tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post2922879026300354514..comments2024-03-18T10:43:28.122+00:00Comments on Linux notes from DarkDuck: How to install Ubuntu the way you've never done it before.DarkDuck (m)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-17385121968567846242012-09-13T23:25:43.048+01:002012-09-13T23:25:43.048+01:00Thanks for support! 8-)Thanks for support! 8-)DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-62429904145657494572012-09-13T23:22:12.088+01:002012-09-13T23:22:12.088+01:00Wow...SMH...I just cannot believe all the rudeness...Wow...SMH...I just cannot believe all the rudeness in the comments here. Y'all, even if you disagree vehemently with something someone says, there is NEVER an excuse for rudeness. DarkDuck, thanks for what you've posted here -- I may very well try it out sometimes.<br /><br />And yes, believe it or not, I have installed Windows 98 in the past 10 years, back in 2004.<br /><br />And DarkDuck, as someone who's been using Linux for the past 7½ years, I always love reading your posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-3248991322147649172012-07-13T13:51:11.484+01:002012-07-13T13:51:11.484+01:00I have notice that on a lot of forums (mainly tech...I have notice that on a lot of forums (mainly technical) some people descend into rudeness and anger when they read something they disagree with. I suspect these people are already frustrated and angry about something else totally unrelated, and have a minuscule irritation threshold. Like a child throwing a tantrum because something is not quite as they would like it. These are immature, maybe also socially challenged types who need to GROW UP and learn to become a reasonable adult (raise their mental age).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-10952259305718312622012-06-09T21:40:21.923+01:002012-06-09T21:40:21.923+01:00If you've never tried to install Ubuntu, I'...If you've never tried to install Ubuntu, I'd recommend to start from stock version, not the variant described here.<br /><br />This option is OK for people who tried the installation at least once and know what is inside of this OS in order to select necessary components.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-52160430754306593832012-06-09T10:32:36.165+01:002012-06-09T10:32:36.165+01:00OK, I've never tied to install Ubuntu, but her...OK, I've never tied to install Ubuntu, but here's the moment I must do it! So, thanks a lot for this tutorial, I hope it's going to work for me, cuz I'm not too good at everything connected with computing! I'll try this approach right now;)Ashley Sargenthttp://mp4tomp3converter.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-33745299473904631862012-03-06T05:07:58.476+00:002012-03-06T05:07:58.476+00:00The screen shot of Windows 98 doesn't really p...The screen shot of Windows 98 doesn't really prove the point. I have Windows 98SE, Windows XP, and Windows 7, and Windows 98SE is the only one of those that offered some choice in what to install. If you even wanted to not install the annoying Windows Messenger in XP you had to remaster the disk with a 3rd party program (nlite)... there was no ability to customize the install from within the XP install, at least for non-corporate customers. Windows 7 Ultimate essentially has no options AT ALL, and isn't even very clear about what it's doing during the install. I attempted an install to a second drive and the installer kept failing with a message that there wasn't sufficient room on the drive (there was). I did some research and figured out what was going on. Windows 7 saw that the drive I wanted to install to wasn't the boot drive, so without asking it was attempting to create a primary boot partition on the main drive! I specifically did not want to touch that drive because of an existing XP install. If it wasn't for the fact that there were already the maximum number of primary partitions on that drive, Win7 would have created a partition and overwritten the boot sector on a drive I never told it it could touch without even letting me know it was going to do it. It was exactly this experience, installing Windows 7 right after installing the amazing OpenSUSE, that convinced me to give OpenSUSE a try as my XP replacement rather than 7, and that was 1.5 years ago. Please don't hold up the Windows installer as a superior product to Linux installers; Linux was outshining Windows for me before the OS was even installed. And yes, OpenSUSE let me choose where to put my boot partition. It also told me it didn't think my choices would give me a bootable system but GAVE ME THE CHOICE OF DOING WHAT I WANTED ANYWAY. That was my first taste of the difference between Linux and