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| yyyy | hi | 11:18 |
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| yyyy | the us downloads seem to be slow so I changed to australia site for updates | 11:19 |
| yyyy | can I set I aussie site for the install | 11:19 |
| bwright | yyyy: Hello are you talking about downloading ubuntu | 11:19 |
| bwright | yyyy: Or are you talking about installing ubuntu packages | 11:19 |
| yyyy | I plan to reinstall ubuntu 10.10 but last time the install was was due to delay in downloads during the install. I guessing it is not using the aussie repositries | 11:21 |
| yyyy | can I force it use the repositries and speed up the install process | 11:21 |
| bwright | One solution is not to download additional packages during the install. | 11:21 |
| yyyy | sorry grammar is bit off | 11:21 |
| bwright | Then simply type sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade; in a terminal. | 11:22 |
| bwright | That way you get the install over as quickly as possible. | 11:22 |
| yyyy | the idiot proof install only gives 2 options 3rd party and the other. cant remember what the other was for | 11:23 |
| yyyy | I ususally use ubuntu restricted extra's which I believe will give me the codecs I need | 11:24 |
| bwright | The mirror you want is http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick | 11:24 |
| bwright | Check the other option and see if it will let you set it there. | 11:24 |
| bwright | If not just set it as the third party | 11:25 |
| bwright | But the codecs can be installed post installation. | 11:25 |
| bwright | Very easily. | 11:25 |
| yyyy | yes sudo apt-get install ubuntu-rest... | 11:26 |
| bwright | That would be the safest way to do it. | 11:26 |
| yyyy | I have a netbook and installed the 10.10 netbook edition and found it to be slow. I have herd 10.04 has is better choice, do you agree. | 11:27 |
| bwright | I am running ubuntu 10.10 on my netbook and I am working on unity-extras one of the core components of the netbook edition. | 11:28 |
| bwright | It seems to be running fine here. | 11:28 |
| bwright | What are the laptop specifications/ | 11:28 |
| bwright | If it is slow in general give Xubuntu a try it works better with older systems. | 11:29 |
| bwright | But in general it should be fine. | 11:30 |
| yyyy | only a cheapy; i think it has 1g and n450 | 11:31 |
| ikt | lubuntu > xubuntu | 11:31 |
| bwright | xmonad gentoo > lubuntu | 11:32 |
| bwright | But if it is running really slow try lubuntu or xubuntu. They are designed with speed in consideration (supports older hardware etc) | 11:32 |
| yyyy | i will it a try, the desktop seems to running fine although I had to tweak the mouse sensitivity on the touch pad. default was set to high and it light touch to activate it | 11:32 |
| bwright | It may just be the unity interface. | 11:32 |
| bwright | It is kinda bleeding edge. | 11:33 |
| bwright | You know the launcher on the side? | 11:33 |
| bwright | I am writing the code now to be able to move that to the bottom, right or top as well. | 11:33 |
| yyyy | sounds great. the change you a planning with unity appears to be significant task | 11:34 |
| yyyy | major challenge but I am sure it worth it | 11:35 |
| bwright | I have been told my major paid developers that it is probably one of the hardest things to possibly do. | 11:35 |
| bwright | by* | 11:35 |
| yyyy | thanks | 11:36 |
| yyyy | bye | 11:36 |
| bwright | They said it was like untangling two trains that ran into eachother at 100mph | 11:36 |
| bwright | :) | 11:36 |
| bwright | np np | 11:36 |
| yyyy | ps: postive comment; a number of linux distributions and made it hard choice. I settled on ubuntu as it well supported and had everything I needed and then some. The move to wayland (spelling?) and unity is good thing in my view as it differentiates the distributions. If unity pays off and I hope it does, it will mean ubuntu will be hard to beat | 11:43 |
| ikt | xmonad doesn't look to bad | 12:06 |
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