[hllug] Linux Imigration and Ubuntu 9.04 revisited

Both of my son's home computers, a desktop and a Dell Laptop, were running
badly so I had an opportunity to do some work them. The desktop just needed
some hard drive housekeeping, defraging, and a little ram. I also installed
a faster cpu as I replaced the 1.6Ghz CPU with a 2.8KHz Athlon XP left over
from from my recent desktop upgrade. The laptop needed a new and bigger
hard drive and a reinstall of Windows to get it performing like new again.

My son has also become interested in migrating from Windows to Linux so I
had the opportunity to install Ubuntu on both the desktop and laptop. The
desktop had a dual boot setup with Windows XP Professional and Fedora Core
3 prior to the replacement of Fedora with Ubuntu 8.10. The laptop never had
Linux installed and now has Windows XP Home and Ubuntu 9.04 installed. The
original hard disk (30GB) was replaced with a 160GB drive and partitioned
for: 80GB for Windows, 30GB vfat share, 12GB Ubuntu '/', 30GB '/home', and
1GB swap.

Installing Ubuntu 9.04 on the Dell Inspiron 5160 was a painless  experience
and it runs perfectly! The video card in the laptop does not support the
video effects feature which was a disappoint for my son, but I was able to
find a nVidia replacement card for the laptop on Ebay for $12.99 which
should support the advanced video features. I should receive the nVidia
card by the end of the week.

The two previous installs of Ubuntu 8.10 on the USB flash pen or stick
devices have both died a rather sudden death. In both cases the file system
 become corrupted and in one case was unrepairable. I will need to look
into the cause of the failure and try again at a later date.

-- 
Lee Parmeter
http://www.bubbasgeek.com

"When it comes to Vista: just say NO! If you're not ready for Linux, buy a
MAC!" - Lee Parmeter
"God is not a republican or a democrat nor is His government a democracy!"
- Lee Parmeter
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