Windows.alcaldehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404682533930977783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-87883410646147581912012-03-06T04:55:31.904+00:002012-03-06T04:55:31.904+00:00Coincidentally, I'm installing OpenSUSE on a l...Coincidentally, I'm installing OpenSUSE on a laptop while I read this post. OpenSUSE is the distro you've given poor reviews to before... including spamming the OpenSUSE forums and every other forum on the internet with links to your blog. Anyway, with the install DVD I had a choice of KDE, Gnome 3, LXDE, XFCE, minimal X, or minimal server (no X). I chose KDE but was able to deselect Amarok and add Banshee, GnuCash, calibre, viewnior, gthumb, sshfs and a few other programs during the install process. I was also able to disable Pulse Audio, make some changes to GRUB including the default OS timeout, and configure the firewall inside the installer. It can also perform updates after the install if you wish so that the user is only dropped into the most current, stable, bug-free version of the OS. The installer uses technology such that, if the kernel isn't updated during the update process, you can go from install, updates, configuration and into the running system without ever rebooting! In fact, I could save my configuration and program choices and even my partition setup if necessary into settings files that I could then use in the future along with the installer to recreate that setup automatically! One can even run a program on an existing desktop and generate these setup files to help clone that system, or upload those setup files to SUSE Studio and make a live CD, flash drive image or virtual machine from them! <br /><br />OpenSUSE has, overall, the most attractive and powerful install I've encountered of any OS I've ever installed. To dismiss it (and other great installers that come close) was quite short-sighted and unfair, but then to throw a fit rather than listen to those who took the time to comment was very unprofessional. <br /><br />I also just checked in a virtual machine, and yes, I was able to replace Firefox with reKonq, KMail with Thunderbird, and LibreOffice with KOffice during an install of OpenSUSE 12.1.alcaldehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404682533930977783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-4006698724679397512012-02-24T08:18:26.201+00:002012-02-24T08:18:26.201+00:00TinyCore Linux anybody ?TinyCore Linux anybody ?jazzyjephhttp://jazzyjeph.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-72191932695452808332012-02-21T20:51:27.486+00:002012-02-21T20:51:27.486+00:00I've done more Fedora and RH installs than I c...I've done more Fedora and RH installs than I can shake a stick at. As someone mentioned, the ability to customize is probably greater than it should be. Yes, I can customize the browser I use, the productivity suite, the desktop environment, and anything else I could ever want.<br /><br />If you're into Ubuntu, great. Just try out another distro or two before declaring that "nothing else" can do the same. It's ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-57608361724455866352012-02-11T01:00:34.229+00:002012-02-11T01:00:34.229+00:00will be nice to admit that statment about other GN...will be nice to admit that statment about other GNU/Linux distributions is wrong...<br />will be nice from author to just say thanks i dont know that..(nobody knows all..)<br />and..in my personal opinion Ubuntu is not distribution for people who like take it from scrach,or peace by peace..its aimed to beginners...<br />if someone not like it,change it,there are so many different aproach to archive that..<br />well ,if someone find that script usefull ok,if not also ok..nice is to share,thats is way to improve things..<br />but to put statments and publish it ,and after you get arguments that some statment is false or wrong ,its basic principle to evaluate again,and re-edit statments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-64023398953612168382012-02-10T20:32:18.735+00:002012-02-10T20:32:18.735+00:00Just LOLLLL, god, that was goodJust LOLLLL, god, that was goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-52142345701419921212012-02-10T20:13:23.308+00:002012-02-10T20:13:23.308+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-8272359835825110172012-02-10T19:57:28.111+00:002012-02-10T19:57:28.111+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-11918394837242062942012-02-08T00:20:17.525+00:002012-02-08T00:20:17.525+00:00get yer basic install-off-the-web cd. it's swe...get yer basic install-off-the-web cd. it's sweet. choose your apps and software at download. duh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-59770775044221496382012-02-05T02:55:13.937+00:002012-02-05T02:55:13.937+00:00Give this guy a break.
