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| System Name | Rocinante |
|---|---|
| Processor | I9 14900KS |
| Motherboard | EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS) |
| Cooling | EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB |
| Memory | 64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400 |
| Video Card(s) | MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090 |
| Storage | 1x 500GB 980 Pro | 1x 1TB 980 Pro | 1x 8TB Corsair MP400 |
| Display(s) | Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC |
| Case | Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White |
| Audio Device(s) | Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e |
| Power Supply | Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w |
| Mouse | Lamzu Atlantis mini (White) |
| Keyboard | Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues |
| VR HMD | Quest 3 |
| Software | Windows 11 |
| Benchmark Scores | I dont have time for that. |
Today i bring you the review of Ubuntu 8.04 hardy heron in a hopes to open your eyes to some of the biggest open source operating systems in the world.
TEST SYSTEM
3.7Ghz E6400
4GB (2x2GB) 675mhz ram
100GB 7200RPM IDE seagate HDD
ubuntu 8.04 x64
Install Time:10-20min
So first we Get our distro the iso weights in at ~700mb more around 690ish
After we burn the iso we boot it and come to out boot screen. This screen has the basic linux options memtest, test source boot hdd and install
as well of course as running it as live to see what you like.
After you select install ubuntu the first step in our relatively short install process is choosing your language. Of course like all good linux distros these days in their own language.
After we get your language picked out we start our default "load kernel state" that provides your system with basic drivers like windows and of course includes the meat of the installer.
After the kernel loads and the setup initiates we get your first happy little screen thats going to guide you through the set up process. As you can see im happy about this install because while others usually do give you a good feel ubuntu gives you that warn this is going to be fun color and look.
After you click next we pick your timezone and begin the basic info gather stage of the installation. given the short install time youll notice it gets complicated quickly. Instead of the other distros that bore you with page after page screen after screen the ubuntu staff seem to understand that people want their OS in a good time frame. Thank you ubuntu
After you tell ubuntu when you like your first cup of coffee we get to pick your KB layout...like any other install you can pick from a wide variety of types and locations in a wonderfull non text base manner unlike most gentoo installations or older versions of linux. Unlike most others though ubuntu other than just breaking it down by type gives you sub catagories because it knows you may want to type differently or because your weird and have a UK KB though the same can be said about the americas. That and seeing as how ubuntu originated in The isle of man smack dab in the middle of ireland and the UK i wont complain.
After that we jump right into the install process and select our HDD and partitioning. I had trouble at first as i have multiple HDD's and for some reason ubuntu wants to install on a drive other than root or "/" you can remedy this easy i found out by going to "manual" and telling it which drive to put the boot loader on.
Like so. remember to set the mount point to "/" or you get into all sorts of trouble. For the most part though especially for people with one hard drive you dont need to worry. If your scared of manual config but want ubuntu simply unplug your HDD's and that will work just as well as ubuntu will have no problem finding them after you plug them back in.
After that we jump past partitoning which if i might add is EXCELLENT in ubuntu and i find it personally better than Fedora and suse's approch to a "partitoning guide." It was extremely easy to use and understand and only took about 30sec for you guys who know what your doing. now however we input our user data a sure sighn that were almost done and on the home stretch easy those antsy hands were almost done 
After you enter in your info click next for the cup de gra and lets get on with it! Exciting huh?
You get like all other distros a verification screen wioth what you want whats going to be partitoned and a frienddly warning that if you did it wrong expect the worst. Not being one easy to fret i clicked install. If you are i suggest you click cancel
Then we get a BEAUTIFUL install screen and even though ubuntu at this point is using universal vesa drivers apparently people that live on an expensive island in the middle of the ocean like to leave a good impression for us land folk. go ahead look how shiny it is!!
After install is complete we have 1 last step a simple reboot and in about 1min to 45sec later your at a pretty boot screen that loads in about the same amount of time.
the pretty boot screen i speak of
After this boot screen your interoduced with some weird amazon congo drum start music that is a true ubuntu original and magically matches the dark burn orange theme quite well. go sound geeks.
here you can also go to "select session" to choose KDE Gnome etc..however you wont get very far at first because ubuntu comes with gnome default so youll need to install it more on that later.
Now that you've logged in using the usn and pass you provided during install your greated with more congo drums and a nice ancient type of gnome that makes you feel warm in fuzzy inside.
