Computerland - Ubuntu update
Alex | August 15, 2006I’ve been using it for a while now and am getting quite used to it……but…..there’s always a but. Setting up third party software is still more onerous than it was with Windows, but I’m still going for it.
Story so far.
Installed AMD64 version
Fiddled about and found that loads of the applications don’t seem to work. Got annoyed and binned it.
Installed 32bit version
Much less fiddling around. Much happier. Even the missus started using it without having to ask me questions….where’s this? or what the hell is that? are now things of the past (well almost). Even got Picassa (Linux version)…hurrah
Nova S Plus satellite card not recognised but not really surprised. I ‘ve had a quick look about but not found anything concise (note to self…have a rant about Linux HowTo’s and how absurdly verbose they seem to be, why say it in 10 words when 4000 will do!). Have taken the last resort and posted a ‘help me’ on the Ubuntu forums, shame really but I’m not getting anywhere with this one fast.
To Do List
1. Install Google Earth
2. Install MythTV and get it to recognise my MCE remote
3. Tidy up the OS, remove the programs I’m just not going to use and keep the system clean.
4. Buy a better monitor
5. Leave it alone for a while by which time the next version will probably be ready for installation
Hi Alex,I agree about the howto's. What can I say,
Jon "The Nice Guy" | August 19, 2006Hi Alex,
I agree about the howto’s. What can I say, most of these people are geeks (like myself) who don’t know how to keep something short.
What you could do, if you a) wanted and b) had the time, would be to start a sourceforge project and then start updating howtos and posting them in there. Provided you attribute the original documents accordingly, I’m sure no-one would mind (especially in light of the WalkThroughGuide you wrote for Hubdog!).
Rgds,
Jon