Just for fun I downloaded 4.10 and installed it into VirtualBox. It was interesting to see what has changed and what has not changed since the first release. Certainly the colour scheme has improved a lot. Some of the software was the same. I think I prefer the later versions, especially 9.04 which I am using now. I remember installing Red Hat back in about 1999 and that looked great during install, lots of screens of info during installation, and it allowed me to select what packages I wanted to install. But Ubuntu just installs everything without any choice, and I was surprised at the plain text installer in 4.10.
The best thing about it, though, was that during installation it actually asked me what screen resolution I wanted. When I install later versions in VirtualBox there is no option, and it defaults to a max size of 800 x 600, until I install the Guest Additions. In 4.10 it defaults to 1024 x 768, although Guest Additions will not install due to the kernel being too old. Worth looking at, I might even look at other old versions of Ubuntu. But I can be more productive with 9.04 than I ever could have been with 4.10 David King Harry Rickards wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/19/09 11:32, Sean Miller wrote: > >> I threw out a load of 4.10 CDs when I moved in March... bare >> "offensive" female shoulders and all... >> >> Damn!! Never knew they were going to become collectors items... >> >> Sean >> >> > Of course there's always http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/4.10/ > > - -- > Many thanks > Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) > > - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C++++ UL++++ P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ > w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D---- G e* h! !r y? > - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iJwEAQECAAYFAko7qToACgkQ+9DWHFhEn28TBQP8DBDlAgRPjD8yojeiEzsHfsqK > UVyzgGZKHAxlFrWFbpTMBWshdwJmosOgRMSH+T9WahPi9OcR/Rn6rmFERFZDYamh > Y3fy2nDC1SNZoV+0dzY7YZih/UQ5jFPidimWR5VmstetICNa1GjaAeaib59Gq9JM > 5fC/Vcu44veSOFPhiFU= > =lDtn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
