[BALUG-Talk] some (k)ubuntu 7.10 suggestions

[John Menerick]

Along those same lines, I have not had any problems with using the latest
xubuntu release on  the 64-bit architecture.


John

On Jan 10, 2008 2:02 PM, Joe Brenner <doom at kzsu.stanford.edu> wrote:

>
> Ubuntu 7.10 seems to be a good release as far as hardware compatibility
> goes.  I've got an Alvio MS-1013 laptop (AMD64-based) that Ubuntu used
> to have problems with, but Kubuntu 7.10 installed on it without too much
> trouble.  And someone over on the sf-pm list was just saying it worked
> fine on their Ace Aspire 4315.
>
> My one complaint with that release though, is that they've enabled the
> "quiet" boot options, so there's no way to know what the hell is going
> on during boot.
>
> I recommend:
>
> (0) Don't panic if the first time you boot it seems like your machine
> has hung.
>
> (1) At first opportunity, go into /boot/grub/menu.lst and
>
>  (a) Comment out the line "hiddenmenu"
>
>  (b) Comment out the "quiet" lines.
>
>  (c) Modify the "kernel" line so there's no "quiet" in the list of options
>
> Anyone have any other thoughts?
>
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