[ Ubuntu-BD ] Ubuntu 8.04 User's Experience

[Angel]

I installed 8.04 on my Virtual Box. But as it's too slow. So can't 
tasting it rightly. I am downloading Kubuntu Remix. Then I'll install it 
properly on my system. Can't wait to tasting.
:-D

raihan hasnain wrote:
> Long anticipated Ubuntu 8.04 was just released yesterday [April 24, 2008]
> I should call me "lucky" as I am using it within 12 hours of the release.
>
> Lets discuss about our expectations and the actual experience here.
>
> The Live CD has a major change. It gives a direct installation option
> which doesn't boot the whole usable OS, instead it just gives the GUI
> ubuquity installer.
>
> Just a note when installing, remove the internet cable when
> installing. [we live in Bangldesh].
>
> My first experience after installation is "disappointment". My monitor
> was detected as widescreen. My monitor's native resolution is
> 1280x1024 at 60, but the highest resolution was 1280x960. By the way, I
> use nVidia GF 7300LS
>
> The Hardware Driver (previously known as Restricted Drivers) showed
> that there is a "new" nVidia driver and it is not in use. There is no
> option to download or reinstall the new driver. Later I found that I
> needed to update the repository to get that option!
>
> I tried to reconfigure the xserver. It stops reconfiguring after it
> gets information about the keyboard. Then the resolution became
> 640x480 at 50
>
> Anyways, finally I could make it 1280x1024 at 50 (yes 50!)
>
> Another thing is, ubuntu's desktop stopped working 4 times. I don't
> know exactly why. But it never happened before.
>
> Bluetooth Manager impressed me. This is the first time when I could
> send and receive files from and to my mobile phone without any
> problem. But my phone detects my computer as "gizmo's Mac Pro" (the
> name I use on Mac OS X) instead of "gizmo-desktop-0". Weird!
>
> Font rendering, desktop visualization, start-up time is really impressive.
> Application startup time seemed a bit slower.
>
> My internet speed got screwed up today, so couldn't do experiments on
> other stuffs.
>
> Thats all for now, waiting for other user's experience.
>
> NOTE: My "PC" is comparatively old one. P4-2.8, 2G RAM. Using a
> separate 30GB IDE hard drive for ubuntu.
>
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