New to UBUNTU

[Brian Durant]

On 18. jan 2006, at 10.50, Chanchao wrote:

> BD> With the Kubuntu  PPC Dapper flight 3 live-cd, when I go to admin
> BD> mode, all netork connections are greyed out and it isn't  
> possible to
> BD> change anything (like get the ethernet working). That is why I
> BD> thought it had something to do with sudo, but I guess this is a  
> more
> BD> fundamental issue with Dapper.
>
> I don't think new users should be using a beta version of a future
> release.. By definition, there's things that don't work in it yet.
>
> Use Breezy. :)

I would if I could, but Dapper Flight 3 is the first version of  
Ubuntu/Kubuntu to work on my G5. Unfortunately, I don't have a choice  
at this point, unless I use a different distro, as was mentioned on  
this list (!?!), like Yellow Dog Linux. Personally, Ubuntu/Kubuntu  
has always had a special place in my heart since it came out and I  
tried it on IBM iron. I have been hoping to be able to work through  
the problems and learn something at the same time. Interestingly, I  
can get the Ubuntu version to work with network configuration, which  
is of course a prerequisit for updating the system as it develops. I  
just happen to like KDE better than GNOME.

I know KDE can be installed, but at least in Hoary, there were  
problems getting K3B to work with GNOME.

Cheers,

Brian