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Flash isn't setup because even FLASH needs an update. just download it, unzip it, and sudo ./ install it.
I can't tell if it's an Adobe problem or a Mandriva problem and I've not yet tried under 2009.1 yet but 2008.1 is having nothing to do with the 32bit Flash player plugin with 64bit Firefox.
I remain too stuburn to install a 32bit browser on my 64bit platform however 32bit flash did install clean with 32bit Mandriva 2007.1. It was that easy too, download, uncompress, run install.sh.
I remain too stuburn to install a 32bit browser on my 64bit platform however 32bit flash did install clean with 32bit Mandriva 2007.1. It was that easy too, download, uncompress, run install.sh.
I try to limit my email replies so please forgive the public response. Thank you. I have stable flash for the first time since going 64bit.
For other's that may be having issues also:
1. download Adobe's 64bit Player v10 currently in late beta.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/
2. uncompress the tar.gz resulting in a single file; libflashplayer.so
3. copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
4. close and reopen Firefox then test against your favorite Flash over-using website.
My specific setup:
- Mandriva 64bit 2008.1
- Mozilla Firefox 64bit (from distro repository)
- Adobe Flashplayer version10 beta Linux 64bit
Here's to hoping Adobe can finish off the development work and put this version into public release. I'd be curious to know why a 64bit build of the 32bit player has taken so long however, Flash working natively makes that question much less important.
For other's that may be having issues also:
1. download Adobe's 64bit Player v10 currently in late beta.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/
2. uncompress the tar.gz resulting in a single file; libflashplayer.so
3. copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
4. close and reopen Firefox then test against your favorite Flash over-using website.
My specific setup:
- Mandriva 64bit 2008.1
- Mozilla Firefox 64bit (from distro repository)
- Adobe Flashplayer version10 beta Linux 64bit
Here's to hoping Adobe can finish off the development work and put this version into public release. I'd be curious to know why a 64bit build of the 32bit player has taken so long however, Flash working natively makes that question much less important.
I upgraded my Inspiron Mini 9 from the original 8.04 to the 9.04 Remix on Saturday. Things went well until I switched into "classic" display mode and rebooted. There's a nasty bug in Remix that causes your files, programs, task bars, and so on to disappear after changing display modes. There are a number of fixes available but I reinstalled 9.04 Remix three times before finding one that actually worked. Ouch!
I also had the experience with installing Flash plug-ins that didn't work. By the third try, I found a bash script, perfectbuntu that automates most of the proprietary multimedia installations that don't come "out of the box". Give this guy a medal! You can find the script here: www.category5.tv/content/view/164/77/
I also had the experience with installing Flash plug-ins that didn't work. By the third try, I found a bash script, perfectbuntu that automates most of the proprietary multimedia installations that don't come "out of the box". Give this guy a medal! You can find the script here: www.category5.tv/content/view/164/77/
sudo dpkg -force-all --force-architecture [package name];
or
sudo dpkg -force --force-architecture [package name].
Forgot which, one will get you by.
or
sudo dpkg -force --force-architecture [package name].
Forgot which, one will get you by.
If it weren't for my wireless not working, I would. However, Ubuntu hasn't worked with my HWP54G rt2500-pci card since Hardy (which I'm stuck with). Oh, it sees the network just fine; it just never connects.
I'm concerned that future Ubuntu releases will behave similarly, and I may end up having to replace it with another distro before long. I wish it didn't have to be this way, but I've simply got to go with what works.
I'm concerned that future Ubuntu releases will behave similarly, and I may end up having to replace it with another distro before long. I wish it didn't have to be this way, but I've simply got to go with what works.
see if 9.04 will work with a live cd. that's one of the beauties of the live cd. i've always found it's worth burning a few cds to find the perfect distro.
That's the only way I try out distros, even if I've installed and regularly use a previous version of it. Of course, for all I know, both the Intrepid and now Jaunty LiveCDs could have this wireless issue while a full install wouldn't--I might not ever know, as I don't have the time nor the inclination right now to install them if I don't have an indication from the LiveCDs that they'll work properly. But I'll probably end up waiting it out until the next LTS before any switches happen, whether it's to the LTS or another distro.
I'm sitting on Mandriva 2009.1 in a VM while I plan two machine rebuilds. If 2009.1 makes the cut, I'll be looking at what partitions I have everything on and where data needs to be backed up before a rebuild.
While I love rebuilding the install, times like this also make me appreciate the rolling-distro approach.
While I love rebuilding the install, times like this also make me appreciate the rolling-distro approach.
I did use a LiveCD to rescue my dead WinVista laptop.
First, I tried several renditions of making a bootable USB flash drive, using instructions on the web, none of which were successful.
I burned the LiveCD, and used it to do some work, including an installation. I used the Ubuntu tool to make a bootable USB flash which works.
If the bootable flash could be built from some external tool and the iso image, you wouldn't have to burn that first CDROM.
First, I tried several renditions of making a bootable USB flash drive, using instructions on the web, none of which were successful.
I burned the LiveCD, and used it to do some work, including an installation. I used the Ubuntu tool to make a bootable USB flash which works.
If the bootable flash could be built from some external tool and the iso image, you wouldn't have to burn that first CDROM.
is a tool to create LiveUSBs, and it works in both Windows and Linux. You can download it from .
Let's try this again: you can download Unetbootin from "unetbootin.sourceforge.net".
I did try UNetbootin, using the iso image that I had burned, and it wasn't a bootable USB flash for me.
I tried a dd of the iso to /dev/sdb and sdb1 under cygwin.
I tried the HP tools for firmware update and diags. None of those made a bootabe flash for me, but the Ubuntu utility did, from a booted Ubuntu, but I was trying to avoid burning the CDROM.
