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Ubuntu day one.I've been using Kubuntu a while now. I was quite satisfied with it, but still I wanted to check out Ubuntu.The reasons for that are twofold:
Preparing Kubuntu had issues in installing codecs and some tools I need to make my machine a multimedia desktop. Another problem I had, was that when I installed OpenOffice 2.0 Final, it froze when saving - not much of a productivity tool then, huh? It was important for me to get at least theese two problems solved - the codecs and OOo 2.0 Final that could save files(!), so I searched the net for something that could help me and found EasyBreezy. It installs all the codecs I need, OOo 2.0 Final and all the multimedia tools I'd ever need. It can also install Bittorrent (which I did) and file sharing (emule and gnutella). I don't need file sharing. Installing I started installing about 19:30, and used the same partitons as I'd used for Kubuntu until now. I left the WinXP intact, so I could dual boot. I need Windows from time to time at work. The install worked flawlessly, and I logged into Gnome. Not bad - not bad at all. In the sys-tray a ticker told me that I needed to update some applications, so I did. It was very intuitive, and I started to believe that this distro could live on my laptop for a while. After updating, I went on to install and run EasyBreezy. That too ran OK and installed itself under "Applications -> System". Running it from there, I installed the options I wanted. It just worked. I was allmost done setting it up. Lacked two things only: Printer That one gave me no problems. The printer is attached to my wifes Windows computer - it's a HP pcs750. It was "Add new printer", telling it that I wanted to install a network printer on a windows machine. Then I'd add machine name (or IP), username and password. That was it! Looks To be honest, I think the default theme of Ubuntu is... how shall I say it?... well, ugly! Luckily Ubuntu comes with several different themes, so I just found one I liked and changed. Had to change the background picture too, and found one at NASA that I liked and use now. Now, there was one more thing. When using KDE I used Kate editor to program PHP, BASH and more. I like highlighting and sometimes I wor directly on the server. With Kate both is implemented in a good way. I'm still looking for a good replacement, but that'll come soon enough. I'll keep you updated. That was all - Really! Getting used to it Now I had a fully working OS with all wistles and bells - in two hours. It's time to get used to it. Noticing one problem, quite fast. I had problems connecting to the shares on my wifes computer. I'll look into that an come back with an update. I've found the applet, but I am having problems with the actual connection. Other than that? Nothing. It just work as far as I can see right now. I'll come back with an update in a day or two. |
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