Hello all. It seems to me that there are no repositories maintained for the gOS updates of the version that shipped with the Everex notebook that my niece purchased on my recommendation.
She's happy with the notebook, but in comparison with a straight Ubuntu Gnome setup, I'd have to say I find it lacking. 1) The desktop GUI windows look "frizzled" when they open and close. I assumed this was something to do with compositing being enabled, but I can find no way to correct the problem. Any information about this would be helpful. 2) There was no manual shipped with the computer and yet there were some BIG tripwires that we only avoided because I did my homework before doing any updates; the main tripwire, as you know, was that one should NOT do a system upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04. A good help manual should have shipped and the manual should put a big warning on the front page regarding this NO UPGRADE issue. 3) There are apparently no repositories in place for this edition of gOS. If I had known that, I would have recommended that she buy a cheap ASUS or a used HP and let me install Debian or Ubuntu. Every other Linux distribution that I've used recommends that, minimally, security updates be made every three weeks to avoid problems. Please advise: 1) Currently, we're using the update manager and the Ubuntu repositories to do regular updates, but not any upgrades. Is this safe? 2) I discovered that upgrading the kernel and then using the updated kernel will prevent the use of the internal wifi card, and I assume that this is because the proprietary driver for the wifi card needs to be compiled for the new kernel; is there a recommended way of doing this? 3) Please point me to some comprehensive guide on using the version of gOS that comes with the Everex laptop. 4) If gOS turns out to be unsatisfactory, is there a way to install straight Ubuntu instead? 5) Is it advisable for an advanced user like myself to switch to the Beta version? If so, then how? Thank you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