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I just tried again, using all the same hardware, and I did build a succesful bootable flash drive, using UNetbootin. It has some Unet stuff at the initial boot screen, and then boots Ubuntu, although it doesn't look the same as the Ubuntu boot. It went directly to a booted system, without the install option, so it didn't wind up as nice as the Ubuntu-built flash.
I don't know why it didn't play right for me the first time.
I built another, and it was good, but still, just a LiveCD, not the cool Ubuntu mutli-use version.
I tried a dd of the iso to /dev/sdb and sdb1 under cygwin.
I tried the HP tools for firmware update and diags. None of those made a bootabe flash for me, but the Ubuntu utility did, from a booted Ubuntu, but I was trying to avoid burning the CDROM.
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I just tried again, using all the same hardware, and I did build a succesful bootable flash drive, using UNetbootin. It has some Unet stuff at the initial boot screen, and then boots Ubuntu, although it doesn't look the same as the Ubuntu boot. It went directly to a booted system, without the install option, so it didn't wind up as nice as the Ubuntu-built flash.
I don't know why it didn't play right for me the first time.
I built another, and it was good, but still, just a LiveCD, not the cool Ubuntu mutli-use version.
Fedora offers a LiveUSB maker that lives on an existing USB flash drive, so it remains useful as a general purpose Windows device, with just a few extra files and folders on the root.
The Fedora 10 LiveUSB doesn't seem to work as well as the Ubuntu in recognizing network devices, and I can't even get it to open a terminal window.
Using the Fedora LiveUSB-Creator to copy the Ubuntu iso image yields more satisfying results than the Unetbootln. I still have use of the flash drive for Windows storage, and Ubuntu looks like a better distro for my hardware.
The Fedora 10 LiveUSB doesn't seem to work as well as the Ubuntu in recognizing network devices, and I can't even get it to open a terminal window.
Using the Fedora LiveUSB-Creator to copy the Ubuntu iso image yields more satisfying results than the Unetbootln. I still have use of the flash drive for Windows storage, and Ubuntu looks like a better distro for my hardware.
I think your review is pretty much spot on.
On the plus side, 9.04 introduces a small but not insignificant speed increase. Too, wireless support has definitely expanded.
On the minus side, graphics continues to be the bane of both Ubuntu and Linux in general?and though not a deal breaker, the graphics regressions introduced in 9.04 are troubling to say the least.
All-in-all, Jaunty is certainly a worthy upgrade, unless dead-solid stability is required: then the 8.04 LTS release would still be preferred.
On the plus side, 9.04 introduces a small but not insignificant speed increase. Too, wireless support has definitely expanded.
On the minus side, graphics continues to be the bane of both Ubuntu and Linux in general?and though not a deal breaker, the graphics regressions introduced in 9.04 are troubling to say the least.
All-in-all, Jaunty is certainly a worthy upgrade, unless dead-solid stability is required: then the 8.04 LTS release would still be preferred.
And it supported my wireless chipset "out of the box"(Atheros 5007) The only problem i have noticed is an irregular flicker of the display on my laptop. Thinking it may be a problem with the ATI support(Mobility Radeon X1200).
Other than that I have been very pleased with the new release.
Other than that I have been very pleased with the new release.
Upgrade in 2 Vmware machines perfectly, in a Zonbu mini resolution is stuck a 640x480, no way to change, in my Asus R1E no 3D graphic.....
I have been using Ubuntu for a few years and I have had good luck (for the most part) with all the releases.
I was very excited about 9.04 so I decided to use it on my Audio Workstation computer (Ubuntu Studio). I actually have it on four different computers (2 very new and 2 that are about 2 or 3 years old).
All of these installations are "locking up". Especially during apt/synaptic activity. In fact on one computer, I have been trying to follow the instructions of the error message and do a "dpkg --configure -a" and this keeps locking up too.
I have googled these problems and I see that there are others having them too, but since I am seeing the problem on all four machines, I am surprised that there is not more chatter about this...
Anyone here using Ubuntu Studio 9.04? Any problems?
I was very excited about 9.04 so I decided to use it on my Audio Workstation computer (Ubuntu Studio). I actually have it on four different computers (2 very new and 2 that are about 2 or 3 years old).
All of these installations are "locking up". Especially during apt/synaptic activity. In fact on one computer, I have been trying to follow the instructions of the error message and do a "dpkg --configure -a" and this keeps locking up too.
I have googled these problems and I see that there are others having them too, but since I am seeing the problem on all four machines, I am surprised that there is not more chatter about this...
Anyone here using Ubuntu Studio 9.04? Any problems?
Jack and Pulse Audio do not play nice in this iteration. I do not use Studio, but am willing to put the farm up that it installs Jack and that this is the source of your problem.
What you might try is to edit the /ect/security/limits.conf and add these lines:
######## For jack audio ##########
@audio - rtprio 99
@audio - memlock unlimited
@audio - nice -19
######## End of jack audio #######
Then add the user to the audio group. If you want to enable Jack realtime for a single user, then replace "@audio" with "@username".
Alternatively, you could remove Pulse Audio and revert to alsa.
This is a Pulse Audio problem.
What you might try is to edit the /ect/security/limits.conf and add these lines:
######## For jack audio ##########
@audio - rtprio 99
@audio - memlock unlimited
@audio - nice -19
######## End of jack audio #######
Then add the user to the audio group. If you want to enable Jack realtime for a single user, then replace "@audio" with "@username".
Alternatively, you could remove Pulse Audio and revert to alsa.
This is a Pulse Audio problem.
I've noticed that when I try to install more than one app at a time from the add/remove list, the screen saver kicks in causing the dpkg manager to freeze. the --configure -a worked the first time, but not the second.
I recommend adjusting the screen saver timeout or don't leave installs unattended.
I recommend adjusting the screen saver timeout or don't leave installs unattended.
Odd that the screensaver would cause the package manager to hang. Can you not continue on doing other stuff on the machine while the updater runs in the background? You get to keep browsing, screensaver has no reason to kick in and updates process without hanging.
for Windows users to put away traditional arguments against using Linux.
