Installing Ubuntu on an old laptop – or trying to. Just burning a working ISO from another laptop and trying to run through a completely automated install has taken all afternoon already and I’m back to square one, beginning again.
I know some people think Ubuntu’s a bit too easy – or, rather, hides some of the nuts and bolts that Linux users really should know about – but it’s had good press recently and the distro just happened to be on a magazine I bought, so why not.
I’d like to make a leap to OpenSource but it’s a big step. I’ve worked on Linux systems before now, even done some C/C++ programming on them, but I still don’t feel too at ease with them. There seems to be so much going on I don’t know about and don’t even know I should know about.
If this final install works I’ll have a go at giving up on XP at home for a month or so, see how I get along.
There are things you know There are things you know that you know, then there are things you know that you don’t know. There are things you don’t know that you should know and there are things that you should know but don’t know if you do.
Bring back cloudsoup with all my lovely pictures.
Pikaluk Bear
2 Jan 06 at 5:53 am