[olug] trouble

[DYNATRON tech]

yeah, some wireless and video hardware don't work (or don't fully work)
until you install a provided driver and reboot. not a deal breaker as far as
i'm concerned. it's usually a matter of ubuntu not installing proprietary
drivers by default. i think there is an option in the text installer that
will eliminate this issue, but i just do it post-install.

it (8.04 --> 9.10) installs flawlessly on most of my hardware from my PII
450MHz VCR to my AMD X2 64-bit dual core laptop.

luke, i'm not sure what issue you might be having with your installs, but
you have a great resource here on OLUG, and there is a huge communtiy in the
ubuntu forums always willing to help.


wishing you all had a great holiday,

-j

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Dave Thacker <dthacker at bluestrain.net>wrote:

> On Sunday 27 December 2009 10:33:17 pm Luke-Jr wrote:
> > On Thursday 24 December 2009 02:14:04 pm DYNATRON tech wrote:
> > > the innovation of ubuntu is that it is the most user-friendly distro.
> > > little-to-no configuration is needed for it to work properly on most
> > > modern hardware. it's optimistically the windows killer,
> pessimistically
> > > it's just a really good distro.
> >
> > Linux does all the hardware stuff, and as Rob pointed out via Greg's
> >  article, Canonical/Ubuntu do next to nothing there. In theory, anything
> >  using Linux will work on the same hardware. That said, I have been
> >  constantly amazed at how Ubuntu won't even boot on a single PC I own,
> and
> >  always has hardware issues on every system I've tried it on. Also, I
> >  *only* use Linux, so it's NOT a problem with Linux in general. So, no,
> >  Ubuntu is FAR from good (or even decent) in the "it just works" area
> >  regarding hardware...
>
> I just built a new system, loaded Kubuntu 9.10 , and was ready to roll in
> less
> than 60 minutes. (Note: The OS load and boot was 60 mins,  I had to learn
> how to build the modern hardware and that took a few days)   I've loaded
> Ubuntu server 7.10 through 9.04 on a variety of HP G2, IBM X-Series, and
> Dell desktops with no hardware issues.  The worst hardware issue I've had
> was an internal wireless card on a Dell laptop, but that was easily solved
> with fwcutter.  Now I haven't loaded it on my Alpha yet, but if that didn't
> work I wouldn't be too upset.
>
> YMMV when you install Ubuntu.  My experiences have been mostly positive.
> It's worked better than my snowblower, and it certain has cost a lot less!
>
> Dave Thacker
>
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