Ubuntu 8.10

kinmel · Oct 30, 2008, 14:24:50

The new release of Ubuntu 8.10 is out today, it is already available from the Cononical's server and will soon be available on the mirror servers too

if you have never tried it and don't want to do a normal install, have a look at the Wubi version which installs safely from windows and can be easily removed too.

Rik · Oct 30, 2008, 14:28:10

You'd better gird your loins ready to answer questions, Alan.

somanyholes · Oct 30, 2008, 14:40:38

the first question being what is a shell (for when things don't work) lol

Rik · Oct 30, 2008, 14:41:57

I thought it was a 'facade' company used to conceal illegal activities?

kinmel · Oct 30, 2008, 14:45:41

Quote from: Rik on Oct 30, 2008, 14:28:10
You'd better gird your loins ready to answer questions, Alan.

The Ubuntu fansites have the answers to questions you and I cannot even imagine !

Ubuntu works pretty well out of the box nowadays and is certainly no harder to tweak than Windows, and the learning curve is no steeper.

The biggest advantage with Ubuntu is that the community is full of fanatics who will happily spend time talking you through your problems. Bit like IDNetters really

Rik · Oct 30, 2008, 14:54:28

That bad, huh?

somanyholes · Oct 30, 2008, 14:57:22

ubuntu really has done wonders for linux in the mainstream world. Shame the full on linux bod's don't see it that way

Rik · Oct 30, 2008, 15:17:50

Elitism rules?

kinmel · Oct 30, 2008, 15:35:04

Quote from: somanyholes on Oct 30, 2008, 14:40:38
the first question being what is a shell (for when things don't work) lol

Just the Unix equivalent of Window's Command Line Interpreter, but now that Ubuntu is stable, not people need to bother with it.

somanyholes · Oct 30, 2008, 15:42:51

the shell question was a joke mate

QuoteJust the Unix equivalent of Window's Command Line Interpreter, but now that Ubuntu is stable, not people need to bother with it.

don't quite believe you there, one day maybe............

kinmel · Oct 30, 2008, 15:59:52

Quote from: somanyholes on Oct 30, 2008, 15:42:51
the shell question was a joke mate

don't quite believe you there, one day maybe............

petethegeek · Oct 30, 2008, 17:36:09

Quote from: Rik on Oct 30, 2008, 15:17:50
Elitism rules?

Somewhat coincidentally I happened to be reading this article earlier on today - Unix as Literature by Thomas Scoville. It's only short but quite thought provoking and still relevent, some ten years later, to this very discussion.

Rik · Oct 30, 2008, 17:40:58

An interesting take on the issue, Pete. Nice find.

john · Oct 30, 2008, 21:30:18

Quote from: kinmel on Oct 30, 2008, 14:45:41
The biggest advantage with Ubuntu is that the community is full of fanatics who will happily spend time talking you through your problems.

So one can expect to have problems then ?

Sebby · Oct 30, 2008, 22:31:02

I keep wanting to give Ubuntu a try on my new(ish) machine, but because my hard drives are in a RAID 0 array, it makes it too difficult.

esh · Nov 04, 2008, 12:36:38

I always smile when the new Ubuntu comes out, because it means at least two of my offices co-workers will be cursing for the next week. The joys of 'dist-upgrade'...

If you're looking to install onto RAID then I can give you a hand if needs be. I just did a Linux install with GRUB on a RAID1/RAID1/RAID5 configuration, but that wasn't Ubuntu mind you.

Sebby · Nov 04, 2008, 13:01:35

Thanks very much, esh - I might just take you up on that.

uxbod · Nov 04, 2008, 13:57:32

Ran 8.04 and did not get on with it so switched back to Gentoo. Re-installed my T61P last night with 8.10 and very very pleased

Everything works out of the box for me.

mynnydd · Nov 09, 2008, 04:11:38

I am running Ubunto 8.10; coming from Vista.
8.10 even runs usb dongles (mobile internet) without ANY problems.

kinmel · Nov 09, 2008, 09:41:57

Quote from: mynnydd on Nov 09, 2008, 04:11:38
I am running Ubunto 8.10; coming from Vista.
8.10 even runs usb dongles (mobile internet) without ANY problems.

It's magic I tell you, magic

Glenn · Nov 09, 2008, 10:06:59

Black or white?

Steve · Nov 18, 2008, 17:10:38

I now have a spare machine (built last weekend from scrap) its running vista(seemed an appropriate OS

) at the moment if I want to install ubuntu 8.10 or indeed any other OS should I set up a multi boot loader or use something like virtual box. I d love to try running a virtual machine just wondering what the downsides are? presumably need plenty of ram?

Sebby · Nov 18, 2008, 17:17:44

Quote from: stevethegas on Nov 18, 2008, 17:10:38
I now have a spare machine (built last weekend from scrap) its running vista(seemed an appropriate OS )

Scrap OS for a scrap machine, eh?

kinmel · Nov 18, 2008, 17:20:31

Ubuntu can run inside windows using Wubi

It installs into an ordinary windows folder and provides dual boot.

The real beauty of doing it this way as a trial is it is easy to completely un-install.

There is a mass of Wubi info on the net, but start here

U.8.10 will run in 256 ram

Steve · Nov 18, 2008, 17:38:44

Thanks Alan

I will give this a go seems fairly straight forward. Just wondering what the downside is of installing it this way as opposed to utilising another partition or harddrive.