-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: >> mac wrote: >> >>> Rob Beard wrote: >>> >>>> ...I'm undecided though about what to do about a couple of upcoming >>>> Ubuntu installs. I'm not sure if I should stick with 9.04 and then >>>> upgrade them to 9.10 when it's released or hang fire until the final >>>> release of 9.10 is released (one install is for my dad so he can try >>>> Ubuntu, and the other is for a charity who are in need of the PC as >>>> soon as possible). >>>> >>> I'd be inclined to make sure that both these uses have a really good >>> experience, so install something that is stable and works with their >>> hardware. (I'd even be inclined to go for 8.04 LTS for this sort of >>> user, if their hardware is OK with that.) >>> >>> But that's just my twopen'orth. >>> >>> mac >>> >> I would agree, if you install an LTS release at least there is more >> chance of you getting help should something go wrong at some point. >> >> I have however found 8.10 pretty reliable its been installed since Xmas >> 2008, >> >> I want to try jaunty and karmic but can't afford to upgrade my hardware >> to a new video card >> >> Paul >> > Don't see why you'd need to upgrade your video card, I'd hazard a guess > that any old card would do as long as it has at least VESA support. > > The install for my dad will be running on Virtual Box so it doesn't > matter so much if it goes wrong, I can do a backup of the virtual > machine when it's done so if it screws up it's a simple case of over > writing it and restoring it. > > With regards to the charity machine, I guess my best bet is to see what > works on the machine. It's a few years old (P4 2GHz, 512MB Ram) but > still not too slow. IIRC I did put 9.04 on there a while back but had > to nab the hard drive for something else. > > I'll have a play over the weekend I think and see what happens. > > Rob >
Yeah but the geforce 4 card uses a legacy driver, so i need that to get the proper resolution unless the OSS one can do it but I strugle to get that sort of thing working anyway. if I upgrade the card, theni can use a newer driver that is better supported in newer versions of Xorg Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 out 29th October 2009 - www.ubuntu.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrFCsoACgkQaggq1k2FJq1hNACfTUW5Ci5KvZzEyRJdijy/eS9B DcYAn1YBQ2UHwZipo8iOBnXd+BbTdI9r =OAr/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
