| pegwin | hi all | 06:52 |
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| gan | i am following the ubuntu doc of creating the live cd , but not supporting , it is coming upto mounting the filesystem | 16:00 |
| TokyoFrench | Hello there! | 16:02 |
| gan | i am following the ubuntu doc of creating the live cd , but not supporting , it is coming upto mounting the filesystem | 16:03 |
| TokyoFrench | Just to say I am planning to install Ubuntu on an Hitachi FLORA 270HX laptop which is old laptop | 16:04 |
| TokyoFrench | I have 128 Mo RAM, so not too sure if I can install the Ubuntu or if I should prefere XUbuntu... | 16:05 |
| TokyoFrench | anyway when I installed stackware I had to use some kernel options like noacpi (if I remember correctly) | 16:05 |
| TokyoFrench | And I don't see this laptop listed on the ubuntu webpage.... so, just hope it'll work | 16:06 |
| MagicFab | TokyoFrench, Xubuntu will barely be functional, but will work | 16:06 |
| MagicFab | TokyoFrench, I'd suggest installing a "command line" system only from the alternate disk, then adding the xubuntu-desktop package | 16:07 |
| gan | livecd which i created based on ubuntu is not booting on laptop | 16:07 |
| MagicFab | TokyoFrench, you may also consider openbox, there have been quite some posts about it on different blogs | 16:07 |
| MagicFab | gan, brand & model ? | 16:08 |
| TokyoFrench | MagicFab: Thanks for the tips! | 16:08 |
| gan | MagicFab, thinkpad IBM | 16:08 |
| MagicFab | TokyoFrench, also see some draft notes I have here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FabianRodriguez/DefaultInstall | 16:09 |
| MagicFab | gan, see http://www.thinkwiki.org for great tips on thinkpads | 16:10 |
| MagicFab | gan, what exact TP model ? | 16:10 |
| MagicFab | gan, have you tried the latest hardy alpha ? a *lot* has improved for laptops | 16:11 |
| gan | MagicFab, no | 16:11 |
| MagicFab | gan, you may want to base your liveCD on Hardy if you' re targetting laptops - just my personal opinion | 16:13 |
| gan | MagicFab, ok | 16:13 |
| TokyoFrench | MagicFab: so my understanding is that installing command line system and then xubuntu-desktop will actually install less package than directly installing XUbuntu, and thus making a lighter system..? | 16:15 |
| MagicFab | no, TokyoFrench | 16:15 |
| MagicFab | it will install exactly the same | 16:15 |
| MagicFab | except you can use that same CD to install other Ubuntu flavors (like Ubuntu, Kubuntu, etc) | 16:15 |
| TokyoFrench | Mmm ok.. so the point is just testing the different flavors? | 16:16 |
| MagicFab | And in my personal experience, installing with the text based installler on older machines ALWAYS works, as opposed to using the standard live CD | 16:16 |
| TokyoFrench | ok | 16:16 |
| MagicFab | oups compiz crash :) | 16:18 |
| TokyoFrench | Thank you for helping. I really look forward to install this Ubuntu (I never tested before), cause I am too much a newbie for slackware haha | 16:18 |
| MagicFab | the point is install in ~20 minutes (text install, minimal system) then choosing whatever flavor you want and knowing nothing will crash or hang (graphcis specifically) later on | 16:18 |
| MagicFab | installing on 128ram will take a looooong time using the liveCD | 16:19 |
| TokyoFrench | sounds great | 16:19 |
| MagicFab | and if you're experimenting taht time adds up :) | 16:19 |
| TokyoFrench | :) | 16:20 |
| MagicFab | I am upgrading my system so I expect to loose my connection - brb | 16:20 |
| TokyoFrench | sorry if it's not the channel topic, but do you know if ubuntu is able to manage encrypted partitions? (cryptsetup) | 16:20 |
| MagicFab | Yes... well at install time the only option that works is encrypting everything | 16:21 |
| TokyoFrench | haha I like that | 16:21 |
| TokyoFrench | I alre | 16:21 |
| MagicFab | If you want to do it after install time it's still a rather manual-ish procedure | 16:21 |
| TokyoFrench | I never tried Ubuntu but I already love it ;-) | 16:21 |
| MagicFab | If you encrypt all as suggested in the partition manager during install time, you get a nice prompt at boot time asking for the password | 16:22 |
| TokyoFrench | great... but encryption doesn't slow general performances too much? | 16:22 |
| MagicFab | I have been using that on my main laptop for ~8 months and never had problems even when the machine was turned off brutally (battery drain) | 16:22 |
| MagicFab | TokyoFrench, on an older machine, you can feel performance drops specially if you encrypt your swap partition (because, well, swap is used often on very low memory conditions) | 16:23 |
| MagicFab | but on recent systems is not noticeable | 16:23 |
| TokyoFrench | yep... I actually plan to crypt one partition, that will generally be not mounted, and when I need it to be mounted, to unable the cache... | 16:24 |
| TokyoFrench | I mean disable the cash | 16:24 |
| TokyoFrench | I mean disable the Swap.... haha I should go to bed | 16:24 |
| MagicFab | Funny: todays update of Network manager includes this: " #432322 - network-manager: package upgrade kills network connections every time" | 16:25 |
| MagicFab | TokyoFrench, the easiest way to do that I foujnd was.... wait... | 16:25 |
| MagicFab | http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/24/use-an-encrypted-usb-drivepartition/ | 16:25 |
| MagicFab | read all the comments, though | 16:26 |
| TokyoFrench | yep thks | 16:26 |
| TokyoFrench | lol et bien, ca chauffe sur certains forums ubuntu ;-) | 16:42 |
| TokyoFrench | MagicFab: thank you for your help, I will follow your advices | 16:43 |
| TokyoFrench | bybye | 16:43 |
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