I installed Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex on my 64-bit pc and it installed like a dream.
Start to finish was under half an hour, making this Ubuntu installation one of the quickest ever, although in fairness, none of these different Ubuntu versions have taken very long.
Intrepid though has fewer questions to answer than previously. There are other Ubuntu distributions on my hard disk and it installed around them,, like it does with Windows, and takes care of the boot loader as well, so when you boot up from cold the choice of operating systems appears in front of you. Neat. This wasn't the case last time I installed openSUSE on another machine with other operating systems on it.
I subsequently had to 'find' the operating system and edit the boot loader in order for it to be present on the boot up menu. Not everyone, I suggest, wants to go to the trouble of doing this, nor indeed might not know how to do it.
So far Intrepid looks up to the usual Ubuntu high standard. That said I've had Kompozer crash a couple of times today. I've never had it do that before.
I also had the same troube with an FTP program, which also hasn't done it before either.
Apart from those two programs everything else seems fine.
Fingers crossed !
Wubi Ubuntu Installer
When I came to install version 8.01.1 I realised that Wubi Ubuntu installer comes as part of the installation' ie is included in the download files.
Ubuntu Wubi gives the end user the option of installing Ubuntu inside the Windows operating system. It's just like any other Microsoft programme, ie. you can remove it by going through Windows control center, add / remove programs and removing it if you wish. And, Wubi Ubuntu works, because I tried it inside Windows XP Home edition.
You don't need to be concerned about your Windows installation being overwritten, or the hard disk being partitioned. Wubi Installer doesn't do that. It installs Ubuntu on the Windows NFTS fiIe structure.
The only downside to this method of installation against partioning the disk and installing it in full, is the perfomance is slightly slower than a full install, so you might need to bump up your computers memory. If you can live with slightly slower performance then it is easy to install, doesn't interfere with your system in any way, and you can always remove it easily, as I did, if you want to.
In conclusion, the Windows Wubi Installer is a useful utility if you want to continue using Windows os, while trying out the Ubuntu operating system at the same time and without fearing any disruption to your current pc configuration.
Ubuntu Wubi gives the end user the option of installing Ubuntu inside the Windows operating system. It's just like any other Microsoft programme, ie. you can remove it by going through Windows control center, add / remove programs and removing it if you wish. And, Wubi Ubuntu works, because I tried it inside Windows XP Home edition.
You don't need to be concerned about your Windows installation being overwritten, or the hard disk being partitioned. Wubi Installer doesn't do that. It installs Ubuntu on the Windows NFTS fiIe structure.
The only downside to this method of installation against partioning the disk and installing it in full, is the perfomance is slightly slower than a full install, so you might need to bump up your computers memory. If you can live with slightly slower performance then it is easy to install, doesn't interfere with your system in any way, and you can always remove it easily, as I did, if you want to.
In conclusion, the Windows Wubi Installer is a useful utility if you want to continue using Windows os, while trying out the Ubuntu operating system at the same time and without fearing any disruption to your current pc configuration.
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex - Black screen
Tuesday this week I downloaded Ubuntu 8.10 known as Interpid Ibex to CD.
I burnt the ISO image with my favorite cd burning software, which is KB3 linux software.
I then installed the software on a Dell gx260 1.8 Mhz pc. This spec is well above the bare minimum requirements specified by Ubuntu for this installation.
All went well, until.....
Reboot time...and then....the dreaded black screen, which if you've never experienced this before, is a black screen, with the cursor blinking at you in the top left of your screen.
So that was a write off.
I was disappointed in not being able to have a look at it, but I'm not one to be deterred by a failure so I installed the trustworthy and reliable Ubuntu 8.04.1 instead. And this installed without a hitch. It's a great system and I've been using it for a few months now and I like it and recommend it to all.
I'll have another ago at installing Intrepid Ibex in the not too distant future, and when it happens I shall post the result here.
Have fun.
I burnt the ISO image with my favorite cd burning software, which is KB3 linux software.
I then installed the software on a Dell gx260 1.8 Mhz pc. This spec is well above the bare minimum requirements specified by Ubuntu for this installation.
All went well, until.....
Reboot time...and then....the dreaded black screen, which if you've never experienced this before, is a black screen, with the cursor blinking at you in the top left of your screen.
So that was a write off.
I was disappointed in not being able to have a look at it, but I'm not one to be deterred by a failure so I installed the trustworthy and reliable Ubuntu 8.04.1 instead. And this installed without a hitch. It's a great system and I've been using it for a few months now and I like it and recommend it to all.
I'll have another ago at installing Intrepid Ibex in the not too distant future, and when it happens I shall post the result here.
Have fun.
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