__/ [ Kier ] on Sunday 09 July 2006 20:36 \__
> On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:17:06 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ Kier ] on Sunday 09 July 2006 20:05 \__
>>
>>> Got around to trying the Ubuntu Dapper Live CD yesterday.
>>>
>>> My only gripe with it would be that it didn't automatically mount my hard
>>> drives, and I couldn't work out how to get them to mount (don't know if I
>>> was missing something supremely obvious or not, and any pointer would be
>>> welcome). This naturally limited me a bit in really testing the CDs
>>> limits, but it automounted my USB thumbdrive without a problem, so I had
>>> something to work on.
>>>
>>> Apart from that, I was very impressed. I'm a Gnome fan, as some of you
>>> may know, and it looked utterly gorgeous here. Understandably, apps
>>> loaded fairly slowly - the machine it was on was my old 'FrankenPC',
>>> which isn't all that quick, though functional. Once they were loaded they
>>> worked well.
>>>
>>> Ubuntu has definitely come on from my last experience of it, which was
>>> 5.10. I like the new default look very much, and I could definitely see
>>> myself installing it. It makes my Mandriva 2005 look amazingly old hat.
>>
>> Hi Kier,
>>
>> ...Just done a quick Web search. Have a look at this <
>>
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/06/installing_ubuntu_dapper_the_g.html
>
> Couldn't see anything there that really helps, but thanks anyway. I did
> Google a bit, too, but couldn't find anything that told me anything much
> about it. I was quite surprised I couldn't get them mounted, because I've
> never had problems with most Live CDs - it also happened on my old
> laptop, and the new one, both of which I tried briefly before the PC. The
> error I got was something about them not being removable drives/media,
> which of course is quite right - they aren't. So maybe it's a deliberate
> policy of the Dapper Live CD not to mount hard drives? It's not vitally
> important, but it would have been nice.
The Live CD's I have tried (older versions) mounted the hard-drive IIRC. Now
that you mention this, I am not entirely sure. Maybe they never got mounted
until Ubuntu was properly installed.
>>> and pay attention to the relevant comments. In Ubuntu's defence, I have
>> run the Live CD (versions 4.x, 5.x) on about 5 different machines and
>> never had any trouble getting the hard-drive/s automagically mounted. In
>> fact, the only issue I ever had was screen resolution defaulting to lower
>> values than what I had hoped for (Windows XP gave similar problems, FWIW).
>> Some of these machines were somewhat irregular. And by the way, I really
>> liked Mandriva 2006, judging by the one evening that I spent with it. I
>> guess KDE is not everyone's cup of tea.
>
> Oh, I have nothing against KDE, I like it. I'm just more into Gnome right
> now. I usually install both Gnome and KDE, because there are still a lot
> of KDE apps I like using even when I'm mostly using Gnome. And I've got
> 2006 on my dual-boot machine, but it doesn't get much use, and it's not a
> great deal more up-to-date than 2005.
>
> 2005 is still chugging away pretty reliably on this box, but I still might
> give Ubuntu a whirl on it instead, although I'm teetering on the verge of
> putting SUSE 10.1 on it instead and trying to get XGL up and running, as
> it does have a reasonably good nVidia graphics card. Then again, I might
> just hang onto 2005 a while longer :-) Decisions, decisions...
If I were in your shoes (and your hardware), I would download SLED 10 and
rest assured that the simple menus would have XGL taken care of, with
friendly menus for further customisation.
http://reverendted.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/its-not-xglits-desktop-effects/
SUSE 10.2 with GNOME should be merely identical, according to what I read in
the SuSE newsgroup. Here is the download URL. It's a free release condidate
(revision 3), so bear in mind that migration path that follows the 'SLED
route' would cost money.
http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux/
http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/preview.html
Download: http://www.novell.com/linux/prerelease.html
Don't hestate too much. I currently run SUSE at home and work. Rarely do I
have regrets or feelings that involve temptation to switch. SLED feedback
and reviews have been fantastic and it's GNOME-based. Hardware should not
impose any compatibility issues. Novell found a method or devised a tool
which makes driver development far easier (and more rapid) than ever before.
If the kernel in MDV and Ubuntu could handle it, this will be a freeze for
SUSE.
Best wishes,
Roy
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