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Post by trog @ 06:19pm 31/10/08 | 44 Comments

A new version of Ubuntu Linux has been released, bringing what is probably the most popular Linux distribution for desktops up to version 8.10:

Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition is designed for the pervasively connected digital lifestyle. With new 3G network support, users can move smoothly from wired and WiFi networks onto 3G cellphone networks while traveling. Ubuntu 8.10 is also built to be shared - users can start a quick "guest session" on the fly and let someone use their computer to surf the web or check email, while maintaining the security and integrity of their own data. And if that person really enjoys their brief session as an Ubuntu guest, they can put Ubuntu on any USB key and take it home to install on their own computer rather than having to burn a CD.

Check your favourite local mirrors for the ISOs and jump into it or head over to the official site for more information and more download links. If you haven't tried Linux on the desktop, now's a good time to give it a crack.

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shad
Posted 06:24pm 31/10/08

Probably about that time to try installing Ubuntu again and being disappointed by its wifi.

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Nathan
Posted 07:11pm 31/10/08

Unfortunately linux and wifi dont mix :(

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TicMan
Posted 07:24pm 31/10/08

A new version of Ubuntu Linux has been released, bringing what is probably the most popular Linux distribution for desktops up to version 8.04:

Ubuntu is probably my favourite distro for desktops but it still fails when doing work things like connecting to Exchange, setting up printers, etc :(

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shad
Posted 07:27pm 31/10/08

I love ubuntu on my media box. I just wanted it on my laptop also to run a mythtv frontend on. I know the problems are probably always going to be with the hardware manufacturer's, it just sucks.

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nF
Posted 07:36pm 31/10/08

8.10 should have a few wifi fixes (the .24 kernel had some bugs).

i might do the upgrade and try it out. i hope they've done some work to the network manager tool, as it was hopeless.

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shad
Posted 07:37pm 31/10/08

I am going through the install at the moment. Will see how it goes.

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Midda
Posted 07:43pm 31/10/08

Probably about that time to try installing Ubuntu again and being disappointed by its wifi.

I thought that this version was specifically looking to improve it's WiFi compatibility?

Having said that, my wireless has always worked immediately. So ner.

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parabol
Posted 10:19pm 31/10/08

My laptop's WiFi worked for WPA2 out of the box since 7.04 by just clicking the network icon.

Some USB adapters I've tried weren't so lucky.

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shad
Posted 12:07am 01/11/08

Pleasant supprise, after doing some proprietry driver updates through the ubuntu tool I am writing this using wifi through my laptop. I'll just make sure the connection doesn't die after a minute like I have seen it do on previous installs.

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HerbalLizard
Posted 06:48pm 01/11/08

Fresh install going onto my work system on Monday

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reso
Posted 07:11pm 01/11/08

Loaded this up last night on a thumb stick. Massive fan of the overall vibe and experience ubuntu gives off. Not sure I could ever switch to it full time though.

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Triamks
Posted 07:46pm 01/11/08

My thoughts exactly reso.

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Kaos
Posted 02:33pm 02/11/08

I'm weaning myself off XP and onto Ubuntu on my laptop since it's pretty much 100% compatible. Not so much luck on my desktop, where the wifi adapter drivers don't really seem to work.

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Midda
Posted 10:29pm 03/11/08

Just thought I'd say that despite an hour or so of fucking around, I still couldn't get my girlfriend's wireless to work. It would detect all of the nearby networks, but wouldn't connect. Woo, go Ubuntu.

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trog
Posted 10:32pm 03/11/08

Yeh wifi still seems to be the biggest complaint for Ubuntu :| 8.04 worked immediately out of the box with my Dell M1210; haven't upgraded to 8.10 yet (too scared it'll toast my laptop while I'm still OS)

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Midda
Posted 11:57pm 03/11/08

Yeah, same here. I hadn't encountered a problem with it until recently. My girlfriend's PC keeps fucking up with both Vista and XP, and she continually needs to format. It's apparently some incredibly unlucky combination of hardware or something. She decided to install Ubuntu, but neither 8.04 or 8.10 have worked with her wireless card. It's so fucking frustrating.

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kos
Posted 01:38am 04/11/08

7.10 and 8.04 wifi worked with my XPS M1530 straight away - though 8.04 fucked up the touchpad terribly, fingers crossed on it working again with 8.10!

No ausgamers mirror this time?

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trog
Posted 03:16am 04/11/08

7.10 and 8.04 wifi worked with my XPS M1530 straight away - though 8.04 fucked up the touchpad terribly, fingers crossed on it working again with 8.10!

No ausgamers mirror this time?

Nah, I figured its scattered pretty well everywhere and its dead easy to find thanks to Ubuntu's awesome mirroring setup plus well-seeded torrents. Most Aussie ISPs have local mirrors these days don't they?

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Nathan
Posted 06:34am 04/11/08

It would detect all of the nearby networks, but wouldn't connect.

I've seen this before: for some reason some WiFi cards are supported perfectly with no encryption or WEP, but on those cards WPA wont work.

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eu4ia
Posted 08:27am 04/11/08

I've tried ubuntu a number of times, but have always failed to get dual monitors working and can't get used to the way fonts are rendered, I think they're rendered mac style?

I invariably try some or other update recommended on the forums and the whole thing blows up and I just throw it all in the too hard basket and drag my sorry ass back to xp. :(

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Midda
Posted 02:42pm 04/11/08

I've seen this before: for some reason some WiFi cards are supported perfectly with no encryption or WEP, but on those cards WPA wont work.

