Comments on: Why I Love Ubuntu 8.10 After Four Months Of Use http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months Ubuntuness is next to Godliness Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:54:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: randyjensen http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months/comment-page-1#comment-1645 randyjensen Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:35:41 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-1645 I'm completely with you. For me, if it's not broke, then I just haven't had time to 'fix' it.... I'm completely with you. For me, if it's not broke, then I just haven't had time to 'fix' it….

]]> By: Brett Legree http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months/comment-page-1#comment-1644 Brett Legree Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:31:58 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-1644 LOL that's so true... I'm all self-taught, so the first couple of years were "interesting" with my wife getting mad at me every time I broke something on the one computer we had at the time. LOL that's so true… I'm all self-taught, so the first couple of years were “interesting” with my wife getting mad at me every time I broke something on the one computer we had at the time.

]]> By: randyjensen http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months/comment-page-1#comment-1643 randyjensen Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:24:51 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-1643 He must learn from his dad :) He must learn from his dad :)

]]> By: Brett Legree http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months/comment-page-1#comment-1642 Brett Legree Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:52:11 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-1642 Yeah, he's pretty smart :) I did help him a bit, putting Firefox on there and hiding IE, and a few other things.<br><br>Maybe a bit too smart / inquisitive... I didn't want to limit him so I gave him full rights to everything. And I guess he started peeking around in the file system and moving stuff until he moved the wrong thing and it started acting up!!!<br><br>UUID, that's right - I guess I needed a coffee when I wrote my last comment. Yeah, he's pretty smart :) I did help him a bit, putting Firefox on there and hiding IE, and a few other things.

Maybe a bit too smart / inquisitive… I didn't want to limit him so I gave him full rights to everything. And I guess he started peeking around in the file system and moving stuff until he moved the wrong thing and it started acting up!!!

UUID, that's right – I guess I needed a coffee when I wrote my last comment.

]]> By: randyjensen http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months/comment-page-1#comment-1640 randyjensen Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:20:39 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-1640 First of all, the fact that a 7 year old managed to use Windows and not get it filled with malware and viruses is amazing by itself!<br><br>I totally agree about the drive identification. I think the way it works is by assigning the drive a UUID. This is the ID I ended up referring to in my fstab (not something like /dev/sda1). <br><br>It works like a charm. First of all, the fact that a 7 year old managed to use Windows and not get it filled with malware and viruses is amazing by itself!

I totally agree about the drive identification. I think the way it works is by assigning the drive a UUID. This is the ID I ended up referring to in my fstab (not something like /dev/sda1).

It works like a charm.

]]> By: Brett Legree http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months/comment-page-1#comment-1638 Brett Legree Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:42:38 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-1638 I thought it was kind of weird too. I will say this though, I'm getting used to things working really well with Linux when they don't work anywhere else!<br><br>For example - my oldest son's laptop (we gave him my wife's old machine last year) - he is 7, and during his learning he sort of killed Windows XP. No viruses, he just started moving files around and so on!<br><br>I decided to put Ubuntu on it a while back - but the CD-ROM had failed. I tried an external CD-ROM, no deal. I also tried putting the live image on a USB stick. Again, it didn't work.<br><br>So I took the HDD out and put it in a USB enclosure, then took the HDD out of one of our other laptops so that there wouldn't be any mistakes. I plugged the USB drive into the laptop, installed Ubuntu onto it, and had a look at fstab and menu.lst - I noticed something.<br><br>Ubuntu (and I'm not sure what other distros) seem to be very smart these days and are referring to the device by some kind of device ID rather than physical location.<br><br>I had a hunch it would work if I put it back into the laptop without editing the files, and I was right - it just booted.<br><br>Try that with any other OS! I thought it was kind of weird too. I will say this though, I'm getting used to things working really well with Linux when they don't work anywhere else!

For example – my oldest son's laptop (we gave him my wife's old machine last year) – he is 7, and during his learning he sort of killed Windows XP. No viruses, he just started moving files around and so on!

I decided to put Ubuntu on it a while back – but the CD-ROM had failed. I tried an external CD-ROM, no deal. I also tried putting the live image on a USB stick. Again, it didn't work.

So I took the HDD out and put it in a USB enclosure, then took the HDD out of one of our other laptops so that there wouldn't be any mistakes. I plugged the USB drive into the laptop, installed Ubuntu onto it, and had a look at fstab and menu.lst – I noticed something.

