Ubuntu 6.06

Oracle

I'm enjoying the new Ubuntu 6.06, so far it's great to use; email and internet works "out of the box" with automatic software updates too, it's impressive. I think the Ubuntu theme looks slick and sophisticated as well.

DonkeyStyle \o/

I'm using the same version... very much a step in the right direction usability-wise IMO... but like every version of linux I've ever played with, I still have to get down and dirty with the terminal... reading how-to's and typing in lots of never-before-seen commands.
But it's all good as long as I'm learning something.

Have to agree though, it's the most usefull out-of-the-box distro I've come across (unless you count BeOS, which I'm sure we won't since it's not linux afaik)... and that's the important part to me... I'd like a basic level of functionality before I start learning the more advanced stuff.
So many times I've had to fart around getting hardware working when I haven't a bog what's going on.

generalmiaow

I know a load of people in the linux world are sick of hearing about ubuntu, but I can't praise it enough. Ubuntu got me into linux and though I've installed everything from xbox-linux to slackware since then with varying degrees of success, I keep coming back to ubuntu for my laptop because it just works. I keep wishing I could see it in more places.

Khannie

I'm another ubuntu fan. I run it on my main desktop at home, HTPC (myth-tv-licious) and my work PC. I like that stuff mostly just works too. That and all the usual advantages of linux.

thebman

Yeah I tried Linux on and off for years. Ubuntu is the only distro I've used in two years because it's the only one I've found that after you install it, it feels like you've actually installed an OS. Most of the others lacked usability (constant terminal use) or crashed frequently.

I've only used the terminal once or twice so far and there were perfect howto's online for them. One was the ATI drivers for my graphics card and another for my modem (which turned out not to be needed if I had found the official website quicker).

I'd recommend Ubuntu to anyone and everyone.

thund3rbird_

just finished installing it on an old (450 PIII / 576 RAM) desktop - install went without a hitch.
all my hardware installed no problem.

seems to be running quite fast as well compared to the win os that was on the drive previous to formatting it

had tried the live cd version first and was impressed

not my first try of ubuntu, tried live cd's before (4 & 5) , but this is the first time I've installed.

looking forward to trying it for real

Oracle

Even Bill Clinton's a Ubuntu fan: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5388182.stm

Capt'n Midnight

Oracle wrote:

Even Bill Clinton's a Ubuntu fan:

but it won't go down on him ?

Idgeitman

got my Ubuntu in the post today, 5 copys of the disk and a bunch of stickers all for free

So far i've been using the live version and think its great,

*slaps an Ubuntu sticker onto his laptop*


~ idgeitman

Fenster

I tried it on my Macbook and was mostly pleasently suprised. There's a few things I don't like (such as their network applet), but its okay in the main.

ntlbell

Fenster wrote:

I tried it on my Macbook and was mostly pleasently suprised. There's a few things I don't like (such as their network applet), but its okay in the main.

Change it then.

it's not "ubuntu's" network applet, it's more than likley gnome's or whatever desktop enviroment YOU have chosen to use.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Yeah that's one thing I really like about Linux... though it's a complete pain in the arse to get used to (IMO) the level of control I have gives me a boner. (even if I'm not quite sure how to use it yet)

Bonzodog

Just in case people aren't aware, there is an Ubuntuforum community at:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

I am an integral part of the Ubuntu community itselfand I also help admin and maintain this doc wiki for Ubuntu - it's basically an archive of the forum how-to's etc:
The Ubuntu Document Storage Facility

hk797

Bonzodog wrote:

I am an integral part of the Ubuntu community itselfand I also help admin and maintain this doc wiki for Ubuntu

Bonzodog welcome aboard - good to see you on here - a quick Q for you - been getting newbies to use easy ubuntu and automatix depending on their needs with last couple of releases - will I need to continue doing so with 6.10 when it releases later this month or will it have better integrated automated GUI installation scripts?

Capt'n Midnight

two questions
firefox bombs out on pages with multimedia - I'm guessing it's plugins - how do I remove them ?

