve wanted to do for a long time, but lack of hard-drive space and time got in my way. I think i’m going to be very happy with Ubuntu. Everything just works—even the volume buttons on my keyboard! (Okay, so maybe my microphone doesn’t work.)

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:57 pm

KOOL

Is this better then say--Red Hat?

That's the problem, there's so many Linux versionss--which do you choose??

I should buy/learn MAC (apple)

Theres SUCH a demand for MAC support--no one knows how to use it

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:54 am

richardj wrote: KOOL

Is this better then say--Red Hat?

I’m really in no position to say, but what brought me to Ubuntu was its emphasis on usability and free (libre) software. I was actually going to go with FreeBSD, but it looks like too much work. (I used to live for that, but not anymore.)

richardj wrote: That's the problem, there's so many Linux versionss--which do you choose??

I guess you’d be okay with any of the popular ones, but i don’t know much about the different distributions. Many have “live CDs” that can be booted from the CD without installation. As a matter of fact, the Ubuntu installation CD, which can also be mailed to you free of charge, is a live CD. You actually install Ubuntu to your hard drive within an instance of Ubuntu already running from the CD.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:36 pm

Well, something had to spoil the experience, didn’t it? My X server refused to start after Ubuntu updated xserver-xorg-core to version 1.1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3. There are multiple threads (1, 2, 3) about this nasty update on the Ubuntu Forums. (The site seems to be having problems.)

Unfortunately, i didn’t find those threads for two hours. I have such a headache. (But there is a silver lining! I now know a lot more about the command line.)

I’ll definitely delay my updates and check the Ubuntu Forums before i update anything for now on. Hopefully this isn’t a common occurrence. Using apt-get from the command line to undue broken updates certainly does not aid usability.

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manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:47 pm

Tak wrote: I was actually going to go with FreeBSD, but it looks like too much work. (I used to live for that, but not anymore.)

Ever look at PC-BSD?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:58 am

I've been thinking on and off of switching to a linux desktop. But I'm so used to windows evironement with windows as desktop and linux as server back end. Well at work its 95% windows for servers but servers are a bit different, you dont need to support as many apps since they do a specialized set of jobs, so the back end usability (gui vs text) does not matter. But linux GUI is half decent, the issue I have mostly is program installations. ./configure make make install + a couple week of research on why its not working, vs next next next done.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:15 pm

manadren wrote:
Tak wrote: I was actually going to go with FreeBSD, but it looks like too much work. (I used to live for that, but not anymore.)

Ever look at PC-BSD?

I’ve heard about it, but i've never looked more into it. I’ll be sure to look around the site.

Ubuntu asked me to update xserver-xorg-core to version 1.1.0.2-0ubuntu10.4 this morning. I installed it after multiple members of the Ubuntu Forum said it was okay, and thankfully everything did update smoothly.

I’m geeky enough use a command line and roll back the changes, but what about the average Jos Bleau? I wonder how many people gave up on Linux after their Ubuntu installation completely died. (Yes, Jos Bleau considers it completely dead when he only sees a command line.)

On a different note, did you know there’s an Ubuntu Christian Edition?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:38 pm

LOL that is great.

Perfect for church computers I guess. hehe.

Hmm I wonder if typing man followed by a verse or book of the bible brings up a man page on that passage. That would be great.

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