CibbuanoYou've just upgraded to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) - let's tweak it!
November 14th 2008 22:27
Yes, I made the plunge... perhaps it was a silly move, risky, even, as I've got all my work on this laptop, and Kubuntu Hardy Heron was working just fine.
Hardy Heron came with KDE 3.5.x, which was stable and well-loved by KDE fans. It looked good, I changed the fonts, icons and wallpaper to make it just the way I liked. Everything seemed like it was going fine.
But it nagged me - I WANTED to move to Intrepid Ibex since it came with KDE 4.1.
KDE 4.1 made some radical changes to the desktop, getting rid of the standard 'Desktop', and replacing it with a Dashboard that contains widgets.
So, I took the plunge, backing up my /home partition, and preparing for the big move. I was worried, the entire time, that some notorious problem would rear its ugly head; with Hardy, my wireless didn't work, forcing me to seek forum help and finally install MadWifi drivers.
Well, I crossed my fingers this time.
I installed Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex and started it up. My wireless didn't work. I was crushed.
Luckily, the answer proved to be simple - someone posted that a single package had to be installed. Once I did that, my wireless worked just fine.
Now that I'm up and running, though, it's time to start tweaking.... Lifehacker has a useful post, outlining some things you might want to try with your Ubuntu distribution.
They offer tips on speeding up your hard drive, upgrading to OpenOffice 3, and using the Medibuntu codecs to play DVDs. A world of useful information, at your fingertips!
Hardy Heron came with KDE 3.5.x, which was stable and well-loved by KDE fans. It looked good, I changed the fonts, icons and wallpaper to make it just the way I liked. Everything seemed like it was going fine.
But it nagged me - I WANTED to move to Intrepid Ibex since it came with KDE 4.1.
KDE 4.1 made some radical changes to the desktop, getting rid of the standard 'Desktop', and replacing it with a Dashboard that contains widgets.
So, I took the plunge, backing up my /home partition, and preparing for the big move. I was worried, the entire time, that some notorious problem would rear its ugly head; with Hardy, my wireless didn't work, forcing me to seek forum help and finally install MadWifi drivers.
Well, I crossed my fingers this time.
I installed Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex and started it up. My wireless didn't work. I was crushed.
Luckily, the answer proved to be simple - someone posted that a single package had to be installed. Once I did that, my wireless worked just fine.
Now that I'm up and running, though, it's time to start tweaking.... Lifehacker has a useful post, outlining some things you might want to try with your Ubuntu distribution.
They offer tips on speeding up your hard drive, upgrading to OpenOffice 3, and using the Medibuntu codecs to play DVDs. A world of useful information, at your fingertips!
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I'm so glad you solved your wireless problem, I hope I don't have that one.
I'm looking forward to being able to move myself and my laptop wherever I like, once it has arrived and I get used to it.
Good luck with your endeavours.