Amen On 4 May 2010 09:59, paul morley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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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