WPA - i've tried to get apt-get install wpagui ( terminal - wpa_giu to run )
and tired editing wpa_supplicant with and without comenting out all the interfaces apart from lo

Khannie

hk797 wrote:

been getting newbies to use easy ubuntu and automatix depending on their needs with last couple of releases - will I need to continue doing so with 6.10 when it releases later this month or will it have better integrated automated GUI installation scripts?

Ubuntu definitely wont ship with all the things that Automatix and easy ubuntu do for you (in particular, the w32 codecs can't get shipped with a linux distro). At a guess, I'd say they wont ship with 3rd party closed source software either (like skype, or flash plugin).

I agree though, that it would be really nice to have more stuff automated.

hk797

Khannie wrote:

Ubuntu definitely wont ship with all the things that Automatix and easy ubuntu do for you (in particular, the w32 codecs can't get shipped with a linux distro). At a guess, I'd say they wont ship with 3rd party closed source software either (like skype, or flash plugin).

I agree though, that it would be really nice to have more stuff automated.

Agreed Khannie - hoping that Flash Player 9 beta makes it

thebman

Agreed but VLC contains most of the codecs you need anyway.

declan_lgs

hk797 wrote:

Agreed Khannie - hoping that Flash Player 9 beta makes it

heh, that's not very likely given that Adobe's Flash Player ****s in the face of the ubuntu philosophy.
http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/philosophy

(I'd say it's impossible except after seeing things like this I can't help but trudge along with a little bit of doubt in 'em)

hk797

Hey Declan,

That winking smilie at the end was meant as a joke.

Agreed wishful thinking if Adobe went open but not holding my breath waiting for it to happen.

declan_lgs

hk797 wrote:

Hey Declan,

That winking smilie at the end was meant as a joke.

Agreed wishful thinking if Adobe went open but not holding my breath waiting for it to happen.

Ah, heh.

Give gnash a year and it just might be the best flash player ever.

Khannie

Edgy (6.10) is out this week.

Capt'n Midnight

Khannie wrote:

Edgy (6.10) is out this week.

what's the best way to upgrade ?
download CD and install over the top
apt-get
aptitude
synaptic package manage - can it upgrade all packages at once ?

Oracle

There's some details on how to upgrade here: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/EdgyReleaseCandidate

Blowfish

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

what's the best way to upgrade ?
download CD and install over the top
apt-get
aptitude
synaptic package manage - can it upgrade all packages at once ?

apt-get dist-upgrade is for upgrading the whole distro at once. I havent done it on ubuntu so don't know if they do it that way.

AndrewMc

Blowfish wrote:

apt-get dist-upgrade is for upgrading the whole distro at once. I havent done it on ubuntu so don't know if they do it that way.

You could do it that way, as that's how it's meant to be done with a Debian-based distribution. However, you're possibly better-off using the Ubuntu update-manager instead, since I think that does a certain amount of other clean-up work afterwords, too. It certainly seemed to when I went for Breezy to Dapper, but I didn't pay too much attention to be honest.

Khannie

Yeah, upgrade manager ftw. I did two upgrades to 6.06, one with apt-get and one with upgrade manager. One was easier.

hk797

Khannie wrote:

Yeah, upgrade manager ftw. I did two upgrades to 6.06, one with apt-get and one with upgrade manager. One was easier.

Second what Khannie recommends.

Older and wiser ... well older :rolleyes:

Capt'n Midnight

how to install FireFox 2.0 http://everythingelse.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/howto-install-firefox-20-bon-echo-in-ubuntu/
you download a script and then run it - always have a quick look at the script to see what it does.

MarkR

6.10 has just been released.

To Get Ubuntu 6.10

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Download Ubuntu 6.10 here:

Europe:
http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/
http://nl2.releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/

United Kingdom and the rest of the world:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/

Another useful site is http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/
Doesn't support edge yet, but I'm sure it will do soon.