While Ubuntu 9.04 is my preferred Desktop there are many excellent alternatives.
I still prefer openSUSE 11.1 for server deployment--rock solid.
The point has come where I can safely recommend Linux to 'Joe Sixpack' and expect that they can get it installed and running on their own.
Now we must focus on how to get Linux positioned in the Retail Store setting.
Currently, the playing field isn't level; Apple and MS are 'Tying' their O/Ses to hardware.
As scrutiny comes to reexamining that practice, I believe the FTC will see that this practice ('Tying') is anti-competitive, anti-Consumer Choice and anti-Trust.
That will happen soon and then you'll see major change in how PCs are purveyed in Retail Stores.
Decoupling the O/S at point of sale should be mandatory.
Let the consumer choose which hardware they wish to purchase irrespective of which O/S they may (or may not) wish to buy.
Buying a PC in a Retail walk-in store without an O/S is not currently possible.
That has to change to protect Consumer Choice.
Thanks!
Dietrich T. Schmitz
Twitter: @dtschmitz
While Ubuntu 9.04 is my preferred Desktop there are many excellent alternatives.
I still prefer openSUSE 11.1 for server deployment--rock solid.
The point has come where I can safely recommend Linux to 'Joe Sixpack' and expect that they can get it installed and running on their own.
Now we must focus on how to get Linux positioned in the Retail Store setting.
Currently, the playing field isn't level; Apple and MS are 'Tying' their O/Ses to hardware.
As scrutiny comes to reexamining that practice, I believe the FTC will see that this practice ('Tying') is anti-competitive, anti-Consumer Choice and anti-Trust.
That will happen soon and then you'll see major change in how PCs are purveyed in Retail Stores.
Decoupling the O/S at point of sale should be mandatory.
Let the consumer choose which hardware they wish to purchase irrespective of which O/S they may (or may not) wish to buy.
Buying a PC in a Retail walk-in store without an O/S is not currently possible.
That has to change to protect Consumer Choice.
Thanks!
Dietrich T. Schmitz
Twitter: @dtschmitz
Buying a PC in a Retail walk-in store without an O/S is not currently possible.
No big deal, as you can just download and install the *nix OS of choice.
They are not availabe in retail stores as they have no retail value, go figure!
No big deal, as you can just download and install the *nix OS of choice.
They are not availabe in retail stores as they have no retail value, go figure!
since it means you are buying something you do not want.
if you are going to put a different os than what is one the system, why should you PAY FOR the one you do NOT want?
until I can buy one no operating system included, the retailers do not get my money.
I'll buy parts and assemble them in order to avoid the bundled operating system, and those parts are from the small business shops, where they do NOT deal in the "name brand" hardware.
if you are going to put a different os than what is one the system, why should you PAY FOR the one you do NOT want?
until I can buy one no operating system included, the retailers do not get my money.
I'll buy parts and assemble them in order to avoid the bundled operating system, and those parts are from the small business shops, where they do NOT deal in the "name brand" hardware.
I've only seen high end gaming rigs in the 4000$ price range that come with the quality of parts you can get when you pick each one indavidually. Anything lower than a specialize gaming rig has always been with whatever parts the vendor chose to put along side the brand name parts they are selling the machine with; Great GPU, crappy disk reader, crappy sound, grappy cabling, but the GPU is featured in the ad.
That is the point. Why?:
A consumer in a Retail walk-in point of sale setting should have the 'choice' to get a PC with or without an operating system.
Anti-competitive business practices.
Thank you for playing!
Later.
A consumer in a Retail walk-in point of sale setting should have the 'choice' to get a PC with or without an operating system.
Anti-competitive business practices.
Thank you for playing!
Later.
except for laptops. i don't think i want to try to piece together that type of hardware. 
premiergent.co.uk
custom builds, and they will sell with os of choice, including no os at all.
British Company, will ship worldwide, with bank transfer completed at time of ordering..
custom builds, and they will sell with os of choice, including no os at all.
British Company, will ship worldwide, with bank transfer completed at time of ordering..
If you want a computer without OS the primary way to get that is buy the parts and assemble it yourself or have the shop assemble it from your parts list. Considering all the companies that buy a prebuild machine with an OS license just so they can replace the OS with the standard workstation image; bare-metal machines could have a huge retail market.
Why didn't this happen early on when there was talk of selling machines without an OS? Microsoft; "computers sold without an OS are going to be used to pirate our OS", and the judge baught it hook, line, sinker. This was the argument used the first time MS was in court for gouging OEM retailers who dared sell a machine without a Microsoft OS on it. It's still a problem also as the only way Dell was able to keep it's "volume discount" while offering Ubuntu based machines is to charge the customer for a Windows license with each of those Ubuntu machines; yes, that's right, Dell's Ubuntu sales count as Windows licenses thanks to Microsoft's legal geniuses.
Why didn't this happen early on when there was talk of selling machines without an OS? Microsoft; "computers sold without an OS are going to be used to pirate our OS", and the judge baught it hook, line, sinker. This was the argument used the first time MS was in court for gouging OEM retailers who dared sell a machine without a Microsoft OS on it. It's still a problem also as the only way Dell was able to keep it's "volume discount" while offering Ubuntu based machines is to charge the customer for a Windows license with each of those Ubuntu machines; yes, that's right, Dell's Ubuntu sales count as Windows licenses thanks to Microsoft's legal geniuses.
Apple is an OEM like HP or Dell. They provide a general purpose computer including hardware and software. Since they source the hardware components and develop the software for the purpose of a single retail unit, they are not "tying" anything together. osX is essentially, an embedded OS used only for Apple's retail products.
The also do not have the market dominance to legally be called a monopoly. As a result, they can provide the hardware/software combined unit without it being an anti-competitive way to stifle the market.
