Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope - Comments Page 1

I am using the 9.04 it is the most stable system I have ever used.For help the forum they have for help is the best that is around.No spyware virus defrag none of the aggravating problems I once had with the other system. You all know which one that was.

Google is slowly making all their products linux friendly. Which is a huge huge plus.

Strongly recommend this system over anything I have ever used.

Bill

Hi Bob,

I agree with your Jaunty 9.04 comments to the extent I have explored it as a brand new linux user. The only thing I am having problems with is finding a wireless driver that it will recognize. I have Jaunty installed on a Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop. Using a terminal and this command: lspci | grep Network, I discovered that my dell wireless card is a Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02). So far I have not found any install instructions (or whatever) to activate my wireless in Jaunty.

Any suggestions? TIA Tom

Gutsy was my first experience with Ubuntu and I must say it has come a long way. I downloaded Jaunty in April and found it pretty good.

However, everything is all good until to run into a problem. Wireless support, in my opinion, is just awful. It didn't have a problem detecting my WLAN adapter....the problem was connecting to a secure network. Another issue I had was getting CUPS configured to be able to use my printer. It was a headache.

Yes....it is an alternative....however I always find myself coming back to the comfort of XP Pro.

I have yet to find a reason to switch over to Linux. I have used Linux since the days of Red Hat 5. So far it just doesn't get the job done since Windows changed over to NTFS. I still have my DOS 5 discs and my Window 95 and 98. Linux just plain doesn't get the job done like Windows 2000 or XP, Vista? Can't wait until Windows 7 DVD are sent out. Linux? No thanks. NTFS is steady as a rock.

My son was quite impressed with Linux Mint 7. So after reading this article on Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope, I'd really like to see a comparison between the two platforms.

Thanks.
Tom Chapman

I have used Ubuntu for years and they keep getting better every year. Ubuntu is just as good as Windows OS. Also the only down fall will be most all software that only runs on Windows or a Mac will not work on linux.

Could I run Ubuntu from a thumb drive to see if I like it and if it will run some old Win95 software?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, you can do that. A google search for "ubuntu thumb drive" will get you there.

Hey Bob.

I agree that Linux (and in particular Ubuntu) have reached the point that they are truly competative with windows and OSX, there can still be quite a large learning curve in setting up your system. Inevitably one still has to use command line and bash scripts etc to get ino the guts of Ubuntu, so it's all a bit daunting at first.

Once you get around that though Ubuntu is amazing, and programs like cedaga ofwind can get around wingows software restrictions. Anc there's always virtual macines if all else fails.

Toby

Gary Wigle: I'm glad your user experience is wonderful. You should always use the tool that works for the job you are doing. Since I couldn't get Vista to stay up, for more than 3 days straight, and the computations I am doing take about 7-10 days, I run them under Linux, for that is the tool that works for me. And while I occasionally need to run IE6 to talk to the Oracle Server, to file my expense reports, there is a way to install it, under wine, that works, so I can use the locked-system-type tool on an open system. The only other program I miss is visio.

I downloaded Ubuntu a while back, but the first roadblock I hit was "Gnome or KDE?" I have no knowledge of either and therefore have no way of making an intelligent choice. So I just scrapped the whole idea right then.