Jamie's Random Musings
Various thoughts and adventures, including but not limited to Linux, Windows XP and Widows Vista, and assorted bits of hardware new and old.
Wednesday 21 May 2008, 4:20 PM
New Directions - Ubuntu
I downloaded the Ubuntu CD image, burned it to a disk, swapped the hard drives and booted the CD. Less than an hour later the installation was finished, and it was up and running. I have tried this several times before, most recently with SuSE Linux, and this one the first time that it seemed to have gotten all of the major laptop devices and configurations figured out properly. I'm impressed.
I have been working with Unix systems, in considerable depth, since 1982, so I am no rookie. I'm trying this out now, looking into it in more detail, seeing what works and what doesn't, and how useful it really is. I'll post more about the adventures as I go.