This is different from Microsoft providing only the software component of the final retail product and using it's monopoly position to bundle IE with the intent of pushing Netscape and other browsers out of the market.
Don't get me wrong; I'd love to put osX in my collection without the required Apple hardware behind it but, for all Apple's issues, bundling isn't yet one of them.
The also do not have the market dominance to legally be called a monopoly. As a result, they can provide the hardware/software combined unit without it being an anti-competitive way to stifle the market.
This is different from Microsoft providing only the software component of the final retail product and using it's monopoly position to bundle IE with the intent of pushing Netscape and other browsers out of the market.
Don't get me wrong; I'd love to put osX in my collection without the required Apple hardware behind it but, for all Apple's issues, bundling isn't yet one of them.
where can I get my OS free Apple (as a hardware vendor) Powerbook or non locked iPhone?
Okay, so you can?t buy them at your local bestbuy...
But you can get a dell online without an os, at least I was able too. A brand new XPS M1530 and I loaded Ubuntu 8.04 onto it. I also know tigerdirect, Ibestbuy, and even System 76.
Since I never can find what I want from a brick and mortar storefront, I do much of my shopping online, with places I can add or subtract what I do or don?t want.
Anyway, my two cents!
But you can get a dell online without an os, at least I was able too. A brand new XPS M1530 and I loaded Ubuntu 8.04 onto it. I also know tigerdirect, Ibestbuy, and even System 76.
Since I never can find what I want from a brick and mortar storefront, I do much of my shopping online, with places I can add or subtract what I do or don?t want.
Anyway, my two cents!
Bundling isn't one of them? Haha, right, they bundle a whole lot more than M$ does. I'm sure almost all Apple users use iTunes and as far as I know you can't uninstall it completely. Then there is Safari, iMail, iCal etc... Now I definitely don't fault them for having all these things, its great actually. But I also don't see anything wrong with M$ bundling IE. Its pretty easy to download one of the other browsers and set it as your default. Its not like they are forcing you to use IE, its just there if you want to use it.
Monopoly law. Apple does not hold 80% of the market so anitcompetitive practice like bundling is not considered to push competition out of the market unfairly. If they where greater than 80% of the market then monopoly laws would apply because they would be able to negate competition by bundling exactly the same way as IE pushed Netscape to the brink of bankruptsy in the absence of IE being a better product.
But that assumes Apple is the same kind of business as Microsoft; which would be wrong.
Apple sells the finished product; hardware/software and a pretty box. This makes them an OEM like Dell or HP. Microsoft is a component provider; they supply parts to OEM in the form of the software side. The OEM builds or sources the hardware components and sells the combined unit as the retail product.
Apple can choose to keep the product very restrictive in a way that is more similar to mobile phones and specialized embedded devices. If they get popular and can't keep up with demand.. well.. that would be Apple's wet dream I suspect.. but it's there choice to limit the product.
I believe iLife and Safari can also be uninstalled fully. They are not intentionally bound deep in the OS so that they become a required component. Uninstalls on osX are not great but they are still much better than "uninstall" meaning "removed the IE icon from your desktop".
On the FOSS platform side, it's a different approach again; the distribution includes competing products. You get the distribution maintainer's favorite but other choices exist in the repository. Imagine the iTunes store allowing any developer's product to be sold provided it meets a quality standard rather than business strategy/social standards. Imagine Windows Update had install checkboxes for Firefox, Open Office, Adobe products and other software that competed directly with Microsoft's own products.
Apple gets a pass because we are not talking about OEMs, unbundling does not break the OS and they do not have enough market share for bundling to negatively effect the rest of the industry.
Now, if we where talking company policies or other revenue streams like the iTunes software store; well, they have refused to allow software into the store because it competes with an Apple product or does something that Apple does not approve of. I hear they are also having trouble getting money out to the developers who have sold through them.
But that assumes Apple is the same kind of business as Microsoft; which would be wrong.
Apple sells the finished product; hardware/software and a pretty box. This makes them an OEM like Dell or HP. Microsoft is a component provider; they supply parts to OEM in the form of the software side. The OEM builds or sources the hardware components and sells the combined unit as the retail product.
Apple can choose to keep the product very restrictive in a way that is more similar to mobile phones and specialized embedded devices. If they get popular and can't keep up with demand.. well.. that would be Apple's wet dream I suspect.. but it's there choice to limit the product.
I believe iLife and Safari can also be uninstalled fully. They are not intentionally bound deep in the OS so that they become a required component. Uninstalls on osX are not great but they are still much better than "uninstall" meaning "removed the IE icon from your desktop".
On the FOSS platform side, it's a different approach again; the distribution includes competing products. You get the distribution maintainer's favorite but other choices exist in the repository. Imagine the iTunes store allowing any developer's product to be sold provided it meets a quality standard rather than business strategy/social standards. Imagine Windows Update had install checkboxes for Firefox, Open Office, Adobe products and other software that competed directly with Microsoft's own products.
Apple gets a pass because we are not talking about OEMs, unbundling does not break the OS and they do not have enough market share for bundling to negatively effect the rest of the industry.
Now, if we where talking company policies or other revenue streams like the iTunes software store; well, they have refused to allow software into the store because it competes with an Apple product or does something that Apple does not approve of. I hear they are also having trouble getting money out to the developers who have sold through them.
I fell into Ubuntu, after following the "Use Ubuntu Live CD to Backup Files from Your Dead Windows Computer" procedure.
I support some of the commercial releases for my work, but I have tried various Linux distros since 1994. This is the first one that I would consider using as a personal desktop.
After saving the personal data from a WinVista laptop that had disk errors, and realizing I needed to pay $20 for the media to reinstall WinVista, I wondered if I even wanted WinVista. I hadn't even finished posing that question to my wife when she pointed out that she hated WinVista. It was her laptop that I was rescuing.
