On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Ramnarayan.K <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Friends,
I think, you should have started a new thread... > > Thanks for the many replies on Ubuntu 10.04 , they were mostly lucid ;-) > > Seems like its been a good ride so far, no major issues, which is really good. > > Am guessing as soon as i can get hold of a copy. > > Which brings me to the second question (below) > > My 9.10 occupies about 12 Gig of space (and lots is available) > > /dev/sda7 22G 12G 8.3G 59% / > > I know from experience from 9.10 that is overloaded with multiple > programmes for everything. (since i installed the Ultimate Version) > the good thing was everything worked out of the box (specially media > codecs). The disadvantage obviously too many things meaning a lot more > updates. > > Am not convinced that the default Ubuntu available for download is a > good option - it requires too much tweaking and setting up to many > things - esp if one has to do it in more that 1 machine. ( i will end > up upgrading Ubuntu on 6 machines all in different physical locations > none of who have any decent internet) So the requirement is clear - > find a distro that is basically packed full of stuff and then do the > needful systematically on the individual machines. I have a suggestion, instead of installing Ubuntu Ultimate, just install a live Ubuntu and do all the tweaking, installing stuff, and so on... Once you are done, install an app called "remastersys" and create a remaster CD, which basically creates your system clone, there are some more options too... If you install on other systems, there you go... a Ultimate Ubutnu without unnecessary packages > > Jobs included in the individual machines are > 1. Localizing fonts (copy fonts to a /home/foouser/.fonts directory > 2. Setting up local language keyboard and multiple language options > 3. Setting up 2 or 3 different internet access methods (making sure > they work - like the Network Manager in 9.10 works for some and does > not for others) some of which need a wvdial.conf script > 4. Setting up Google earth / skype ?? > 6. Setting up offline dictionaries (and artha) > 7. Installing programmes that Ubuntu has dropped (gimp, gthumb, > scribus etc) and many others that never ever come by default (marble, > nut-nutrition, > and some more that i cannot remember right now > 8. Setting up virtual box > 9. There are a whole lot of system tweaks - setting up autoback up in > openoffice (for example) eyc You can create a python script to do all the following, I think you can spend less time to code than install... If you find hard to program you can ask some one in community for help, may be I could accept too... :P > > I guess you get the picture , so each machine takes a fair bit of time > and since this is voluntary work (i enjoy seeing the latest and the > bestest running and then see people get happy to have a new version to > enjoy) but it is still a pain in the your know where, jst sitting > around waiting for each machine to. > > Am thinking this time i will just do a system upgrade and then check > for broken packages and then redo those. So am waiting to get my hands > on the latest full 7-8 DVD repos. (see question below) > > and since its LTS i guess it will be stable for some time. > >> Second Question >> >> are there folks selling 10.04 DVD's and the repository If so who has them >> >> and related to this - is it worth waiting a month before installing 10.04 - >> seems like there is always stuff that works better after a month of >> corrections Depends, if you are a normal user, just proceed... If you are a power user, you can wait... I guess you know answer yourself... >> > *** > > So again look forward to your thoughts and of course where i could get > the dvd repos. > > regards > ram > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
