Vanillalite
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About to grab it now. I'll post back in this thread once I'm up and running! 
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Guys, im new to Ubuntu, but it has worked flawlessly so far. However i get some troube when mounting one of my hard drives (ntfs) called "Reserva". It sometimes work, and other times it doesn't and i get a long error code, and after that i can no longer see it.
Any help? Thanks.
Any help? Thanks.
Suitcase Test
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I totally agreed, that was the same thing I thought when they first showed the screenshots. The website mockups were awesome, and the new theme's panel and icons are cool too, but those buttons and pulldown-menus are awful. A hideous shade of puke-brown or something.Doytch said:
I like the sandy brown for the menu highlights though.
What's the error code?SuperÑ said:
Vanillalite
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So I just completed my intall Wubi style. I downloaded the 64 bit via the torrent, and then ran Wubi. Smooth as usual. Only thing was the download speed for some of the added files at the end of the install were kinda slow as was the download for my ati driver. To be expected on release day though.
I must say I know they were pimp'n 9.10 to be sort of the Ubuntu is finally there version. Like it was just a refinement of 9.04, and it was suppose to be IDK "it". I never ever really got that sense even if I thought the two 9 releases were definitely getting closer ever really since IMO the last LTS 8.04.
Booting this up though IDK something just clicked.I finally feel like the Lynx just has it. Everything seems smooth, no hassles, I like some of the new features, boot up is quick, and no headaches. I'll admit though the buttons on the left side is totally fuck'n with me though. Then again alls I've done is download my graphics driver, connect to google talk, and load of FF so I could get my add ons.
At first I liked ambience, but I think I like...
Fuck I forgot the name of the lighter then and went to minimize FF to right click on the desktop to go to my themes and find the name... and I went to right side again to minimize... SERIOUSLY FUCK'N WITH ME! :lol
Anyways yeah think I like radiance better. The dark bar for no script just wasn't doing it for me with ambience.
PS: The official Ubuntu webpage as an up to date Wubi installer. You just have to click other install options then you get stuff like torrent or wubi.
I must say I know they were pimp'n 9.10 to be sort of the Ubuntu is finally there version. Like it was just a refinement of 9.04, and it was suppose to be IDK "it". I never ever really got that sense even if I thought the two 9 releases were definitely getting closer ever really since IMO the last LTS 8.04.
Booting this up though IDK something just clicked.I finally feel like the Lynx just has it. Everything seems smooth, no hassles, I like some of the new features, boot up is quick, and no headaches. I'll admit though the buttons on the left side is totally fuck'n with me though. Then again alls I've done is download my graphics driver, connect to google talk, and load of FF so I could get my add ons.
At first I liked ambience, but I think I like...
Fuck I forgot the name of the lighter then and went to minimize FF to right click on the desktop to go to my themes and find the name... and I went to right side again to minimize... SERIOUSLY FUCK'N WITH ME! :lol
Anyways yeah think I like radiance better. The dark bar for no script just wasn't doing it for me with ambience.
PS: The official Ubuntu webpage as an up to date Wubi installer. You just have to click other install options then you get stuff like torrent or wubi.
Brettison said:
Ambience is the light one? I hate it. Hated since the first day (alpha/beta tester here) and the icons on the system tray looked horrible. Dark one FTW
Anyway, the controls on the left suck for some time until you get used to it. I change now from windows to Ubuntu and don't even notice that I'm clicking on the other side. In fact, I always have problems with chromium as it still has the controls on the right so I go to the left to close it every goddam time.
Awesome release. And finally I can manage my iphone on linux!
Vanillalite
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No Radiance is the light one... ambiance is the dark one... the dark one is fine for a time, but I hated it making the bottom of FF all dark with my no script.
Dead Prince
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got it installed. so far so good.
FunkyPajamas
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Downloading now, updating from 9.10. I'll post later if I have any issues, hopefully I don't have to do a fresh install.
