I BitTorrented both Ubuntu and Kubuntu in about 8 mins per ISO. =) On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Theresa Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: > I was surprised -- I tried downloading it from the US around 7am this > morning, and had no problems at all (64-bit version). > > Installed it in a virtual box, the install started at 8:26am, was > completed by 8:34am, and I had the Virtual Box Guest Additions > installed, and the system fully operational, by 8:37am. NOTE: you no > longer need to do any software installations before installing the Guest > Additions (used to be, you had to install at least build-essentials > first). > > But by then, it was close to 9:00am, and when I tried to install other > software apps, it was slooooooooooow (as in, Ubuntu restricted extras > started installing at 8:48, finished at 9:27). So I just shut it down > for now, and will dink with it more later. > > Theresa > > > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 12:13 -0500, Mike B. wrote: >> I ended up downloading from Canada because the US was so slooooooooow. >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Theresa Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: >> > According to El Reg, both the GRUB2 problem and the XOrg problem are now >> > fixed. >> > >> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/29/ubuntu_10_04_bug_delay/ >> > >> > Theresa >> > >> > On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 16:57 -0500, Mike B. wrote: >> >> Phoronix had an article about how the release was going to be delayed >> >> because of, er, um, something or another. Oh, Grub2 problems >> >> displaying dual boot systems. And yesterday someone claimed there was >> >> a serious memory leak on the RC version that slowed 9.10 to a crawl >> >> after a day of uptime. >> >> >> >> I'm downloading it now, and will burn to CD before upgrading. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > It's officially out. Runs pretty nice, too: >> >> > >> >> > http://www.google.com/buzz/117156184869470243302/Uy8it7bGjk6/Just-installed-Ubuntu-Lucid-10-04-64-bit-1-on-a >> >> > >> >> > Regards, >> >> > - Robert >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >> >> > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >> >> > To post: [email protected] >> >> > To subscribe: [email protected] >> >> > To unsubscribe: [email protected] >> >> > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >> > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >> > To post: [email protected] >> > To subscribe: [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe: [email protected] >> > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >> > > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >
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