She is quite happy with Ubuntu, except for the odd behavior of "scrolling" the windows off the viewable desktop occasionally. I think that has something to do with the scrollbar at the edge of her Gateway touchpad, but I'm not sure. She can get them back by clicking in the bottom right.
It has all the hardware support that I needed, found my networked printer better than Windows, shares the family desktop folder, and it has all of the programs that I needed. I don't want any more Word Processing than Open Office, and I have never used a financial program.
I did add Flash, which I found painless when trying to launch Pandora, and I did select Adobe. I also went to the extra effort to load Sun Java, because that's the only one I trust.
The LiveCD being the install CD was the final kicker to push me to a Ubuntu install.
I probably would have gone with either Redhat or Fedora if I had to do an install separate from a LiveCD.
I support some of the commercial releases for my work, but I have tried various Linux distros since 1994. This is the first one that I would consider using as a personal desktop.
After saving the personal data from a WinVista laptop that had disk errors, and realizing I needed to pay $20 for the media to reinstall WinVista, I wondered if I even wanted WinVista. I hadn't even finished posing that question to my wife when she pointed out that she hated WinVista. It was her laptop that I was rescuing.
She is quite happy with Ubuntu, except for the odd behavior of "scrolling" the windows off the viewable desktop occasionally. I think that has something to do with the scrollbar at the edge of her Gateway touchpad, but I'm not sure. She can get them back by clicking in the bottom right.
It has all the hardware support that I needed, found my networked printer better than Windows, shares the family desktop folder, and it has all of the programs that I needed. I don't want any more Word Processing than Open Office, and I have never used a financial program.
I did add Flash, which I found painless when trying to launch Pandora, and I did select Adobe. I also went to the extra effort to load Sun Java, because that's the only one I trust.
The LiveCD being the install CD was the final kicker to push me to a Ubuntu install.
I probably would have gone with either Redhat or Fedora if I had to do an install separate from a LiveCD.
What is happening to your wife is that she is inadvertently switching between workspaces. Scrolling the mouse wheel on an empty area of the desktop will cycle through your workspaces. The "scrollbar" on the touchpad is designed to mimic scrolling of the mouse wheel.
On the lower right of the screen, next to the trash bin, there are usually between two and four (maybe more) boxes. Each of these boxes represent a workspace. You can jump to any of these workspaces by clicking on one of those boxes. Think of a workspace as an independent desktop that allows you to organize tasks. When windows are opened in any of these workspaces, these little boxes on the lower right will have a tiny thumbnail view of your open windows. Not a lot of detail. Just enough to tell you windows are opened in those workspaces.
On the lower right of the screen, next to the trash bin, there are usually between two and four (maybe more) boxes. Each of these boxes represent a workspace. You can jump to any of these workspaces by clicking on one of those boxes. Think of a workspace as an independent desktop that allows you to organize tasks. When windows are opened in any of these workspaces, these little boxes on the lower right will have a tiny thumbnail view of your open windows. Not a lot of detail. Just enough to tell you windows are opened in those workspaces.
Or bother your wife, in this case, you can simply right-click and remove it from the panel.
Should read "or if they bother your wife, as in this case". The dang form selectively removed my words! ;p
Yikes!
Don't remove it from the panel without disabling it first! That was a little annoying. I removed it from the panel, but the behavior was still there.
I found "Workplace Switcher" and put it back in the bottom panel, and adjusted the number of screens to 2x2, and then 1x1, and I'll leave it there for a while. All of the help screens just say to right-click on the icon, without mentioning what to do if the icon isn't there.
The problem is really the touchpad. What I consider a mouse movement is accepted as a scroll, not just inside the scrollbar area at the side of the touchpad. I need to investigate the touchpad settings.
The screen switching could be downright handy on my next laptop, and old one that no one loves in Windows. Mayeb it will be decent with Ubuntu. If I shine it up, people will think it's a Netbook, with it's tiny screen.
Don't remove it from the panel without disabling it first! That was a little annoying. I removed it from the panel, but the behavior was still there.
I found "Workplace Switcher" and put it back in the bottom panel, and adjusted the number of screens to 2x2, and then 1x1, and I'll leave it there for a while. All of the help screens just say to right-click on the icon, without mentioning what to do if the icon isn't there.
The problem is really the touchpad. What I consider a mouse movement is accepted as a scroll, not just inside the scrollbar area at the side of the touchpad. I need to investigate the touchpad settings.
The screen switching could be downright handy on my next laptop, and old one that no one loves in Windows. Mayeb it will be decent with Ubuntu. If I shine it up, people will think it's a Netbook, with it's tiny screen.
I upgraded from 8.10 and could not resolve a video problem on my Dell 700m (Intel 855gm video). The desktop would only come up with a 1 inch black bar down each side of the display and i couldn't change it to use the full screen.
If I booted from a live 9.04 CD, the screen would display a normal full image.
Any one else experience this??
If I booted from a live 9.04 CD, the screen would display a normal full image.
Any one else experience this??
Mandriva 2009.1 LiveCD finds everything on my notebook but shows standard aspect ration instead of my LCD's widescreen.
The installed Mandriva 2008.1 uses the full LCD space though so I'm guessing 2009.1 will also if installed.
The installed Mandriva 2008.1 uses the full LCD space though so I'm guessing 2009.1 will also if installed.
Generally, I solve most of these minor issues by performing a normal Ubuntu installation and then install the "Ubuntu Restricted Extras" package. It takes care of all the codecs and flash support.
I was very excited when I read all the reviews here but I gotta say I am very disappointed. I went back to 8.04. I think I will wait for the next TLS.
Make sure you do a clean install and format a fresh ext4 partition, not ext3. Yes, clean install. Windows 7 works fine on an upgrade, Ubuntu not quite. I noticed when I upgraded then converted to ext4 it booted slower vs a fresh install.
