gadgetcrazy
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I too am using Ubuntu 10.04 as my other OSm though I am not a linux literate.
Hello
I installed KUbuntu 10.0.4 LTS first thing today morning. It is a wonderful looking platform!!
As slick as Windows 7 and with a little time spent customizing colors and icons you can have a really wonderful looking desktop.
Please try it if you are going to be installing a New OS on your desktop.
Regards
How is the driver support for the OS? This is one of the reasons I am sticking with M$.
hi gobble - i have read all the posts in the thread - and-
when i read your post - it seemed to me that installing that OS would be like climbing the Qutab Minar from the outside using my fingers and toes-
after reading all the posts - it now seems like getting to the top of Burj Khalifa from the outside using my fingers and toes.
when i get to bangalore - will you do it for me?
TIA
suri
How is the driver support for the OS? This is one of the reasons I am sticking with M$.
Oh, you guys are so lucky! I would have thought that my HP Deskjet scanner was pretty run-of-the-mill --- except that it is well over five years old (but then so is my printer, and my sound card is older).Driver support is flawless with run-of-the-mill mass market components...
. My hunch was that giving 64-bit and 32-bit the same swap space to share was probably a big mistake. Fixed this by creating a new swap space for the 64-bit and making sure it used it. In the process, I noticed a non-existent (it had removed) volume in /etc/fstab and fixed this, wondering if this very simple thing might not have been the whole cause!
I just reproduced the problem: it mattered!Thad
I doubt if that would matter - why would it?
Thad, you can use the same swap for both the versions. Its not a mistake, in fact it is a good habit I reckon. I forgot how, but there's a variable that needs to be assigned a value for that (yes/no kind of value). Will look up one of those old Linux For You issues I have lying around in the store.
My store ain't huge..so I found the magazine, Feb 2009 issue.
In fact, the article is available online : Improve Multi-OS Computer Performance through Cross Swapping LINUX For You Magazine
EDIT: Its a bit off I guess, but worth reading nevertheless .
In an ideal world, swapping never happens!
(But not in all ideal Unix worlds, some of which write every program to swap when they execute it, because, hey... might want it there soon!)
I used to use lots of paging space for Windows, then I read about systems without any, tried it --- and it didn't make any difference!
It's better to keep the swap away from the data, rather than the programs, especially if it is something like a database with a lot of disc activity.