giving xubuntu a try
I'm nuking my crappy WindowsXP install on ye olde notebook - a Toshiba Satellite 4090XDVD. Since I fixed the VPN at work with OpenVPN, I don't need it to connect to the stupid Firebox PPTP (pronounced "PoPToP") VPN anymore. So I'm giving Xubuntu a try because it's supposed to be a lighter desktop.
One gotcha that I encountered on the install is that it didn't initially like my Xircom 10/100+56k modem network card. But I found a tip buried deep in a message board - eject the card, re-insert in and then tell the installer to redetect the network, and it works fine.
Another gotcha was the software dependencies. I am not exactly sure what went wrong, but it failed to install all the dependencies correctly on the first pass. I just told it to re-install again and it was fine. (shrug)
One gotcha that I encountered on the install is that it didn't initially like my Xircom 10/100+56k modem network card. But I found a tip buried deep in a message board - eject the card, re-insert in and then tell the installer to redetect the network, and it works fine.
Another gotcha was the software dependencies. I am not exactly sure what went wrong, but it failed to install all the dependencies correctly on the first pass. I just told it to re-install again and it was fine. (shrug)
posted by tony t at 1/28/2007 03:46:00 PM
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