If I have to wipe my drive every time I go to the next higher level I will never upgrade. It is entirely to labor intensive to manually move data off and back on. I realize that things happen and sometimes it is necessary to restore after a failed upgrade but to know you are going to have to transfer and customize with each new load. Sorry that is not acceptable.
after the upgrade.
Any particular points, or just a general "sluggishness"?
I ask, because my experience on 3 machines so far is that the upgrade seems faster to load programs and open windows. Boot times seem about the same to me.
Any particular points, or just a general "sluggishness"?
I ask, because my experience on 3 machines so far is that the upgrade seems faster to load programs and open windows. Boot times seem about the same to me.
X something or other but it was eating up 80 - 100 percent of my CPU. Xorg I think. I did some Googling and all I could come up with was the video driver was maybe the wrong version... maybe. Problem is the video driver was fine in 8.04. I tried to find an updated version of the driver but to no avail. It was just too much like work when I had a perfectly functional system before the "upgrade".
runs the graphics system and if the video driver isn't working right it will require a lot more cpu work to get the screen right. As the system will then be doing work it normally shoves off to the graphics card processor.
are preferable, as upgrades aren't perfect in removing cruft and other such artifacts from an old install, which can all lead to undesired side-effects. However, if you have your data on a partition separate from the root partition, then you'll technically never need to transfer your data anywhere for reinstalls, as you can choose to just reinstall on the root partition (and /not/ format your data partitions). It's always good to have a backup of your data regardless.
and can actually degrade performance on some machines (but it shouldn't).
But your advice on not converting an existing data partition is sound. Much like converting fat32 to NTFS... it should just work, but it never seems "quite right".
While a *nix beta may be "stable", its still beta and data loss is a real possibility.
But your advice on not converting an existing data partition is sound. Much like converting fat32 to NTFS... it should just work, but it never seems "quite right".
While a *nix beta may be "stable", its still beta and data loss is a real possibility.
1st issue: Ever since 8.14, Ubuntu refuses to recognize my USB keyboard -- but only at the start-up menu just after GRUB, where you choose language, then various CD options. To have access to those options, I need to connect a PS/2 keyboard. Once a system is installed however, or the live-CD loads, my USB keyboard works fine. (It is a nine year-old Coppermine system with the old VIA chipset. But, older versions of Ubuntu had no problem with that mobo.) 9.04 has not corrected this and it doesn't seem likely future versions will either.
2nd (more important) issue: The default CD's GUI setup does not have an Advanced Setup option. One problem this could address, for instance: I use the same hardware to boot into XP. My BIOS does not support UTC -- at least there's no option to flag it as such. XP assumes that my system clock is set to local time. Ubuntu assumes that the system clock is set to UTC. After installing Ubuntu using the default CD's GUI setup, I have to manually edit a config file to tell Ubuntu that my system clock is not set to UTC. Otherwise, it resets my clock to UTC and screws up XP. Which is weird since Ubuntu displays the time correctly on the desktop on first boot-up! (Until I reboot, that is.) An Advanced Setup would/should include this option. The UTC/LOCAL option is included in the text-based Alternate CD setup however.
It would also be nice to deselect certain packages I don't want to install in an Advanced Setup. It would shorten the install time plus negate the need to uninstall these packages later. I don't believe that there was an option to select or deselect packages in the Alternate CD either.
The Alternate CD lets you set up the network manually, (as I don't use DHCP), the GUI setup does not. This excludes the ability to download and install optional packages during an Advanced Setup session -- if it had one. As noted before, I don't recall seeing the option to select/deselect packages in the Alternate CD. I'll have to run through it again to make sure.
When the Open Source alternatives to Flash and h/w drivers match the capabilities of their proprietary counterparts, I'll use them. Until then, I have no problem using Adobe's Flash, or ATI's video driver. They are free (no cost) and legal to use.
Other than that, 9.04 is okay.
2nd (more important) issue: The default CD's GUI setup does not have an Advanced Setup option. One problem this could address, for instance: I use the same hardware to boot into XP. My BIOS does not support UTC -- at least there's no option to flag it as such. XP assumes that my system clock is set to local time. Ubuntu assumes that the system clock is set to UTC. After installing Ubuntu using the default CD's GUI setup, I have to manually edit a config file to tell Ubuntu that my system clock is not set to UTC. Otherwise, it resets my clock to UTC and screws up XP. Which is weird since Ubuntu displays the time correctly on the desktop on first boot-up! (Until I reboot, that is.) An Advanced Setup would/should include this option. The UTC/LOCAL option is included in the text-based Alternate CD setup however.
It would also be nice to deselect certain packages I don't want to install in an Advanced Setup. It would shorten the install time plus negate the need to uninstall these packages later. I don't believe that there was an option to select or deselect packages in the Alternate CD either.
The Alternate CD lets you set up the network manually, (as I don't use DHCP), the GUI setup does not. This excludes the ability to download and install optional packages during an Advanced Setup session -- if it had one. As noted before, I don't recall seeing the option to select/deselect packages in the Alternate CD. I'll have to run through it again to make sure.
When the Open Source alternatives to Flash and h/w drivers match the capabilities of their proprietary counterparts, I'll use them. Until then, I have no problem using Adobe's Flash, or ATI's video driver. They are free (no cost) and legal to use.
Other than that, 9.04 is okay.
i have had the same problem with various distros. turns out, however, it was my KVM. are you using one? if so, that's most likely your problem.
I don't have a KVM installed. Two on-board USB 1.0 ports plus an add-on hi-speed USB 2.0 card. Connecting USB KB to either fails to be detected at this stage.
I'm thinking Canonical must have changed how they detect USB devices, legacy or not, at this stage.
No worries. When I run out of PS/2 KBs or this relic finally dies, my money will go towards a netbook and Remix. That should be fun.
I'm thinking Canonical must have changed how they detect USB devices, legacy or not, at this stage.
No worries. When I run out of PS/2 KBs or this relic finally dies, my money will go towards a netbook and Remix. That should be fun.
