{"id":438,"date":"2008-03-23T20:17:11","date_gmt":"2008-03-24T02:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.codedread.com\/archives\/2008\/03\/23\/ubuntu-fun\/"},"modified":"2008-03-23T20:17:11","modified_gmt":"2008-03-24T02:17:11","slug":"ubuntu-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/23\/ubuntu-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/object>My modern Linux experience has been isolated to OpenSUSE<\/a> 10.1 and 10.2 over the last two years. However, for a change of pace, and since I've heard good things about its package management system, I decided to install Ubuntu 7.10<\/a> (Gutsy Gibbon) a few weeks ago. I've been slowly tweaking the install here and there to get things the way I want it and to fill the same needs that my Suse install does. <\/p>\n

One big change was the adjustment from KDE<\/a> to Gnome<\/a>. I realize I could have installed Kubuntu, but I figured I'd give Gnome another chance. I may end up compiling KDE 4.x at some point just for the experience and the eye candy - and to see where that project is headed. At least for now I can install some key KDE apps straight from the GUI (Amarok<\/a>, K3B<\/a>, KDevelop<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I am increasingly impressed with Ubuntu. Their level of documentation, usability and support seems to surpass Novell's with SUSE. I could recommend this to my relatives without feeling the least bit guilty or religious.<\/p>\n

Printing worked right out of the box - it never worked for me in the 2 years I used OpenSUSE. That was a very pleasant surprise, since that was my wife's biggest complaint about our Linux install (being able to print something is a pretty low requirement for an operating system).<\/p>\n

MythTV<\/a> was actually a little bit more painful to set up than on OpenSUSE. I had to dpkg-reconfigure and reset the password for MySQL before MythTV would work. See these instructions<\/a> if you're also having problems.<\/p>\n

<\/object>I had to build the LIRC<\/a> modules, though the instructions<\/a> were laid out in such a simple way that I sadly have no idea what I did, just that my Snapstream Firefly RF remote now works with my existing lircrc files brought over from the OpenSUSE install. Dangerous? Apparently not. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I particularly liked that installing most applications was as simple as the Applications > Add\/Remove menu option - works much faster than YAST. What did confuse me a little was why some of the available applications were not listed in the GUI app. For instance, MythTV was available in the GUI, but I had to install MythVideo<\/a> via the command-line (sudo apt-get install mythvideo). Another one: ChildsPlay<\/a> was listed in the GUI, but that only gives you two games - you really need the plugins if you want to keep your kids happy (sudo apt-get install childsplay-plugins).<\/p>\n

Speaking of kids, get TuxPaint<\/a>. My kids also loved each of the three Asteroids clones... for about 5 minutes each.<\/p>\n

What's nice though is that getting these 'extra' apps is only a google search and a one-liner in a terminal.<\/p>\n

Anyway, there's only about one more thing that I have to set up in Ubuntu and then I can probably let the OpenSUSE one bitrot as I migrate data over from those partitions. If I'm able to stay running successfully for a month or two, then I can blow away those SUSE partitions and make room for something more modern (SUSE 11?).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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