Comments on: My First day with Ubuntu http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html Blog of an entrepreneur Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:44:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mårten http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html#comment-2950 mårten Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:21:27 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=728#comment-2950 Chicken & Egg problem here... I consider Ubuntu, but is already on Debian - which means I don't have the plugin to see you convince me to use Ubuntu. Frankly, I started installing it a while ago, but I didn't like the terms. Terms that I never have to agree with if I use a default installed Flash. Strange people. Chicken & Egg problem here…
I consider Ubuntu, but is already on Debian – which means I don’t have the plugin to see you convince me to use Ubuntu.

Frankly, I started installing it a while ago, but I didn’t like the terms. Terms that I never have to agree with if I use a default installed Flash. Strange people.

]]> By: Matteo Scotuzzi http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html#comment-2949 Matteo Scotuzzi Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:03:05 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=728#comment-2949 @Steven: starting with the wpa issue you need wpasupplicant package; you can find more infos here: <a href="http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/05/2055232&tid=20&tid=47." rel="nofollow">http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/05/2055232&tid=20&tid=47.</a> For the hardware problem is possible that you find specific drivers for your hardware; I don't know the situation with pcmcia hardware, but usb network devices are usually a bad choice: a solution if you can't find any driver for your hardware is to use NdisWrapper. It allows you to install wireless hardware on your linux box using windows drivers. The "internet-manager" you have installed could be "wifi-manager": it is really good, but in order to use it you need to make your hardware work. Installing the package w32codecs will install video and audio codecs. For view videos my advice is to install vlc player (it supports out of the box a lot of file types). I don't remember any further configuration to do... Codecs are propretary software so they are not included in the distribution and they can't work out of the box... :( @Martin: what sort of problems with photos? and yes, i think that iPod support is not excellent, but with some manual work it can surely be improved. Everything I've just said is based on Ubuntu Edgy, but is surely applicable to Feisty too. If more detailed help is needed just ask me. @Steven: starting with the wpa issue you need wpasupplicant package; you can find more infos here: http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/05/2055232&tid=20&tid=47.
For the hardware problem is possible that you find specific drivers for your hardware; I don’t know the situation with pcmcia hardware, but usb network devices are usually a bad choice: a solution if you can’t find any driver for your hardware is to use NdisWrapper. It allows you to install wireless hardware on your linux box using windows drivers.
The “internet-manager” you have installed could be “wifi-manager”: it is really good, but in order to use it you need to make your hardware work.

Installing the package w32codecs will install video and audio codecs.
For view videos my advice is to install vlc player (it supports out of the box a lot of file types).
I don’t remember any further configuration to do…
Codecs are propretary software so they are not included in the distribution and they can’t work out of the box… :(

@Martin: what sort of problems with photos?
and yes, i think that iPod support is not excellent, but with some manual work it can surely be improved.

Everything I’ve just said is based on Ubuntu Edgy, but is surely applicable to Feisty too. If more detailed help is needed just ask me.

]]> By: Martin Varsavsky http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html#comment-2948 Martin Varsavsky Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:03:20 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=728#comment-2948 Yes, it´s an Ed Ruscha. Yes, it´s an Ed Ruscha.

]]> By: malena http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html#comment-2947 malena Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:25:21 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=728#comment-2947 Martin, es un Ed Ruscha el cuadro colgado en tu estudio? Martin, es un Ed Ruscha el cuadro colgado en tu estudio?

]]> By: Martin Varsavsky http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html#comment-2946 Martin Varsavsky Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:19:54 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=728#comment-2946 Yes Matteo, I am using Compiz. So far my experience with Ubuntu overall has been very good, only some problems with photos and ipod. That seems to be the weak part, the entertainment. Yes Matteo, I am using Compiz.

So far my experience with Ubuntu overall has been very good, only some problems with photos and ipod. That seems to be the weak part, the entertainment.

]]> By: Martin Varsavsky http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html#comment-2945 Martin Varsavsky Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:19:03 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=728#comment-2945 Hi Luuk, I also wonder why. What turned me on into open source was www.fon.com and the open source software we use and contribute to www.openwrt.org That, combined with a horrible crash on my PC, made me try Mac and Ubuntu. Hi Luuk,

I also wonder why. What turned me on into open source was http://www.fon.com and the open source software we use and contribute to http://www.openwrt.org

That, combined with a horrible crash on my PC, made me try Mac and Ubuntu.

]]> By: oker1 http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html#comment-2944 oker1 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:23:52 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=728#comment-2944 a nice blog with tips <a href="http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com</a> howtos collected for some common tasks <a href="http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Main_Page</a> a nice blog with tips
http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com

howtos collected for some common tasks
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Main_Page

]]> By: steven http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html#comment-2943 steven Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:39:16 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=728#comment-2943 And many friends were bothered that mp3/avi weren't supported right out of the box... one needed to get a "dos box" (terminal) and sudo vi some files to get the propretiery codecs supported... :-( And many friends were bothered that mp3/avi weren’t supported right out of the box…
one needed to get a “dos box” (terminal) and sudo vi some files to get the propretiery codecs supported… :-(

]]> By: Steven http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html#comment-2942 Steven Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:37:36 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=728#comment-2942 I couldn't get my Wifi supported by linux right out of the box :-( I tried a Linksys WPC11rev3 pcmcia, Level1 54mbit pcmcia and a Topcom 54mbit Usb stick... There wasn't even a Wifi manager in the Ubuntu Feisty last month...I had to specify manually the SSID and password settings... which only supported wep? not wpa? After some internet pages (from a windows machine) and the laptop branched to the internet by cable I got a "internet radar" installed but still... I'll wait till 19 april myself to see if the wifi experience got improved... I couldn’t get my Wifi supported by linux right out of the box :-(
I tried a Linksys WPC11rev3 pcmcia, Level1 54mbit pcmcia and a Topcom 54mbit Usb stick…

There wasn’t even a Wifi manager in the Ubuntu Feisty last month…I had to specify manually the SSID and password settings… which only supported wep? not wpa?

After some internet pages (from a windows machine) and the laptop branched to the internet by cable I got a “internet radar” installed but still…

I’ll wait till 19 april myself to see if the wifi experience got improved…

]]> By: Stephen G http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/my-first-day-with-ubuntu.html#comment-2941 Stephen G Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:11:10 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=728#comment-2941 What is amazing is how versatile Linux is ..., the Fonera runs on a Linux kernel as does Ubuntu, as Google's server infrastructure, as does my Tivo, as does my handheld, as will my next mobile phone, etc. Linux has so much momentum right now it might be a bad idea for anyone in the tech industry to ignore it any longer. What is amazing is how versatile Linux is …, the Fonera runs on a Linux kernel as does Ubuntu, as Google’s server infrastructure, as does my Tivo, as does my handheld, as will my next mobile phone, etc.

Linux has so much momentum right now it might be a bad idea for anyone in the tech industry to ignore it any longer.

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