Ubuntu 8.10 - Ball dropped

[Andrew Gould]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> > Collins Richey wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, maybe that's why I switched to a continuous upgrade release.
> >>
> >
> > I tried Ubuntu, but switched to Debian testing and unstable (one box
> each).
> > Although, Ubuntu is handy for newer hardware.
> >
>
> Yeah, Sidux is unstable with a little bit of filtering to avoid some
> of the really unstable stuff and with frequent kernel updates.
>
> --
> Collins Richey
>


I installed Xubuntu on the PC my grandson uses.  After frequent warnings
about Limewire and dangerous downloading habits, a third episode of serious
problems was the last straw.

I was uneasy about the switch because I could not get wireless networking to
work in Ubuntu and SUSE earlier this year; so my PC's still run FreeBSD.

My first attempt was Ubuntu 8.10.  Things went well until I performed the
first update.  After rebooting, the GUI was completely hosed.  This was
really disappointing (not the word I used at the time).

My second attempt was Xubuntu 8.10.  I know:  Why try a distro with the same
broken base?  I don't know.

Wow.  Everything is working.  Wireless with WPA2/PSK is working.  The HP
Photosmart C4180's printer is working.  The C4180's scanner is working with
xsane.  You Linux users may take this for granted; buth with most of the
inexpensive printers going the "all-in-one" route, having HPLIP working is a
big deal to FreeBSD users.

The first update has come and gone without a hitch.  The restricted software
for dvd watching/mp3 stuff was available in one metapackage.

Woohoo!

  - Andrew
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