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Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Final Release

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Open Ubuntu Software Center under Applications. From there search for "Ubuntu restricted extras". Click install and once it's done you should be good to go.
 
icyroy05 said:
Open Ubuntu Software Center under Applications. From there search for "Ubuntu restricted extras". Click install and once it's done you should be good to go.
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Download Managers like Ubuntu's Synaptic Package Manager are one of the best things about Linux,you can type in what you are looking for and it will find it and tell you if its installed or not and even download/install it for you, I wish Windows had something like this,one of the great things that makes using Linux so easy.
 
icyroy05 said:
Open Ubuntu Software Center under Applications. From there search for "Ubuntu restricted extras". Click install and once it's done you should be good to go.
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I was looking under the top-most heading of "Canonical Partners", which Flash 10 shows up under. But when I clicked on the other heading, and then clicked Search for "Flash", it showed up the other entry for the flash plugin, and this one had an "Install" link to click. Thank you.

(So confusing that there are two of them, and one says AMD64 isn't supported.)
 
I've read some ugly stuff about VirtualBox and 10.04.

I've also read you have to use a 3rd party utility to fix the button placement for min/max/close in Gnome. Not cool to change a standard GUI option and not provide a way to fix it right out of the box, not to mention forcing said change. It should be optional.

Nothing in the deal breaker category, just makes you wonder what's going through their heads sometimes.
 
VirtualLarry said:
It's a mystery to me how to get anything to work in Linux.
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The easiest way to get things working in Ubu is to install "Ubuntu Tweak":

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/0.5.x/0.5.1 (Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.1)

Ubuntu Tweak is a front-end proggie that takes the drudge out of (ahem) tweaking Ubu... :awe:

As an aside, I've been running Ubu 10.04 on my primary box since the first beta was released -- and, I've seen a LOT of bugs come n' go.

I'm happy enough with the final release (the last couple of days) to recommend it to friends & family.

Soooo, jump on in. The water's fine!
 
joetekubi said:
The bottom line is that Adobe doesnt' make it easy to find the dowload, and you must install any previous version.[...]
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Um...

I don't recommend installing Adobe. I haven't used it for about a year (on Win or Linux machines), since I read an article about Adobe vulns being the single biggest cause of computer intrusions. The article said Abode was so hopelessly unsecure (and Adobe so slow to respond to reported problems) that it would never get fixed, blah, blah, blah.

I use Google Docs in my browser(s) and Evince on my Linux desktop(s) -- Foxit Reader on Win machines.

Unless you have a specific *need* for Adobe, I strongly suggest looking elsewhere... 😉
 
An update on my experience... A fresh install made everything better, 10.04 is running great for me now. I even like the default theme, but I stand by my assertion that they should have stayed with brown and orange as a default. That color scheme was very unique, and defined Ubuntu as much as the logo did. Whenever I saw those colors together, I immediately thought of Ubuntu, and that's exactly what you want with your product branding.

Btw, the min-max-close buttons are trivial to move. It literally took me less than a minute, including the Google search. See this page for instructions...

http://exploreubuntu.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/moving-buttons/
 
VinDSL said:
Um...

I don't recommend installing Adobe. I haven't used it for about a year (on Win or Linux machines), since I read an article about Adobe vulns being the single biggest cause of computer intrusions. The article said Abode was so hopelessly unsecure (and Adobe so slow to respond to reported problems) that it would never get fixed, blah, blah, blah.

I use Google Docs in my browser(s) and Evince on my Linux desktop(s) -- Foxit Reader on Win machines.

Unless you have a specific *need* for Adobe, I strongly suggest looking elsewhere... 😉
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I think they are talking about Adobe Flash, not Adobe Reader.
 
Platypus said:
I've also read you have to use a 3rd party utility to fix the button placement for min/max/close in Gnome. Not cool to change a standard GUI option and not provide a way to fix it right out of the box, not to mention forcing said change. It should be optional.
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It is optional, no third party tool required, i did it from the command line in about 10 seconds. run this in terminal to switch buttons:

gconftool-2 --set "/apps/metacity/general/button_layout" --type string ":minimize,maximize,close"
 
Rifterut said:
It is optional, no third party tool required, i did it from the command line in about 10 seconds. run this in terminal to switch buttons:

gconftool-2 --set "/apps/metacity/general/button_layout" --type string ":minimize,maximize,close"
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Initial reports said it was only possible by using UbuntuTweak, I'm glad there is a way to change it natively. I haven't used it personally. I'll eventually get around to updating it.
 
Brazen said:
I think they are talking about Adobe Flash, not Adobe Reader.
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I see...

That's easy using 'Ubuntu Tweak'! All you have to do is check a single box...

If you'll notice (in the launcher panel) I'm running Midori, Firefox, Chrome, and Chromium for browsers.

Adobe Flash runs fine with all of them! :sneaky:

easy-flash-install.png
 
lxskllr said:
[...]I even like the default theme, but I stand by my assertion that they should have stayed with brown and orange as a default. That color scheme was very unique, and defined Ubuntu as much as the logo did. Whenever I saw those colors together, I immediately thought of Ubuntu, and that's exactly what you want with your product branding.[...]
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Different strokes...

I always run my own custom themes on Linux machines (as exemplified above) -- with the exception of Linux Mint.

And... I actually prefer the buttons on the left. Don't ask me why. I hated it for the first couple of days, but now I think it's great!

I can't wait to see what 'they' do on the right-side. :awe:
 
I upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 LTS and noticed it became lighter and faster (placebo?)
Things are looking good for now, wonder if I should do a clean install of 10.04. Would be a loyal PITA to set everything up again..
 
konakona said:
I upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 LTS and noticed it became lighter and faster (placebo?)
Things are looking good for now, wonder if I should do a clean install of 10.04. Would be a loyal PITA to set everything up again..
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If it's working, it's working. I'd leave well enough alone. I didn't notice a speed increase outside of boot time going from 9.10 to 10.04 on my desktop. On my netbook, the speed increase was tremendous going from 8.04 to 10.04. I think that was mostly due to the EXT4 file system.
 
I think the latest updates over lastweek or so have helped in regards to performance etc..I have my Ubuntu 10.04 upgrade over old version running sweet,so more then happy 🙂.
 
lxskllr said:
If it's working, it's working. I'd leave well enough alone. I didn't notice a speed increase outside of boot time going from 9.10 to 10.04 on my desktop. On my netbook, the speed increase was tremendous going from 8.04 to 10.04. I think that was mostly due to the EXT4 file system.
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I had the opposite happpen. I upgraded a 8.04 to 10.04 and it became so slow it was unusable. I then did a fresh install and had the same problem. I went back to 8.04 for now.
 
sourceninja said:
I had the opposite happpen. I upgraded a 8.04 to 10.04 and it became so slow it was unusable. I then did a fresh install and had the same problem. I went back to 8.04 for now.
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Huh... What netbook do you have? Mine's an Eee900 with the 16gb SSD. I didn't try an upgrade, as I wanted to repartition, but I've been totally happy with the performance.
 
sourceninja said:
This was a desktop amd xp 3000 with 512 ram. Via video.
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Ah, ok. My failed upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04 had these specs. It's running great(but same as 9.10) now with a fresh install...

Asus P4P800SE
1gb ram
P4 2.8ghz
Albatron TI4200
Seagate 80gb SATA hd
 
Platypus said:
Initial reports said it was only possible by using UbuntuTweak, I'm glad there is a way to change it natively. I haven't used it personally. I'll eventually get around to updating it.
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what initial reports are those? There is a graphical built in way since they moved them in alpha 2 or 3.
 
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