Long way to go to what?
1. The Windows dumbed down clone of the 1974 XEROX standard WIMP Workstation, or
2. A platform for developing a 21st century user interface.
I prefer the latter. I have a Linux enabled PS3 in my home network mix, especially for trying out the latest Cell chip conversational voice, laser pointer, and 3D interaction programs.
Hopefully all the good work Ubuntu is doing can take us back to the future before my eyes get to dim and my hands to stiff to use this oh so last century interface.
1. The Windows dumbed down clone of the 1974 XEROX standard WIMP Workstation, or
2. A platform for developing a 21st century user interface.
I prefer the latter. I have a Linux enabled PS3 in my home network mix, especially for trying out the latest Cell chip conversational voice, laser pointer, and 3D interaction programs.
Hopefully all the good work Ubuntu is doing can take us back to the future before my eyes get to dim and my hands to stiff to use this oh so last century interface.
From my little experience with Fedora, the DVD's installer is more flexible than Ubuntu's in that you can choose which packages to install or not install. I'm not sure to what degree you have control over this, as I'm sure there's /some/ limit (i.e., you probably cannot opt out of installing certain base packages). But this installer is graphical, if that's your thing. I don't recall how closely this matches the CD-based installer, however.
They where one of the first to focus on desktops and usability. The Mandriva install wizard still blows away anything I've tried. I even fake it through to the partition manager just to prep a drive before booting from whatever distro I'm actually installing. It tends towards better hardware support than Ubuntu and the draketools "control panel" utilities are hard to live without once you've seen them.
Just adding on to the list. Suse or Mandriva would be worth looking at beside Fedora. Ubuntu isn't for everyone though it continues to develop in some very nice ways.
Just adding on to the list. Suse or Mandriva would be worth looking at beside Fedora. Ubuntu isn't for everyone though it continues to develop in some very nice ways.
Dial up support has been dropped. there are two sentences
of info on how to add it back, which I have not figured out yet. Get xyz from a system with internet support and install it in 9.04
of info on how to add it back, which I have not figured out yet. Get xyz from a system with internet support and install it in 9.04
I was relatively happy with 8.04 and 8.10. The former gave me problems with the wireless adapter in my laptop. Wicd stiched that glitch, and 8.10 fixed that. The latter experience gave me the confidence to give 9.04 a try. The good side from that experience is, the speed is noticeable. The other side of that is, the touch pad (Elantech) in my laptop stopped working. I have scoured the web how to fix this. May be the fix is already out there... For now, I use my wireless USB mouse.
I cannot find the high ground to complain, considering that Ubuntu is free - a very decent representative why FOSS is a very much doable alternative for those who cannot afford proprietary software. And since upgrading or downgrading, even trying out a distro is a free choice, all I can wish for is for the hardworking folks behind Ubuntu to find a way to fix this glitch.
The desktops under my watch were quite "happy" with 8.04. And now with 8.10, so far so good. Though these machines will have to wait for the next LTS
I cannot find the high ground to complain, considering that Ubuntu is free - a very decent representative why FOSS is a very much doable alternative for those who cannot afford proprietary software. And since upgrading or downgrading, even trying out a distro is a free choice, all I can wish for is for the hardworking folks behind Ubuntu to find a way to fix this glitch.
The desktops under my watch were quite "happy" with 8.04. And now with 8.10, so far so good. Though these machines will have to wait for the next LTS
I enjoyed your article! But Ubuntu offspring OS's that has ArtistX,DreamLinux is 2 od the 3 I use and there now bad,it fact their Great! except the connection to my printers--the other I installed was Knoppix DVD-I know a lot of web sites state its for CD use only & don't install, well I did-it did take 3 days of trial/error to satisfy myself and stop using its default install menu-use Knoppix from the DVD and its using a different partition-sorry at this time forgot its title, but its not ext3/4-just wanted to speak my thoughts, I am very new to Linux and made iso and installed alot of Linux OS, but found these 3 to my liking. Thanks for listening/reading. DavidSr-dhigginbotham_sr@sbcglobal.net
There are several issues with 9.04 and Intel video chipsets, which are used by many laptops and low-end desktops. You missed out on all the fun because your test system is using an NVidia card. Do a search of the Ubuntu forums and you'll see.
Yes, very good so far.
I love it, but Compiz still blows!
Needs a lot of work to be stable.
Plainly, its Dangerous!
I installed eeebuntu onto my eeepc 900,
which is really 8.10.
Also, ran the upgrade to 9.04
Started playing with compiz addons.
The paint fire one is to blame.
Black boxes then black screen.
Couldnt see to do anything.
Had to go by feel just to shut the pc down.
Total brick!
Could resolve it in terminal mode either.
The corruption is deep.
Had to go through the whole install process again.
Hint for flash SSD users -
DO NOT use any FS other than ext2 non journaling.
Previously i had tried ext3 with journaling.
The journal keeps getting written to the same sectors.
An install or two is enough
to exceed your 10K write limit.
I ruin my SSD, had to be replaced.
Not to much hurt @ 40$.
This ought to be well warned
in any SSD type install.
Other wise, alls very well with it.
I love it, but Compiz still blows!
Needs a lot of work to be stable.
Plainly, its Dangerous!
I installed eeebuntu onto my eeepc 900,
which is really 8.10.
Also, ran the upgrade to 9.04
Started playing with compiz addons.
The paint fire one is to blame.
Black boxes then black screen.
Couldnt see to do anything.
Had to go by feel just to shut the pc down.
Total brick!
Could resolve it in terminal mode either.
The corruption is deep.
Had to go through the whole install process again.
Hint for flash SSD users -
DO NOT use any FS other than ext2 non journaling.
Previously i had tried ext3 with journaling.
The journal keeps getting written to the same sectors.
An install or two is enough
to exceed your 10K write limit.
I ruin my SSD, had to be replaced.
Not to much hurt @ 40$.
