[ubuntu-in] Loaded Ubuntu 7.10 in my desktop

[Mohan Dasaratha Rao]

Hi all!

I just started using Ubuntu 7.04 in my desktop a few weeks back and I was
lucky to see an upgrade within a short period. Immediately, I tried
upgrading it. After a few tries, I could accomplish it. The upgrade download
was direct and not through bit torrent. Sometimes, the download speed became
slow and had to abort the download. It took nearly 8 hours to complete the
download and installation excluding my aborted attempts. 1068 files were
downloaded for the upgrade. The installation was smooth.

One positive thing that happened was on Google Earth. IN Ubuntu 7.04, it was
not working. When I installed Google Earth, I did not press "Quit" and
instead pressed "OK" in the installation dialog window. The Ubuntu support
document specifically said "not to do this". In a hurry, I did this mistake.
I was logged out every time, I launched Google Earth in Ubuntu 7.04. I
wanted to uninstall and was looking in the net for a neat uninstall
procedure. In the mean time, I upgraded Ubuntu to 7.10. To my surprise,
Google Earth started working automatically under Ubuntu 7.10.

I find a lot of applications added in 7.10 repository. I had Automatix2
repository in my earlier version of Ubuntu. This did not work after upgrade.
I had to uninstall it and install the one suitable for Ubuntu 7.10. This
also works now.

Ubuntu 7.10 seems to be faster than 7.04. I can not be sure of it, since it
is not based on any verifiable data. Installation and usage of 7.10 was
smooth so far. All my loaded applications and configurations were intact,
excepting Automatix, of course.

Regards


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D. Mohan
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