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Ubuntu Hardy Heron Beta

kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
edited March 2008 in Technology
Well Ubuntu 8.04 Beta is out. Link.
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  • AprecheApreche
    Well Ubuntu 8.04 Beta is out.Link.
    Still downloading.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    Same here. Although the Alpha kept crashing on my machine I hope the Beta will work fine.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    @Scott: Tell me if the flash issue has been resolved, please.
  • SailSail
    I'll stick with Gutsy for now.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    The only reason I want to switch is that I've heard that sound is finally easy to manage, and I need my computer to do some music recordings.
  • AprecheApreche
    The only reason I want to switch is that I've heard that sound is finally easy to manage, and I need my computer to do some music recordings.
    Yes, they have improved the sound a great deal, but I don't think the volume controls are fixed yet.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    I don't think the volume controls are fixed yet.
    How were they broken?
  • AprecheApreche
    I don't think the volume controls are fixed yet.
    How were they broken?
    Quote the wiki.
    PulseAudio is now enabled by default. Some non-GNOME applications still need to be changed to output to pulse/esd by default and the volume control tools are not yet integrated.
  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    Downloading via Bittorrent. Ha, linux kernels are pretty much the only legit use of Bittorrent.

    Can someone far more linux savy than I give a basic explanation of what pulse audio is and why it's better?
  • AprecheApreche
    Can someone far more linux savy than I give a basic explanation of what pulse audio is and why it's better?
    http://www.pulseaudio.org/
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited March 2008
    why it's better?
    It works when you'd expect it to rather than at random intervals.
    Should things go well, I will start doing my recordings through linux when 8.04 is released.
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • ......
    How much better is Pulse Audio? Sure, Audacious can still put out sound, but only half a second at a time before going silent for a second and continuing. For all of you who get the same problem and have already switched all the appropriate options to Pulse Audio, turn the buffer size down. To me that sounds very weird, shrinking the buffer for playback, but after turning it from 3000 ms down to 250 ms everything is fine and dandy and I can hear Rym and Emily talking. FINALLY! XD

    Also, Distro-update here, no messing with cd burning.
  • AprecheApreche
    Also, Distro-update here, no messing with cd burning.
    This is never a trustworthy method. I never trust the upgrades, I always backup my home directory and do a new install.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    This is never a trustworthy method. I never trust the upgrades, I always backup my home directory and do a new install.
    Daily automated backups, oh yeah!
  • ZeehatZeehat
    This is never a trustworthy method. I never trust the upgrades, I always backup my home directory and do a new install.
    That is the best way I have found to upgrade as well.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    I just have my /home on a different partition.
  • ......
    This is never a trustworthy method. I never trust the upgrades, I always backup my home directory and do a new install.
    I know, I however did not wish to bother with fully reinstalling my system. That, and I still need to plan my partitions a bit again. Minor tweaks, a few more smaller partitions. Perhaps this weekend.
  • UsagimaruUsagimaru
    I just installed it and really like the interface changes.
    The only problem I have is that my wireless isn't working. Both the easy way I've been installing the driver since I first started using Ubuntu and bcm43XX fwcutter aren't working. Guess I'm going to have to figure out how to use ndiswrapper...
  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    edited March 2008
    I downloaded the 64-bit version. It automatically installed the 32-bit adobe flash plugin and it actually works. Go Ubuntu!

    EDIT
    I see what you mean about Pulse Audio being better. I can mute one media player and still have sound, AMAZING!
    Post edited by George Patches on
  • AprecheApreche
    I just have my /home on a different partition.
    Desktop yes, laptop no.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    Why not laptop? I have my /home on a separate partition on any machine I use.
  • AprecheApreche
    Why not laptop? I have my /home on a separate partition on any machine I use.
    16 gigabyte solid state drive.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    Oh..
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    Does anyone who has already installed Hardy use a Wacom tablet? It seems that I can't get mine to work in Hardy..
  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    What's the point of putting your home folder on a separate partition? It's not like it's gonna protect you if your hard drive fails.
  • NeitoNeito
    What's the point of putting your home folder on a separate partition? It's not like it's gonna protect you if your hard drive fails.
    You can easily reinstall Linux/whatever OS if you need to.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    edited March 2008
    When you install any version of Linux you can just format your "/" partition and set the mount point for you home partition to /home.
    Post edited by kiwi_bird on
  • ......
    What's the point of putting your home folder on a separate partition? It's not like it's gonna protect you if your hard drive fails.
    Actually, it will to some extend. When I had my first HD crash I could put it as secondary HDD in my new computer and grab all my music and media from the non-OS partitions. Since the OS partition is battered the most it was the source of my HD crash. So if you put your home folder on a separate partition you might have the luck of being able of recovering the data by merely using it as a secondary drive. And as said by others you won't have to backup your home dir when (re)installing Linux.
  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    I just drag my whole home folder onto a back drive when I need to format (you can do this with VIsta too).

    Does anyone know how to change the mapping of the mouse buttons? I want to set one of them to be BACK.
  • AprecheApreche
    Putting /home on another partition is good, but putting /home on a separate drive altogether is even better. Also, putting /var on a separate partition is a good idea. That way if one of your log files goes crazy and fills the partition, you will still be able to use your computer because the other file systems will not also fill up.
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