This ought to be well warned
in any SSD type install.
Other wise, alls very well with it.
I don't like KDE 4 as it gives me all of the things I disliked in Gnome, the few things I don't like in KDE, all the things I don't like in Vista, and none of the things that made the earlier versions of KDE so damn good.
why finance software????? are all linux users accountants?
Problem with the ypdate of GNS3, if does not open saved projects!!!!!
But so far i am happy with it.
Problem with the ypdate of GNS3, if does not open saved projects!!!!!
But so far i am happy with it.
I think it is great, but i am having problems to run DVD movies on it. Also my Linksys Wireless N and sound card does not have same Performance as on windows. besides that it is very cool system. i am using Ubuntu 9.04 64bit.
Being in a patent-irational country, you'll need to make your own personal decision regarding DVD support. You can look at LinDVD produced by the folks behind WinDVD. You can also look at the Ubuntu equivalent of the debian-multimedia.org repository.
I'd expect wireless N to be solid but that does depend on what wifi NIC you have.
Sound, I have to look into tuning further myself. I don't expect full 5.1 sound support but I do expect things like the Xwindows startup sound to play cleanly. Currently it distorts though the rest of the X sound theme runs clean. (it's a distro thing as my other distros don't have that same issue).
I'd expect wireless N to be solid but that does depend on what wifi NIC you have.
Sound, I have to look into tuning further myself. I don't expect full 5.1 sound support but I do expect things like the Xwindows startup sound to play cleanly. Currently it distorts though the rest of the X sound theme runs clean. (it's a distro thing as my other distros don't have that same issue).
at CLI run "sudo apt-get install vlc"
Then there is a program you can search for (add and remove programs), its called Envy... watch out though there is also EnvyNG. The one you want is for sound cards, basically it will go out and find all the sound card drivers available for your system and show you what will work and what is recommended... and it will install it for you... might require a reboot... EnvyNG is for your graphics drivers, two strong and sweet programs! Good luck.
Then there is a program you can search for (add and remove programs), its called Envy... watch out though there is also EnvyNG. The one you want is for sound cards, basically it will go out and find all the sound card drivers available for your system and show you what will work and what is recommended... and it will install it for you... might require a reboot... EnvyNG is for your graphics drivers, two strong and sweet programs! Good luck.
I even keep portableVLC on flashdrive so I have it handy. I have had it drop out of DVD on *nix systems though due to the distribution included codec cutting out after the preview length. The user may still find that libdvdcss or similar is required.
At that point it becomes a legal grey area. If I have the license to watch DVD as provided through my graphics board's included codec, can that license extend to playing DVD format through other platforms. In essance, if I baught Windows hardware drivers including permission for the DVD decoder, why can't I use an alternative DVD decoder on other platforms? Vendor still gets the license fee and both my systems are not running at the same time. (I've been curious about that but I'm sure the legal jargon forbids it somehow).
For sould, Alsa is the default for my last distro install. A quick alsaconf went out and grabbed the required driver for my soundcard, configured the kernel module loading and asked me to have a nice day. I'm guessing Envy is similar.
At that point it becomes a legal grey area. If I have the license to watch DVD as provided through my graphics board's included codec, can that license extend to playing DVD format through other platforms. In essance, if I baught Windows hardware drivers including permission for the DVD decoder, why can't I use an alternative DVD decoder on other platforms? Vendor still gets the license fee and both my systems are not running at the same time. (I've been curious about that but I'm sure the legal jargon forbids it somehow).
For sould, Alsa is the default for my last distro install. A quick alsaconf went out and grabbed the required driver for my soundcard, configured the kernel module loading and asked me to have a nice day.
I'm guessing Envy is similar.
Windows? VLC is my main player for Linux, just cause I have never had an issue yet (knock on wood). But for M$ I recently changed over to KMplayer, really sweet program, "its like a mix of VLC and Win Amp" (quoting a friend). It streams video over the net really really well, I would say 10x's better than VLC!
I tried to go through the legal crap at one point, and I got to the point where it was just a waist of time... I figure if I have the license to watch the DVD then thats all that really matters to me...
Envy versions run in GUI.. I like to run between GUI and CLI... what ever is the easiest! but Im going to check out alsaconf when I get home from work... I have never had an issue with sound, but a solution before the problem is always nice! Thanks for the tip
I tried to go through the legal crap at one point, and I got to the point where it was just a waist of time... I figure if I have the license to watch the DVD then thats all that really matters to me...
Envy versions run in GUI.. I like to run between GUI and CLI... what ever is the easiest! but Im going to check out alsaconf when I get home from work... I have never had an issue with sound, but a solution before the problem is always nice! Thanks for the tip
I did a Lenny workstation install last week and squashed any issues in five minutes or less.
Sound covered by the default alsa package and "alsaconf" to setup the kernel module. alsamixer and alsamixergui do the work after that.
Wireless was handled cleanly by firmware-iwlwifi and fwcutter packages. fwcutter did the config steps including setup and driver download.
I thought Mandriva had the cleanest setup but this has been downright painless. Now to see if it's just the honeymoon period with a new distro or not.
Sound covered by the default alsa package and "alsaconf" to setup the kernel module. alsamixer and alsamixergui do the work after that.
Wireless was handled cleanly by firmware-iwlwifi and fwcutter packages. fwcutter did the config steps including setup and driver download.
I thought Mandriva had the cleanest setup but this has been downright painless. Now to see if it's just the honeymoon period with a new distro or not.
System->Administration->software sources->add
enter:
http://packages.medibuntu.org/jaunty free non-free
click add source
close
insert DVD and let Ubuntu find the codex you need along with the appropriate programs to play them with Mplayer or Totem.
enter:
http://packages.medibuntu.org/jaunty free non-free
click add source
close
insert DVD and let Ubuntu find the codex you need along with the appropriate programs to play them with Mplayer or Totem.
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