He only became interested i...Give this guy a break.<br />He only became interested in Linux "closely" since autumn 2010.<br /> <br />As for me, I've used Linux since 1994, during v0.9x era. And I could understand him he camped too long in Microsoft camp. In this stage, full recovery takes very long time if it's possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-47695590277081347452012-02-03T06:16:54.426+00:002012-02-03T06:16:54.426+00:00hey thanks for post you save my day. Looking this ...hey thanks for post you save my day. Looking this for long time. I am a opensource lover and the information here is really useful.<br />Regards <a href="http://opensource-sidh.blogspot.in/2012/01/how-to-install-linux-operating-system.html" rel="nofollow"> How to install linux </a>install linuxhttp://opensource-sidh.blogspot.in/2012/01/how-to-install-linux-operating-system.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-81270971941962027082012-02-02T20:16:27.749+00:002012-02-02T20:16:27.749+00:00I have installed quite a few different Linux OSes ...I have installed quite a few different Linux OSes such as openSuSe, Fedora, CentOS, and Ubuntu. In my experience when I got a distro that launched into it's live environment it is pretty locked down as to how you can customize it from that point. But if you boot to the installer like CentOS it goes through an installer very similar to the Windows install process. The majority of my Linux boxes are actually GUI-less servers that I am using.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-74575700987552070972012-02-02T14:53:50.354+00:002012-02-02T14:53:50.354+00:00there is a huge difference between expressing one&...there is a huge difference between expressing one's opinion and making false statements and being blind to the facts... where there are facts available, opinions are not needed for the knowledgeable... "opinions" not agreeing with facts are called delusions...Limes Inferiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566802367512396467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-7706346740941094502012-02-02T12:33:49.051+00:002012-02-02T12:33:49.051+00:00Mandrake (now Mandriva) used to do this (does it s...Mandrake (now Mandriva) used to do this (does it still?), you could select different PC "Roles" server/workstation/desktop and then select between various "Packages" development/office/games/graphics and then still select individual applications.<br />Loved it but it just didn't like my Tobisha laptop :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-67397757266200804272012-02-02T10:00:51.938+00:002012-02-02T10:00:51.938+00:00just tried this out in virtualbox and i think this...just tried this out in virtualbox and i think this is a quite good script for people who want a bit more control over there ubuntu install. and its fast :-)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015960136446489472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-18981902432415801672012-02-01T17:20:47.889+00:002012-02-01T17:20:47.889+00:00You should really learn that there is a difference...You should really learn that there is a difference between an install from a distribution CD/DVD and an "Install to Disk" from a LiveCD/DVD.<br /><br />The former lets you select anything you want during installation. The later only copies the pre-selected system to your hard drive.<br /><br />Next time, please do some research before making over-arching statements about what Linux installers are capable of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-70824889281307131172012-02-01T17:00:51.985+00:002012-02-01T17:00:51.985+00:00Why not put point 2 and 3 together?
. ./rmc011....Why not put point 2 and 3 together?<br /><br /> . ./rmc011.sh<br /><br />It is important to have a space between the two points!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-84127704212586952092012-02-01T15:53:15.423+00:002012-02-01T15:53:15.423+00:00On the one hand, "meh". On the other, g...On the one hand, "meh". On the other, geez some of you guys are rude!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13216128484887987175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-15671564683270360942012-02-01T15:13:16.642+00:002012-02-01T15:13:16.642+00:00I agree.I agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-5935717997149008772012-02-01T14:20:28.728+00:002012-02-01T14:20:28.728+00:00I don't wish to be rude to anybody, but I real...I don't wish to be rude to anybody, but I really have to agree with much of the criticism of this article. It's clearly wrong to imply that many of today's linux installers don't allow package choice during installation. I've been using Ubuntu for some years exclusively, so I didn't know that, but I would have checked before writing a whole public article centred on that very point. Darkduck, I fully concede that some of the comments aimed at you have been needlessly rude, but not all have, and I think you should just admit you did not research properly and were wrong. No shame in that.<br /><br />And the counterpoint? Windows 98?? Who on earth has installed W98 in the last 10 years or so???<br /><br />As for the central issue, if Psychorat felt there was a problem he wanted to solve and went about solving it, then great, more strength to him or her, and kudos for being willing to share it.<br /><br />I, however, really can't see the point. I do remember when I was installing Redhat ( in the days before Fedora was forked ) and it would sometimes take 2-3 hours (!) to carefully go through all the packages deciding which ones I wanted and which ones I needed. Just have a look at the names of some of the programs you run now, as if you were a new user, and imagine trying to guess whether you might need it. Firefox? What on earth is that? Thunderbird? What does that do? Xorg? Better grab that if I want some pornography ... and so on.<br /><br />It may have made some sense when modems ran at tens of kilobytes per second, and hard drive capacities were measured in tens of megabytes, but really, now, it just doesn't matter. It's orders of magnitude easier just to install the default system. The newbie has a runnable system, and the more experienced user has an idea of what to delete and what to add.<br /><br />Just my 10c worth.kdvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619995980184325750noreply@blogger.com