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Bestiapeluda

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-10-16

Posts: 181

Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

Anybody tried it yet?
I just tried Kubuntu Kde4 live.
Well I had two problems so far, my display wasn't recognized (1680x1050)
And Italic fonts under KDE4 are misrendered .

kensai

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From: Puerto Rico

Registered: 2005-06-03

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Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

Yeah, Ubuntu and Debian does not play well at recognizing 1680x1050, which is my resolution as well. But well this is an easy fix, just editing xorg.conf

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Obi-Lan

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From: Finland

Registered: 2007-05-23

Posts: 179

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

Once client asked me to install ubuntu 7.xx to his lenovo t61p with 1920x1200 screen and Nvidia Quadro FX adapter. It was actually quite annoying, I had to find my way to CLI on livecd so I had to kill gdm while it keep restarting, reconfigure X with vesa drivers (opensource nvidia drivers didn't support that particular Quadro model), install everything with graphic installer and after installation yet again had to kill gdm while it constantly keep restarting so that I got to install nvidia proprietary drivers.

Nah I stay with Arch and Gentoo.

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Issh

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Registered: 2007-12-02

Posts: 58

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

Once client asked me to install ubuntu 7.xx to his lenovo t61p with 1920x1200 screen and Nvidia Quadro FX adapter. It was actually quite annoying, I had to find my way to CLI on livecd so I had to kill gdm while it keep restarting, reconfigure X with vesa drivers (opensource nvidia drivers didn't support that particular Quadro model), install everything with graphic installer and after installation yet again had to kill gdm while it constantly keep restarting so that I got to install nvidia proprietary drivers.

Nah I stay with Arch and Gentoo.

Try killing X first.

My first distro was ubuntu, might put it on a spare pc i have

ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

I'm not kidding... each time a new Ubuntu release comes out, I say that I'm not going to bother with it this time, but I always wind up installing it anyway and then find myself disappointed with it and wondering what all the hoopla was about.  This time, I intend to remain strong... Grrrrr!

Hope it works out well for you guys, though.

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pelle.k

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From: Åre, Sweden (EU)

Registered: 2006-04-30

Posts: 667

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

Yeah, Ubuntu and Debian does not play well at recognizing 1680x1050, which is my resolution as well. But well this is an easy fix, just editing xorg.conf

Well, i never had any problems with gutsy in that regard, and hardy doesn't require any modifications to xorg.conf on my laptop anyway.

And Italic fonts under KDE4 are misrendered .

I guess a lot of people like to stay **bleeeeeding* edge. I think i'll wait until KDE4 hits 4.1.

Also, they apparently chose to release hardy even though some bugs are still left, because of the usual LTS .1 release (8.04.1 following the "stable" release).
I like hardy though.

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BetterLeftUnsaid

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From: My Happy Place

Registered: 2007-11-04

Posts: 78

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

I'm not kidding... each time a new Ubuntu release comes out, I say that I'm not going to bother with it this time, but I always wind up installing it anyway and then find myself disappointed with it and wondering what all the hoopla was about.

Yep and yep. Already installed 8.04, didn't see anything that made it better than the previous versions (as I never use it long enough to find any bugs or anything troublesome)...and was thus disappointed in all the articles claiming that 8.04 was sooo much better than the predecessors.

decimal

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From: Greece

Registered: 2007-06-27

Posts: 43

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

I'm not kidding... each time a new Ubuntu release comes out, I say that I'm not going to bother with it this time, but I always wind up installing it anyway and then find myself disappointed with it and wondering what all the hoopla was about.

Yep and yep. Already installed 8.04, didn't see anything that made it better than the previous versions (as I never use it long enough to find any bugs or anything troublesome)...and was thus disappointed in all the articles claiming that 8.04 was sooo much better than the predecessors.

They release every 6 months ,you can't expect groundbreaking changes every time.

cardinals_fan

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2008-02-03

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Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

Just tried a fresh install of Xubuntu Hardy.  The GUI installer actually felt counter-intuitive to me after so many ncurses based ones.  The system was just as bloated as I remembered it... I think I'll go back to Zenwalk/FreeBSD.

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BetterLeftUnsaid

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From: My Happy Place

Registered: 2007-11-04

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Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

They release every 6 months ,you can't expect groundbreaking changes every time.

I can if I have unreasonable expectations and want them to make something that will be more popular than Windows with each release. =P
But seriously, for a LTS release I think it's pretty good...everything seemed solid to me.  I suppose Ubuntu will stay on those few computers that the rest of my family uses.

Although every release of a heavily hyped distro only reminds me of how awesome Arch is.

B-Con

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Registered: 2007-12-17

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Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

I try to keep LTS versions around on CDs. It makes a handy rescue LiveCD and I never know when I might be able to perform and install for a friend, and if I have any friend that needs my help doing an install Ubuntu is definitely what I'll be recommending for them. So I'll be burning a copy here soon.

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MONODA

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Registered: 2008-02-09

Posts: 256

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

it was slow and kept hanging on my laptop, didnt detect my wireless card either which gutsy and feisty did perfectly.

finferflu

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Registered: 2007-06-21

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Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

I didn't hear many good reviews of this version so far... That's unfortunate, I hope Ubuntu will be able to keep up with its fame.

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celthias

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Registered: 2008-04-15

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Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

I threw it on a test partition and got it installed fine with no hitches. Resolution detected fine (1680x1050) and my wireless worked out of the box (intel pro wireless abg3945). I didn't use it for long enough to draw an accurate conclusion of quality, but it left a fairly good impression on me as far as being easy for newbies is concerned. I think Ubuntu's unfortunate problem is keeping up with its hype. It takes steps forward each release, but its never the be all end all some people think its going to be. Still as I said, fairly good first impression

A.I. BOT

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Registered: 2007-04-01

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Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

I gave Xubuntu a try and installed it on a spare partition. Connected to my wireless USB Belkin dongle fine without having to install anything. Everything run smooth on my laptop, the powermanagment is good, frequency scaling all works. The only downside I can find so far in this release is my fonts are "choppy". Hinting is on but I can't put sub-pixel hinting on because I'll get color artifacts around the fonts . Would be nice to find a way to get around this.

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mcmillan

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Registered: 2006-04-06

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Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

Anybody try  out the new wifi configuration as described in xkcd?

Seriously though, I'll probably download a livecd to have on hand, though I don't think Arch is going to come off my computer anytime soon.

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

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Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

color artifacts around the fonts

Ubuntu has several LCD rendering methods available. As in the cairo-ubuntu AUR package.

xd-0

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-11-02

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Re: Ubuntu 8.04 discussion

I've been running it since the release a couple of hours per day. And som far it have worked very well (even with resolution 1680x1050).
I think it's a rather solid release and it feels smoother than 7.04. I don't like that they activate some eyecandy in compiz as default, but for many it looks rather nice (and everything is easy to change).