Unbuntu 7.10
 

Just call me Gutsy Gibbon from now on.

I finally got around to configuring an old POC PC with Ubuntu v7.10 and I'm now surfing the LoT Linux style....

The install went as painless at possible, as did the 200MB of updates.

So what cool Linux applications should I be looking to install on this bad boy?

I got 40GB of storage just itching for some fun.

Hmm. I've read it and have no idea what Moonliner's saying. But he does appear to be happy so kudos to you, Mr. M.
I saw the name of this thread and thought Moonie was going to a new restaurant at Animal Kingdom on July 10th...
:D

I'm a Feisty Fawn. It's used to xmit weather data.

Unbuntu is an operating system like Windows or the Mac OS and it can perform most of the same tasks such as Web surfing, document production, annihilating aliens, etc... The main difference is that Unbuntu is totally free. Also it's got a cool cache that allows a geek to get all high and mighty cuz they are not subjugated to the evil Micro$oft empire. For example....

Fawn? Your still on that old thing? Get with the program you Luddite! Even my mother-in-law rev'ed up from fawn already....


See what fun Ubuntu is?

I thought he was going to a town in Africa on July 10th.

I've been toying around with Mythbuntu for a few days. I just converted a friend at work to using Xubuntu (which will probably run even better than Ubuntu if you're on older hardware).

I've got no recommendations at this time but I'll let you know if I come up with something.

Currently on my Mythbuntu box now. (Actually, I'm running it as a virtual machine on my windows box just to experiment/learn with before I make it a permanant install on another machine. I've tried the dual boot thing before and it's too much of a hastle. I loooooooove virtualization!)

I did a quick websearch and came up with these recommendations. Haven't tried them all out myself. I do highly recommend VLC. And if you aren't already using Firefox, get it! Of course, I'm pretty sure Firefox is the default browser on Ubuntu now, so that shouldn't really be an issue.

Let me know if you try any of those listed apps and what you think.

One helpful app not listed on that article is Wine. Open a terminal and type "sudo apt-get install wine" (without quotes), enter the root password and go. When it's all done you should see Wine appear in the Applications menu. No, it has nothing to do with fermented grape juice. It's a windows emulator (even though Wine is not an emulator...yes, that's the stupid acronym) so you can run some applications that don't have a linux derivative that you absolutely need Windows for. Beware though, not all Windows applications will run in Wine, so your mileage will vary.

I needed to use Wine a while ago on a Xubuntu machine I was testing out. My kids wanted to play an online game that required Shockwave, and as there was no Shockwave player for linux (don't know if that's still the case) I just used Wine to install and run the Windows version of Firefox and installed Shockwave player in that. It worked great.

Reminds me of my favorite acronym (for a scanner interface): TWAIN

Technology Without An Interesting Name

Technically, it is not the "official" definition of the acronym, but it is the defacto favorite.

The WINE acronym, and many acronyms in the Unix/Linux world, stems from the original self-referential, self-negating acronym:
"GNU" = "Gnu is Not Unix".

Better than the TWAIN defacto definition is the actual meaning of "JBOD": "Just a Bunch of Disks"

I need to put this on a spare box. My dad's computer just crashed. Instead of letting me fix it, they're getting a new one. Hummm.

Speaking as a Ubuntu newbie the process went fairly smoothly. I now have the base OS installed along with a good set of standard apps (ie open office). I configured remote access on it so I can use it from a window in windows. I have a couple of books on order from Amazon to help the process along from here.

Things I need to do: Access a windows based printer, format the extra HD I just added.

Make sure you join up at the Ubuntu Forums- I learned a LOT on those boards, and still go there when things get bumpy (which isn't very often).

Oooooh!

Ahhhhh!

yeeeessss!

Fun, Fun, Fun....

Eh, Unbuntu's too trendy to qualify for geek credit anymore.

What if I use it to control my lithium fusion chamber/beer cooler?

Right-O Geek street cred or not, I'm moving right along with this beast.

I have MySQL, PHP-5, Apache, and as of this afternoon vBulletin all installed and running smoothly on my new Ubuntu box. Hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have some time to spruce of the default install of VB and my Treadmill Desk forums will be up and walking early next week.

Bah, I tried to reply to this last night but was having network issues:

Talk to me when you've got Baltrix running, is what I tried to say.

Can I address the sweet irony of an individual lecturing on the subject of "geek credit" being shutout due to "network" issues?

Not sure what geek credit has to do with my service provider having temporary issues.

How is your Ubuntu experience coming along? I'm thinking about installing it this weekend.

Nothing to complain about. I've not messed with it much since I did the original setup but it's still humming along just fine. Have fun with it.

Here are a couple pages that I liked using after installing Ubuntu 8.04 at home.

Things to do on your on your new Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Harron Installation. I haven't done all of them (and don't really recommend jumping to all of them right away). I do specifically recommend doing #1 and #2 first though. (I'm just waiting for that to be quoted out of context.) Everything else is really optional.

10 Tips for After You Install or Upgrade Ubuntu. I especially like #9 and #10.

Have fun.

I installed a copy on a spare 40 gig hard drive. So far, so good.