Ubuntu (and I'm not sure what other distros) seem to be very smart these days and are referring to the device by some kind of device ID rather than physical location.

I had a hunch it would work if I put it back into the laptop without editing the files, and I was right – it just booted.

Try that with any other OS!

]]> By: randyjensen http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months/comment-page-1#comment-1636 randyjensen Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:21:46 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-1636 That's interesting. I wonder why is works with Vista but not 7? I didn't think the boot manager was changed from Vista to 7. Weird.<br><br>It sounds like it should work, let me know! That's interesting. I wonder why is works with Vista but not 7? I didn't think the boot manager was changed from Vista to 7. Weird.

It sounds like it should work, let me know!

]]> By: Brett Legree http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months/comment-page-1#comment-1634 Brett Legree Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:42:02 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-1634 I may also consider putting a Wubi install on there to see if she would like that. Something I ran across for installing Ubuntu via Wubi on 7 right now:<br><br><a href="http://www.clububuntu.com/2009/01/how-to-solve-windows-7-and-ubuntu-810.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.clububuntu.com/2009/01/how-to-solve-...</a><br><br>I haven't verified it yet but this claims you need to run Wubi via compatibility mode as Vista or Ubuntu won't show up in the boot loader. I'll let you know how it goes.<br><br>:) I may also consider putting a Wubi install on there to see if she would like that. Something I ran across for installing Ubuntu via Wubi on 7 right now:

http://www.clububuntu.com/2009/01/how-to-solve-...

I haven't verified it yet but this claims you need to run Wubi via compatibility mode as Vista or Ubuntu won't show up in the boot loader. I'll let you know how it goes.

:)

]]> By: Brett Legree http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months/comment-page-1#comment-1630 Brett Legree Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:42:03 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-1630 At first she didn't notice it wasn't Vista and said she liked the wallpaper! Then when IE8 crashed a couple of times, she realized it was Windows 7 (from the writing at the bottom right of the screen I guess, or maybe she had to restart) - so I just said, "use Firefox!" which I had installed already - and so far, no more complaints.<br><br>I quite like it too (I run it in Fusion on my Mac - much quicker than Vista in the VM) and I agree, I think MS has done great things with it. It will be my default VM of choice and as you say, I'll also have it around on bare metal somewhere when it goes gold.<br><br>I used K3B back on Slackware and really liked it. I've been using Brasero on Ubuntu so far but will likely put K3B on there as well.<br><br>I hope my friend makes the jump - though he said he was successful in reinstalling XP so he may need some "help" moving to the dark side :) At first she didn't notice it wasn't Vista and said she liked the wallpaper! Then when IE8 crashed a couple of times, she realized it was Windows 7 (from the writing at the bottom right of the screen I guess, or maybe she had to restart) – so I just said, “use Firefox!” which I had installed already – and so far, no more complaints.

I quite like it too (I run it in Fusion on my Mac – much quicker than Vista in the VM) and I agree, I think MS has done great things with it. It will be my default VM of choice and as you say, I'll also have it around on bare metal somewhere when it goes gold.

I used K3B back on Slackware and really liked it. I've been using Brasero on Ubuntu so far but will likely put K3B on there as well.

I hope my friend makes the jump – though he said he was successful in reinstalling XP so he may need some “help” moving to the dark side :)

]]> By: randyjensen http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/love-ubuntu-810-months/comment-page-1#comment-1628 randyjensen Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:28:42 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-1628 How is she liking Win 7? I'm incredibly impressed with what MS has done with it. I installed it on a 5 or 6 year old computer and it ran like a champ. I don't think I'll ever switch back to Windows necessarily, but I will always have a Win computer in some form or fashion.<br><br>I agree with @Pablonius Monk that K3B is good stuff. I also really like Brasero.<br><br>I'll work on a couple of tuts for both of those soon. How is she liking Win 7? I'm incredibly impressed with what MS has done with it. I installed it on a 5 or 6 year old computer and it ran like a champ. I don't think I'll ever switch back to Windows necessarily, but I will always have a Win computer in some form or fashion.

I agree with @Pablonius Monk that K3B is good stuff. I also really like Brasero.

I'll work on a couple of tuts for both of those soon.

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