Gutsy RC

[Derry Murray]

Hi, 

I use OpenDNS too, you don't by any chance have BTireland ? I found a
few times late at night that DNS connections were slow - thought it was
just my setup to be honest.

I am planning to do a fresh install in the future as I need VirtualBox
just the way it is for now. I want to test out this new printer
functionality a lot better. Also my onboard intel gfx card really throws
compiz around nicely. They really did a good job. 

I've ordered a few cd's via shipit so I can hand out to people. I also
received my delivery of 'Powered by ubuntu' stickers for laptops/pc's.

So if anyone wants some (for free) let me know :)

Thanks

On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 13:22 +0100, Stephen Rigney wrote:
> Downloaded Gutsy RC  a few days ago and it's been pretty good so far.
> I decided to format my hard drive and install a fresh copy, consigning
> Windows to the small partition and firmly engraving Ubuntu as my
> primary OS.
> 
> I had a number of issues with the internet for the first few days.
> Download and load times were fine but DNS times were very slow in
> looking up pages, though ping rates were fine and I'd no issues with
> DNS on Windows.  Started using http://www.opendns.com yesterday and
> all's been well since.
> 
> I was impressed with the graphics card driver compatability as I've
> had problems with configuring drivers on Feisty and was forced to use
> Envy to configure my drivers but Gutsy immediately configured them
> this time which is a huge benefit.  I nearly gave up on Ubuntu in
> April with frustration over drivers for my GeForce 8800.
> 
> I'm glad that I have broadband though because the updates are coming
> quick and hard and I've probably downloaded the same size of files as
> the iso itself within 3 or 4 days.
> 
> Looking forward to the full release tomorrow!
> 
> -- 
> Stephen
>