Your "root" password is your user password. Simply type "sudo" followed by the command and enter your password. Rest assured, Ubuntu installs quite nicely on a fair number of machines. Quirky hardware can cause issues though, such as the old NForce board I had.
Dat be it, Mr O. --- toman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At some point a root > password got assigned, but not by me, so I have no idea what > it is. The > application install GUI was really primitive, maybe they're > expecting > users to be apt-get > conversant. It couldn't find a driver for my linksys wireless > card, > which older versions of Suse have. All in all, for a > distribution that's > working that "Linux for > everybody" angle it seemed like Linux for almost nobody. I > think if I > were to inflict a Debian variant on an unsuspecting newbie, it > would be > Knoppix or its > progeny, because it does such a good job of autoprobing > hardware, and > just works. Anyway, if my Ubuntu bashing wasn't enough to > disuade > folks, I have a few > that are free to good homes. > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