Thanks for the heads up, OP!
Thanks for the heads up, OP!sharkmuncher
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Yeah tried to update earlier tonight, but the download was waaaaaaay too slow. Maybe this weekend...
Vanillalite
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Use the torrent fool. Of course the download from the server is slow. Click alternative download options and grab the torrent. I got it downloaded in under 20 mins.
Dead Prince
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i used main and it downloaded in under 15 minutes ;PBrettison said:
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DMPrince said:
LOL I didn't mean to come off as a dick in my post about my download time. Just saying the torrent is there, and I see no reason why that won't work!
Eaten By A Grue
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Man I am having so much trouble getting this image on a USB flash drive so I can update my netbook. Anyone get the USB creator app to work? It is not even recognizing the iso image when I select it.
FunkyPajamas
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Alright! Finished downloading and now it's installing. 90 mins to go, it seems. Hmmm... Will the update require my input later on, or can I just go to sleep and review in the morning?
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FunkyPajamas said:
Once the install goes it goes for a bit. You'd be okay leaving it till tomorrow.
Eaten By A Grue
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Oh thank God, I finally got that USB loader program in ubuntu to create a startup disk on an external drive. That program is so damn buggy it is not even funny. When you press the format button it does not even indicate that it is formatting, I just payed attention to the busy light on my HDD to figure out that it was done. Then after it was done formatting it still did not let me make a startup disk, I had to exit the program and re-open it. Finally it recognized it.
Vanillalite
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Only problem I've run into so far is that flash works, but I can't actually click on the flash videos. Like a video on youtube will play, but I can't click on the video and fast forward or anything like that.
Dead Prince
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i installed it earlier but realized i didn't need to make a partition. windows wouldn't extend my main back unless i had the whole volume unallocated. so i ended up deleting the ubuntu partition and going to reinstall now. i wish steam worked on it :lol
FormallyMegadrive
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If I change my sources to a local (non-counted) source, will it download and update from there? I have very little fast bandwidth left and I'd like to savour it.
Vanillalite
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Megadrive said:
I'd say yes, but don't quote me on that. Sucks that people have to deal with bandwidth issues like this. For all the hate comcast gets I was totally down with my 1.5 down I was getting in my torrent download yesterday with no worries about hitting a cap since it's so high.
Vanillalite
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Think I finally fixed my flash issue. Thank god cause that was annoying as all get out!
Suitcase Test
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I finally found a good Gmail applet for the Messaging Menu (gm-notify from the PPA). But I can't find anything for Emesene. Both the Messaging Menu and the Indicator Applet Session (which changes your IM status) only work with Empathy (and for MSN, Emesene >>> Empathy). There's a plugin for Emesene to let it use the Messaging Menu, but that only gets me halfway. Well, at least there's another plugin to convert Emesene's tray icon to a "menu" type of thing.
I'm looking forward to seeing more Indicator Applets in 10.10, hopefully one for Downloads and one for Music. Those are needed badly.
And I agree that the light theme is awful. The default dark one is a lot better, IMHO.
//Edit: I like how this release is much, much more polished than Karmic. I had no major issues with the Koala, but things like the Messaging Menu and the Software Center were only half finished, which made them suck pretty bad. This time, I actually use (and love) them.
I'm looking forward to seeing more Indicator Applets in 10.10, hopefully one for Downloads and one for Music. Those are needed badly.
And I agree that the light theme is awful. The default dark one is a lot better, IMHO.
//Edit: I like how this release is much, much more polished than Karmic. I had no major issues with the Koala, but things like the Messaging Menu and the Software Center were only half finished, which made them suck pretty bad. This time, I actually use (and love) them.
Technosteve
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should i update my netbook hmmm
Sadako Yamamura
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I downloaded the 10.4 netbook remix image, made a usb installer and attempted to install. It hangs at 50%. It has also wiped the previous OS (eeebuntu) and I can only run the OS from the usb. Not good.
