Yesterday I tried a clean 10.04 installation and had some odd results.
The installation was easy and smooth. The sound varied with the media player used. Totem's volume was loud but started with a few clicks before getting going, but with Mplayer & SMplayer the volume was low. VLC was the same as Totem. To get video and sound in Firefox, Abode flash was the only plugin that worked, the opensource ones didn't work. At first I installed the Abode flash plugin and it didn't work as it was the 32bit version, then I removed it and installed the 64bit version which then did work fine. What I did find most odd was that any programme installation went _very_ slow, it would work a little faster using the command line but still was very slow. Of course my Canon printer didn't work as 'libcupsys2' has been replaced by 'libcups2' and it not easy to add libcupsys2. The HP laser printer worked OK as it was in the default list with I think has been taken verbatim from Linux org. I did changed the Theme and back-grounds with no problem. The graphic default driver for 3D graphics was on old version. The boot up was no faster than my Customized 9.04. I got the general impression that 10.04 is going commercial and chasing the Windows user. It looks nice and generally works out of the box but it is not easy to change things if you don't want the plan vanilla version. I now fully understand now. why some guys are switch to other distros with better tweaking abilities. So I zapped it off my HD partition and installed my customized 9.04 again, which has: Kernel 2.6.33, Nvidia driver 64-195.36.24, Firefox 3.6.5 OpenOffice 3.2 (build 9483) and All my other programs which are the latest versions.(done Manually). I am now a happy Penguin with a faster all round operating system. As my benchmarks show. Paul Anton Xuereb wrote: > Powerpill ftw :p > > only 2 problems persist. Video still flickers when I move video > windows and sound is exactly as i want it to be. Miles better than > ubuntu though. Also my cpus are running like the great silicon crusher > of silicon valley is running after them! > > On 05/02/2010 03:55 PM, Jean Azzopardi wrote: >> Amen, bro. >> pacman -Syu :P >> >> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Anton Xuereb <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> And it's gone! >> >> couldn't take it anymore, backed up and formatted, back to arch >> >> >> On 2 May 2010 12:07, Anton Xuereb <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I'm backing up before i blow a fuse and throw everything out >> of the window.. >> >> >> On 2 May 2010 12:15, Daniel <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Everything worked fine especially for me, being just a >> simple user. What I admired most was the clean >> installation of AWN. >> >> Daniel >> >> >> On il-?add, 02 ta Mej, 2010 08:52 , Ramon Casha wrote: >>> I did an upgrade (Kubuntu) and everything worked without >>> a hitch. >>> >>> >>> Ramon Casha >>> >>> >>> On 1 May 2010 22:26, Anton Xuereb <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I'm pining for arch atm... >>> >>> dont have the guts to waste time on it with pure >>> maths coming up :/ >>> >>> On 05/01/2010 10:18 PM, Jean Azzopardi wrote: >>> > Ditch it and get Windows 7. >>> > >>> > Oh, wait. I mean Arch Linux :P >>> > Srsly, I doubt ext4 regression would give you all >>> that problem. My >>> > best guess is that some stuff didn't get updated >>> while some did. My >>> > dad got the same problem when he upgraded to >>> Karmic. While everything >>> > upgraded, the graphics drivers didn't, and I had >>> to do some fishing >>> > around. >>> > >>> > I'd recommend a fresh installation. Or Windows 7. >>> (incidentally, I've >>> > been getting 1 BSOD a month :|) >>> > >>> > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Anton >>> Xuereb<[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> AHHHH Kill me, 10.04 is seriously touching the >>> bottom for me. >>> >> >>> >> No splash screen on boot (got a corrupted one the >>> first boot, black screen >>> >> since then) >>> >> Alt+tab is really slow, freezing video running >>> while it does it. >>> >> Video flickers when changing volume using >>> keyboard media keys. >>> >> Disk performance is much worse, opening nautilus >>> takes a good 5 seconds. >>> >> >>> >> Re-installed video driver, changed nothing. >>> >> Ext4 regression seems to be quite bad. >>> >> >>> >> Any help or ideas before i chuck everything out >>> of the window ? Cos im on >>> >> the brink of madness :/ >>> >> >>> >> M >>> >> >>> >> On 05/01/2010 12:55 PM, Andrew Cilia wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi Joseph, >>> >> I can't say that I got much out of the upgrade. >>> So, at this point in >>> >> your thesis, why bother? >>> >> >>> >> If it ain't broke, don't fix it. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Sat, 2010-05-01 at 02:55 +0100, >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> I'm writing my thesis, using Sun's OpenOffice >>> 3.2. I had to remove the >>> >> default OO 3.1 in 9.04 as it had bug which wasn't >>> allowing me to add >>> >> notes to documents. I followed the instructions in >>> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1404156 >>> to install... install >>> >> is OK and I have the functionality I need... >>> >> >>> >> Did anyone find any problems upgrading in this >>> scenario? I can't risk >>> >> losing lots of work and time finding out that >>> OOO.3.2 is broken after I >>> >> upgrade to 10.04 >>> >> >>> >> Cheers >>> >> >>> >> Joseph >>> >> >>> >> On 30/4/2010, "Anton >>> Xuereb"<[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> The release notes are somewhat bitter sweet, >>> seems like they released a >>> >>> whole load of bugs.. >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004 >>> >>> >>> >>> On 04/30/2010 01:59 PM, Andrew Cilia wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I had no probs in upgrading. VMWARE patched and >>> now fine, VPN's fine, >>> >>>> gnome fine, evolution still crashing. All >>> normal. Seeing that nothing >>> >>>> feels that much different is all the more >>> reason for me to look at the >>> >>>> release notes and see what I got myself into I >>> suppose. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 02:13 +0200, Anton Xuereb >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>>>> ok 10.04 first impressions.. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> i want my 9.10 back! >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> now! >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> On 30 April 2010 00:04, Anton >>> Xuereb<[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>>>> <mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> upgrade process changes them again...changing >>> them manually worked >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> On 29 April 2010 23:26, Rodrick >>> Borg<[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>>>> <mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> I dunno if I understood you problem exactly >>> but to change the >>> >>>>> download server: >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> go to Systems -> Administration _> Software >>> Sources >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Then change download from to a new mirror... >>> (You can click >>> >>>>> Other -> Select Best Server) >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Anton Xuereb >>> >>>>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Hey guys, >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Im trying to do a dist-upgrade to teh latest >>> ubuntu >>> >>>>> version, unfortunately the automatic updater >>> >>>>> (update-manager) changes the sources.list file >>> to point >>> >>>>> to the central ubuntu mirror which as you can >>> guess atm, >>> >>>>> is slower than watching paint dry. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Is there some way of forcing it to use a >>> different mirror >>> >>>>> for the upgrade ? 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