Ubuntu is about 700-750megs upon install and to my surprise unlike the big boy suse 11 picked up my wireless adapter immediately like fedora did ...go ubuntu.
setting it up was amazingly easy type in your personal stuff and connect. Youll be prompted by a flashing DL arrow next to your clock for updates it automatically checks for.
to my surprise ubuntu picked up all of my hardware which doesn't seem like an easy feat with these small distros these days. most of the time its the big guys that take up 4 GB that get the job done...some of the time. Not ubuntu though easy as cake and pleasant to look at.
the install process goes suprisingly quick after you tell it to update though it tells you it could take some time. though i bealive this is more for slower computers because anything over 2Ghz seems to take ~5min.
After you do that your on your way to installing all of your favorite things in my case that would be KDE.
Since ubuntu doesnt have KDE by default it needs to DL just about ever package and of course the core KDE components. these weigh in at about 835mb. However the sources come from multiple servers so the DL isnt that slow and it installs rather quickly being mostly binary files.
the easiest way to get what you want with ubuntu is to open your terminal and type in the following line. this technique is used for just about everything and given ubuntu's support you rarely run into problems.
for example when i got KDE i typed the following.
or k3b my fav linux burning program
now to install updates for ubuntu if you miss an update period or simply want to check do the following
system>administration>update manager
it will check for updates and give you an install option.
easy as pi. now if you want to get creative or want your install to be a serious work station we can install secondary packages.
this is fun and you do this like so.
System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager
This breaks updates and packages down into catagory and program not to shabby and if you want o know what each little guy does if gives you a nice little discriptive pragraph on what exactly the program does. the packages range from kids games like worms in apples kind of stuff to programming code for the cell processor. Whats also amazing is how much ubuntu actually has access to in this screen shot its about 24,695 programs!!!!!
I rate ubuntu
Pro's:
Quick install
Short boot time
AMAZING compatability performance and style
Huge library of software
Ease of access for the linux noobie.
Extremely Stable
Cons:
not alot included though to be fair that isnt supposed to be a key feature
Could have atleast added KDE
RATING
9.5/10
AMAZING OS
i hope you guys found this guide usefull and i hope it may open your eyes to linux or give you a different perspective on ubuntu seasoned vet or explorer. I'll try to answer any questions you have if i can help but with more reviews on the way i dont know how long ill have this OS ENJOY!!!
Some of my other reveiws
Elive 1.6
Suse 11
Fedora core 9
TEST SYSTEM
3.7Ghz E6400
4GB (2x2GB) 675mhz ram
100GB 7200RPM IDE seagate HDD
ubuntu 8.04 x64
Install Time:10-20min
So first we Get our distro the iso weights in at ~700mb more around 690ish
After we burn the iso we boot it and come to out boot screen. This screen has the basic linux options memtest, test source boot hdd and install
as well of course as running it as live to see what you like.
After you select install ubuntu the first step in our relatively short install process is choosing your language. Of course like all good linux distros these days in their own language.
After we get your language picked out we start our default "load kernel state" that provides your system with basic drivers like windows and of course includes the meat of the installer.
After the kernel loads and the setup initiates we get your first happy little screen thats going to guide you through the set up process. As you can see im happy about this install because while others usually do give you a good feel ubuntu gives you that warn this is going to be fun color and look.
After you click next we pick your timezone and begin the basic info gather stage of the installation. given the short install time youll notice it gets complicated quickly. Instead of the other distros that bore you with page after page screen after screen the ubuntu staff seem to understand that people want their OS in a good time frame. Thank you ubuntu
After you tell ubuntu when you like your first cup of coffee we get to pick your KB layout...like any other install you can pick from a wide variety of types and locations in a wonderfull non text base manner unlike most gentoo installations or older versions of linux. Unlike most others though ubuntu other than just breaking it down by type gives you sub catagories because it knows you may want to type differently or because your weird and have a UK KB though the same can be said about the americas. That and seeing as how ubuntu originated in The isle of man smack dab in the middle of ireland and the UK i wont complain.
After that we jump right into the install process and select our HDD and partitioning. I had trouble at first as i have multiple HDD's and for some reason ubuntu wants to install on a drive other than root or "/" you can remedy this easy i found out by going to "manual" and telling it which drive to put the boot loader on.
Like so. remember to set the mount point to "/" or you get into all sorts of trouble. For the most part though especially for people with one hard drive you dont need to worry. If your scared of manual config but want ubuntu simply unplug your HDD's and that will work just as well as ubuntu will have no problem finding them after you plug them back in.
