First impressions with Ubuntu

[Julien Olivier]

> Did you install openoffice.org-l10n-fr?  Each translation for openoffice can
> be as much as 20 megabytes, so we do not install every language by default.

I didn't have this package installed. After I installed it, I got the UI
in French, but still no French dictionary. I guess OOO just lacks it
upstream, but I know that RedHat / Fedora provides a French dictionary
for OOO.

> In the future, this will be more automated, based on a choice of languages
> in the installer.
> 

It would be great to automatically install the l10n package matching the
language the user chose during installation.

> >  - If you start your computer with a USB mass storage device plugged in,
> > it won't be reconized by HAL. You have to unplug it, and re-plug it.
> 
> It works for me here.  I boot my system with a USB card reader attached
> (which shows up as a mass storage device), and it shows up in
> hal-device-manager without any re-plugging.
> 
> Perhaps it is specific to your device?
> 

Well, I think I need to test it more, with different devices, and I'll
file a bug when I get more information.

> >  - My sound card is an Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Audio
> > Controller. On this sound card, I can't control the volume using the
> > "volume" or "PCM" channels. Only the "PCM2" channel controls volume. The
> > first problems is that PCM2 is muted by default, and is not controlled
> > by the sound volume applet. Is there a solution to this ?
> 
> I do not think there is a simple solution to this.  I have seen other cards
> with both PCM and PCM2, where PCM is the useful one. :-/
> 

How about having PCM2 volume "follow" PCM volume and vice-versa ?

> >  - If you change the icon theme to "hicolor", all the icons disappear,
> > and the trash applet crashes.
> 
> Please report this in bugzilla.
> 

To which component ? This trash applet isn't in upstream GNOME, is it ?

-- 
Julien Olivier <julo at altern.org>