[frgeek-michiana] Re: Installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- From: Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 22:07:40 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
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Mike
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>From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: May 3, 2010 8:41 PM
>To: FreeGeek Michiana <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
>
>1. Grub
>
>Over the weekend, I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on my test
>box at home which already has VL 6.x on the main drive. The Ubuntu
>installer recognized the OS and gave me the option of resizing
>partitions so it could create a separate partition for Ubuntu. That's
>what I did. I updated and upgraded the default install packages, and
>grub displayed a boot menu on the next reboot.
>
>2. Wireless/Wired
>
>Wireless doesn't work out of the box. I didn't expect it too in spite of
>claims that wireless networking has improved on Ubuntu. The OS seems to
>have found the D-Link USB wireless N adapter and the access point but
>can't connect the two. At least the lights blink on the adapter, a good
>sign. The wireless subsystem operates fine under VL 6.x so I know the
>equipment is good and the gui configuration on both distros is right.
>
>The wired network works flawlessly out of the box. Ubuntu sees the
>Windows network which is really a Slackware file server running Samba.
Wireless seems to always be the fly in the ointment. I think the technology
moves faster than the ability of the community to develop drivers and so few
manufacturers are cooperative.
>3. Network printing
>
>The desktop effectively hides what is happening in the background so I
>assume CUPS handles network printing. Our multi-function printer (MFP)
>has a network interface built in, and our laserjet does not. CUPS found
>the MFP on its own and installed drivers (I haven't tested them yet).
>After I indicated which host the laserjet is connected to and which
>driver to install, CUPS successfully configured the laser printer.
I was amazed it not only found my HP MFP on USB. it even set up scanning and
can see memory sticks when I plug them in. About the only thing it didn't set
up was the fax, but I don't think any fax software is in the default software
anyway. I haven't tried it over the network connection
>4. Window controls
>
>Whenever I attempt to use a window control, I first mouse to the right,
>see there are no controls, then mouse to the left to correct. Seems an
>arbitrary decision to have moved the controls.
I changed my theme to Clearlooks and the buttons are now in the correct and
morally right position (dirty godless commies, I'll teach you to move my
controls)
>5. Video/Sound
>
>Ubuntu chose 800x600 instead of 1024x768. The desktop gui utility fails
>to reconfigure X windows at 1024x768 so it can only be done manually. I
>think Mike pointed this out earlier.
It seems to depend on the graphics chip. Some work great, others end up using
vesa. So far on the systems I've installed installing the proprietary video
drivers seems to fix it.
>I downloaded an AVI format video and tried to play it with the default
>movie player. Ubuntu automatically asked me if I wanted to install
>restricted files. I said 'yes', and the package manager downloaded and
>installed the minimum files to play the video. The libraries also support
>mpg/mpeg videos.
I like the way it automatically downloads the correct driver. Very convenient.
>The sound subsystem is not working. Fr. Robert fixed Marc's sound by
>disabling the modem. The sound and modem chip are the same chip, a DSP.
>The modem software had grabbed the DSP and wouldn't let go.
>
>6. Responsiveness
>
>The test box has an MSI mainboard, 2 MB of DDR2 500 RAM, a Pentium 4/2.8
>GHz CPU and an 80 GB SATA drive. Any distro I would likely use should
>run well on this hardware, and Ubuntu runs fine as expected. OpenOffice
>doesn't leap to the screen, but opens comfortably.
>
>6. Overall
>
>After a month or two, I suspect 10.04 LTS will be fully functional and
>stable although my hopes are not high for wireless networking, always
>the fly in the ointment.
>
>
>Tom
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