ubuntu

penny November 16th, 2006

screenshot i couldn’t help it, i just had to try. my first linux installation… one i did on my own. Pretty cool! (screenshot captured by gnome-panel. check out the name of my machine!)

it was really easy to do. all i needed was to free up some space and the dual boot with winxp works smoothly. it helps a lot to have google on your side. ‘course the installation still needs a bit of tweaking, but i think (i think….) i can get the hang of it now. next up is getting used to synaptic package manager. or better yet, get a feel for doing it in shell with apt-get. it’s not so easy as it looks. especially when it comes to mounting devices, and getting the network up and running. but with the help of some notes made while looking over people’s shoulders here, i was able to give my laptop a static ip address, and even gave it a name on the network. i can’t help feeling giddy with joy right now. i’m not fully free from my fear of linux, but i’m getting there. i had no trouble with ubuntu though, it easily detects the removable devices! this is a relief from all the knotted-up scsi-sdb business.

the measley 40GB HD now is a 50-50 hybrid of xp and ubuntu. apparently, long as you have a good chunk of contiguous free space, ubuntu is able to find its niche quite easily. ‘course it paid to have gparted (GNU partition editor, ready from the livecd Joy gave me… thanks so much Joy!) to cheat a little, and wipe out the two ntfs partitions into unallocated space.

8 Responses to “ubuntu”

  1. # AJon 17 Nov 2006 at 10:34 am

    name of your machine in honor of our abstract mathematics class. ü

  2. # edericon 17 Nov 2006 at 4:10 pm

    Gusto ko nga ring subukan yang Ubuntu. Napagana ko na dati yung Mandrake. Kinukulit na rin ako ng friend ko e. Ilang gig ba kailangan? :)

  3. # AJon 17 Nov 2006 at 4:11 pm

    nagpa-torrent na ko ng ubuntu installer dito sa ofc mate ko. install din ako sa bahay.

  4. # AJon 17 Nov 2006 at 4:20 pm

    ederic,
    nag-browse ako sa ubuntu.com, wala naman silang specific na sinabi gano kalaki ang kailangan. malamang pwede na 2-3gb separate partition (kung mag-dual boot ka).

  5. # AJon 17 Nov 2006 at 4:28 pm

    pen,
    you may want to read this:
    mount ntfs and fat partion of windows from ubuntu.

  6. # penon 20 Nov 2006 at 5:15 am

    oo, maski 2 gb ok na. 1 gb para sa /, 1 gb sa /home. 3 gb yung / ko, 15gb si /home. dual boot with winxp =)

  7. # penon 20 Nov 2006 at 5:16 am

    cool! i’ll give that a go later =) if i can see my windows partition from ubuntu i’d have less need to reboot.

  8. # penon 20 Nov 2006 at 5:21 am

    ubuntu version 6.06. there’s a newer one out now, though, you guys may want to check that out.
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    ubuntu == (Afr.the art of being human)

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