After that we jump past partitoning which if i might add is EXCELLENT in ubuntu and i find it personally better than Fedora and suse's approch to a "partitoning guide." It was extremely easy to use and understand and only took about 30sec for you guys who know what your doing
. now however we input our user data a sure sighn that were almost done and on the home stretch easy those antsy hands were almost done
After you enter in your info click next for the cup de gra and lets get on with it! Exciting huh?
You get like all other distros a verification screen wioth what you want whats going to be partitoned and a frienddly warning that if you did it wrong expect the worst. Not being one easy to fret i clicked install. If you are i suggest you click cancel
Then we get a BEAUTIFUL install screen and even though ubuntu at this point is using universal vesa drivers apparently people that live on an expensive island in the middle of the ocean like to leave a good impression for us land folk. go ahead look how shiny it is!!
After install is complete we have 1 last step a simple reboot and in about 1min to 45sec later your at a pretty boot screen that loads in about the same amount of time.
the pretty boot screen i speak of
After this boot screen your interoduced with some weird amazon congo drum start music that is a true ubuntu original and magically matches the dark burn orange theme quite well. go sound geeks.
here you can also go to "select session" to choose KDE Gnome etc..however you wont get very far at first because ubuntu comes with gnome default so youll need to install it more on that later.
Now that you've logged in using the usn and pass you provided during install your greated with more congo drums and a nice ancient type of gnome that makes you feel warm in fuzzy inside.
Ubuntu is about 700-750megs upon install and to my surprise unlike the big boy suse 11 picked up my wireless adapter immediately like fedora did ...go ubuntu.
setting it up was amazingly easy type in your personal stuff and connect. Youll be prompted by a flashing DL arrow next to your clock for updates it automatically checks for.
to my surprise ubuntu picked up all of my hardware which doesn't seem like an easy feat with these small distros these days. most of the time its the big guys that take up 4 GB that get the job done...some of the time. Not ubuntu though easy as cake and pleasant to look at.
the install process goes suprisingly quick after you tell it to update though it tells you it could take some time. though i bealive this is more for slower computers because anything over 2Ghz seems to take ~5min.
After you do that your on your way to installing all of your favorite things in my case that would be KDE.
Since ubuntu doesnt have KDE by default it needs to DL just about ever package and of course the core KDE components. these weigh in at about 835mb. However the sources come from multiple servers so the DL isnt that slow and it installs rather quickly being mostly binary files.
the easiest way to get what you want with ubuntu is to open your terminal and type in the following line. this technique is used for just about everything and given ubuntu's support you rarely run into problems.
Code:
Sudo apt-get install yourprogfor example when i got KDE i typed the following.
Code:
sudo apt-get install kdeor k3b my fav linux burning program
Code:
sudo apt-get install k3bnow to install updates for ubuntu if you miss an update period or simply want to check do the following
system>administration>update manager
it will check for updates and give you an install option.
easy as pi. now if you want to get creative or want your install to be a serious work station we can install secondary packages.
this is fun and you do this like so.
System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager
This breaks updates and packages down into catagory and program not to shabby and if you want o know what each little guy does if gives you a nice little discriptive pragraph on what exactly the program does. the packages range from kids games like worms in apples kind of stuff to programming code for the cell processor. Whats also amazing is how much ubuntu actually has access to in this screen shot its about 24,695 programs!!!!!
I rate ubuntu
Pro's:
Quick install
Short boot time
AMAZING compatability performance and style
Huge library of software
Ease of access for the linux noobie.
Extremely Stable
Cons:
not alot included though to be fair that isnt supposed to be a key feature
Could have atleast added KDE
RATING
9.5/10
AMAZING OS
i hope you guys found this guide usefull and i hope it may open your eyes to linux or give you a different perspective on ubuntu seasoned vet or explorer. I'll try to answer any questions you have if i can help but with more reviews on the way i dont know how long ill have this OS ENJOY!!!
Some of my other reveiws
Elive 1.6
Suse 11
Fedora core 9
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I always have trouble when burning ubuntu to cd 
anyway I installed it on my little bro's pc to stop him getting virus' and he hated it because he couldn't get windows live messenger plus addon. I'm angry because I spend all day installing and rebuilding his pc so it would work and he threw it in my face.
![[I.R.A]_FBi](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/avatars/l/39/39344.jpg?1384761935){kind=avatar}
and its picky about how its installed.
