I installed 8.04 on my Virtual Box. But as it's too slow. So can't tasting it rightly. I am downloading Kubuntu Remix. Then I'll install it properly on my system. Can't wait to tasting. :-D
raihan hasnain wrote: > Long anticipated Ubuntu 8.04 was just released yesterday [April 24, 2008] > I should call me "lucky" as I am using it within 12 hours of the release. > > Lets discuss about our expectations and the actual experience here. > > The Live CD has a major change. It gives a direct installation option > which doesn't boot the whole usable OS, instead it just gives the GUI > ubuquity installer. > > Just a note when installing, remove the internet cable when > installing. [we live in Bangldesh]. > > My first experience after installation is "disappointment". My monitor > was detected as widescreen. My monitor's native resolution is > [EMAIL PROTECTED], but the highest resolution was 1280x960. By the way, I > use nVidia GF 7300LS > > The Hardware Driver (previously known as Restricted Drivers) showed > that there is a "new" nVidia driver and it is not in use. There is no > option to download or reinstall the new driver. Later I found that I > needed to update the repository to get that option! > > I tried to reconfigure the xserver. It stops reconfiguring after it > gets information about the keyboard. Then the resolution became > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Anyways, finally I could make it [EMAIL PROTECTED] (yes 50!) > > Another thing is, ubuntu's desktop stopped working 4 times. I don't > know exactly why. But it never happened before. > > Bluetooth Manager impressed me. This is the first time when I could > send and receive files from and to my mobile phone without any > problem. But my phone detects my computer as "gizmo's Mac Pro" (the > name I use on Mac OS X) instead of "gizmo-desktop-0". Weird! > > Font rendering, desktop visualization, start-up time is really impressive. > Application startup time seemed a bit slower. > > My internet speed got screwed up today, so couldn't do experiments on > other stuffs. > > Thats all for now, waiting for other user's experience. > > NOTE: My "PC" is comparatively old one. P4-2.8, 2G RAM. Using a > separate 30GB IDE hard drive for ubuntu. > > -- ubuntu-bd mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
