[Cialug] Distro choice? Was: Reloaded Debian

[David Champion]

Why not Ubuntu 8.10?

-dc

Dave Crouse wrote:
> I would agree wholeheartedly with Nathan,
>
> http://ubuntu.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/ubuntu/releases/8.04/ubuntu-8.04.2-alternate-i386.iso
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> or if you have a 64-bit machine
>
> http://ubuntu.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/ubuntu/releases/8.04/ubuntu-8.04.2-alternate-amd64.iso
>
> This is the "Alternate" install iso, and for me, it's ALWAYS worked
> better than the fancier one  ;)
>
>
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> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
>   
>> These may be things you already know:
>>
>> You might want to try using the Ubuntu desktop alternate install.  It installs with a command line, and will sometimes work where the GUI install will not.
>>
>> Also, at the CD boot screen press f4 and you can change installation type.  You can choose a graphics-safe install which sometimes works better on laptops until you get the base system loaded.
>>
>> I've had issues with some Ubuntu installs myself lately and found Debian will work where Ubuntu doesn't seem to - at least at first.
>>
>> -Nate
>>
>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
>>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sellers
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:04 PM
>>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Distro choice? Was: Reloaded Debian
>>>
>>> Actually I had tried to go with Ubuntu 8.04 from the
>>> beginning per a suggestion from Josh More.  However,  I was
>>> never able to get it to load on this laptop.  I actually
>>> tried to install it again before re-installing Debian 4 this
>>> time and had the same issue.  I ran the media check and it
>>> did not find any issues with the CD that I have.  Not sure
>>> what that is all about but it does not work.
>>>
>>> I also tried to load Opensuse 11.0 on this laptop as well and
>>> it hangs up before completing the installation as well.
>>>
>>> I suspect that the laptop is old enough that there may be
>>> some hardware issue with being compatible with Ubuntu and
>>> Opensuse.  Unfortunately I don't have any other hardware to
>>> install on so I am somewhat limited.  Based on what I had
>>> read in the past I thought that Linux was able to run on
>>> older hardware without any issues.  I guess that is not
>>> necessarily the case.
>>>
>>> I'll just try to make do with Debian for the time being even
>>> though it may be a bit more difficult.
>>>
>>> I'd be happy to let someone try to install from my CD to
>>> something to verify that it works or doesn't!
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Wed, 1/28/09, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> From: Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>
>>>> Subject: [Cialug] Distro choice? Was: Reloaded Debian
>>>> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
>>>> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 1:22 PM
>>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Tom Sellers
>>>> <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> If I don't install anything after the reload and
>>>>>           
>>>> browse to the www.kcci.com site I get a box with "Click
>>>> here to download plugin" in the middle.  You are
>>>> correct that I can browse the rest of the page without any
>>>> seeming problems.  It is just missing something that I would
>>>> normally see when using a Windows browser to visit this
>>>> site.
>>>>         
>>>>> Is this what you mean?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Hi, Debian is not well known to be the most "easy to
>>>> get your feet
>>>> wet" with distribution. If you don't mind me
>>>> tossing out a biased
>>>> suggestion, I'd like to suggest trying out Ubuntu.
>>>> It's closely
>>>> related to Debian and makes a lot of the common "new
>>>> to LInux" tasks
>>>> quite easy. Pretty much all of the software you can use on
>>>> Debian is
>>>> available for Ubuntu since Ubuntu pulls from debian every
>>>> few months.
>>>> As a matter of fact, numerous Debian developers are
>>>> employed by
>>>> Canonical, the sponsors of Ubuntu. It also has some partner
>>>> software
>>>> from vendors such as vmware, adobe and sun so things like
>>>> java, flash
>>>> and etc. installation is quite easy.
>>>>
>>>> Just an idea.
>>>> --
>>>> Matthew Nuzum
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