Eeebuntu hung at 33% but after a few retries it installed. No such luck this time.
Any ideas?
Eeebuntu hung at 33% but after a few retries it installed. No such luck this time.
Any ideas?
ChoklitReign
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Really? I'm trying to install Ubuntu via Wubi on my netbook and no matter how I configure it it says "Permission denied" every time it tries to install. Turning off Windows Firewall does no good and the text file it tells me to read is gibberish. Does anyone have the same problem?VAIL said:I upgraded my wubi install of 9.10 and it went without a hitch, nice speed improvement
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peakish said:
IDK I tried all kinds of shit yesterday. Today I just reinstalled the flash plugin for mozilla in the repository and it worked when I went to youtube. IDK why it finally worked, but it works. I also seem to be getting the new youtube interface 100% of the time now.
Green Biker Dude
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is it a good idea to use the 64 bits version? last time i updated - back in the 9.04 version - i had some problems with the 64 bit one. i don't remember exactly what it was, but something wasn't working. either ati drivers, or some program didn't compile or something. so i switched to 32 bits
i was already downloading the 32 bit version but if the 64 one is stable i'll use it. the problem is that it's hard to know when/if that's gonna come back to bite me in the ass
i was already downloading the 32 bit version but if the 64 one is stable i'll use it. the problem is that it's hard to know when/if that's gonna come back to bite me in the ass
Suitcase Test
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The 64-bit system itself is fine (I'm using it right now). Most open source applications also have 64-bit versions. However, sometimes they don't (I'm currently having trouble with 32-bit Processing/Arduino) and closed source software is sometimes still needed (drivers, Flash, etc... Flash is available in 64-bit though).Green Biker Dude said:
Yeah, I read that too. Oh man, I hope it's true. It's Phoronix, so we should take it with a grain of salt, but still. Only reason I still use Windows often is because of TF2.Sew said:
This would be the only thing Valve could do to be even MORE awesome.
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Yeah I'm also using the 64 bit version if anyone cares.
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My install usually has one of the Nvidia drivers marked "recommended". Is it not called that on your machine? //Edit: I had a look at my hardware drivers. One says "(version 173)" and the other says "(version current) [Recommended]", how about yours?rc213 said:
Also, to install Flash (and some other codecs and stuff), go to the Ubuntu Software Center and search for "Restricted Extras". One package to install pretty much everything.
Christoff Yurievich
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how's it working for you so far? I had 9.10 UNR on my machine for a bit and liked it, but put XP back on it to sell it. I haven't sold it, so I'm downloading 10.04 for a fresh install. I'm worried that I'll have to do the rigmarole like I did for 9.10 to get my wireless working, but if it works out-of-box (so to speak) that would be great.claviertekky said:
Christoff Yurievich
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argh. Put it on my netbook and the wireless has the same problem that it's had in the past two releases: it won't work without an external driver install. Broadcom made Linux drivers available, shouldn't said drivers be included in these releases?
I threw the Netbook version on my eee 1000h over the weekend....wireless won't work out-of-the-box though which is a shame since it used to in older versions. Only way I could get it to connect was by switching my router from AES+TKIP to just AES, which isn't really a solution imo.
allegate said:
They are restricted drivers (non-free) so they won't include them on the main distro, like the restricted extras (java, libdcss, flash)
It's a shame, but it only takes a minute to get them working:
sudo aptitude install bcmwl-kernel-source
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manually download it from http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/bcmwl-kernel-source
which card does the 1000h has? My 1005ha works out of the box with AES+TKIP
EDIT: Pro-tip for people having problems with 32 bit programs on a 64 bit distro: launch the program with linux32 in front of it, so the system knows it has to use the 32 bit libraries. For example, to run the quake 3 installer (doesn't work with 64 bit distros):
linux32 linuxq3apoint-1.30.x86.run
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