It wouldn't work on unencrypted or WEP either.

I've tried ubuntu a number of times, but have always failed to get dual monitors working and can't get used to the way fonts are rendered, I think they're rendered mac style?

Yeah, getting dual monitors working was always a pain, but this is the first time I've used it and had zero issues. It all works perfectly for me straight through the GUI. I think they've actually done away entirely with the xorg.conf file.

I do like the way the fonts are rendered though.

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kos
Posted 06:21pm 04/11/08

Nah, I figured its scattered pretty well everywhere and its dead easy to find thanks to Ubuntu's awesome mirroring setup plus well-seeded torrents. Most Aussie ISPs have local mirrors these days don't they?

Yeah I got it from THE NODE in the end (linked to from the Ubuntu site), but no where near as fast as from ausgamers... :(

Does Optus even have a file mirroring service a la GA, Internode etc.?

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trog
Posted 06:23pm 04/11/08

yeh mirror.optus.net

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Nathan
Posted 08:44am 05/11/08

Dual monitors if you have NVIDIA is relatively easy if you install the 'nvidia-settings' application.

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Red
Posted 09:40am 05/11/08

yeah I can't d/l from anywhere as fast as I can ausgamers... only 4megabytes/sec from internode. can get ~9meg/sec from ausgamers. <3 ausgamers. out of interest, where are ausgamers' servers, physically?

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Midda
Posted 12:13pm 05/11/08

Dual monitors if you have NVIDIA is relatively easy if you install the 'nvidia-settings' application.

Even that app had it's issues, because it was still just editing the xorg.conf file. Have you tried 8.10? The built in screen setup wizard seems to actually work every time.

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Nathan
Posted 12:22pm 05/11/08

Have you tried 8.10?

I just updated today actually. Are you referring to the "System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution" program or something else? After the update I tried

1. Delete xorg.conf
2. Restart
3. Start that program

but it could not see my second monitor, at which point I gave up and used nvidia-settings again.

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Jim
Posted 12:31pm 05/11/08

ausgamers servers are physically located in sydney

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Red
Posted 03:00pm 05/11/08

ausgamers servers are physically located in sydney

Well I knew that much. I also know I have a 1ms ping response from syd5 from my workstation so they sure must be 'close'. I'm just curious...

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Midda
Posted 03:12pm 05/11/08

Are you referring to the "System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution" program or something else?

Yep, that's what I was talking about, though I didn't upgrade, I did a fresh install. I've always had trouble with getting dual monitors going on a fresh Ubuntu installation, but as I said, this time it was done with a few clicks of the mouse. Maybe upgrading did something strange?

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nF
Posted 07:17pm 05/11/08

The problems with the rt2x00 drivers are still there annoyingly.

Reverting to legacy again :(

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trog
Posted 07:44pm 05/11/08

yeah I can't d/l from anywhere as fast as I can ausgamers... only 4megabytes/sec from internode. can get ~9meg/sec from ausgamers. <3 ausgamers. out of interest, where are ausgamers' servers, physically?last edited by Red at 09:40:36 05/Nov/08

orly, oh well, next time I'll put 'em up :)

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TicMan
Posted 08:06pm 05/11/08

4megabytes/sec from internode. can get ~9meg/sec

You sure is 4 and 9 megabytes per second (as in 40 megabits/90 megabits)? I don't even get 9MB/sec on my home LAN.

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reso
Posted 08:19pm 05/11/08

Your home LAN must be awful then, because I easily get 55MB/s across my home Gigabit.

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ara
Posted 08:32pm 05/11/08

Well I knew that much. I also know I have a 1ms ping response from syd5 from my workstation so they sure must be 'close'. I'm just curious...

tell us where your workstation is and we will tell you!

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Midda
Posted 09:53pm 05/11/08

only 4megabytes/sec from internode. can get ~9meg/sec from ausgamers.

You get 9MB/s from Ausgamers? So you're on a 72Mbit internet connection?

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reso
Posted 09:55pm 05/11/08

Hay guyz he is at work??? I hear some of us work in this "IT" industry, whatever that is? He might even work somewhere with a intertube connection faster than your home networking gear?? Maybe????????????????????????????????

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Bah
Posted 10:07pm 05/11/08

I'm reporting red to his boss for stealing internets for personal use.

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trog
Posted 10:09pm 05/11/08

Hay guyz he is at work??? I hear some of us work in this "IT" industry, whatever that is? He might even work somewhere with a intertube connection faster than your home networking gear?? Maybe????????????????????????????????

I don't understand!!!

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reso
Posted 11:07pm 05/11/08

Well see, the internet is a series of tubes.

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whoop
Posted 01:15am 06/11/08

Is there an easy way to get this onto a USB stick without actually having it installed to begin with? I found a guide but it involves running random batch files and random exe's. When's nero gonna get "burn to usb device" options.

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nF
Posted 09:02am 06/11/08

burn to cd, boot from cd, select creat usb boot disk, select the iso file you just downloaded

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Nailbomb
Posted 09:02am 06/11/08

Is there an easy way to get this onto a USB stick without actually having it installed to begin with? I found a guide but it involves running random batch files and random exe's. When's nero gonna get "burn to usb device" options.

Why not just make a bootable USB stick off the live cd?

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Nathan
Posted 10:36am 06/11/08

Midda; is this with the 'nv' driver or the proprietry nvidia one?

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