Testing Xubuntu 8.04 on Toshiba A105 - Help!

[Vincent]

On 5/7/08, Bob Gotthardt <bobgott at ptd.net> wrote:
>
>  Vincent,
>
> I appreciate the reply and did send the question (twice) to Xubuntu team
> last week. I have decades of IT experience and fascinated in Ubuntu
> distribution (I'm an old RedHat user).
>

Do note that this is a Xubuntu mailinglist - for Ubuntu-specific questions
you might be more lucky at Ubuntu mailinglists.

I want to contribute and have started a test scenario (see list of machines
> tested below). You are the first to contact me!
>
> In testing, I may have answered my own questions!
>
> * Toshiba A105 laptop:
> I ordered an additional 1GB ram and installed Ubuntu 8.04 [i386], with a
> 3G swap partition and 7+G left for root etal. All seems well except sound
> from FireFox and I don't seem to have driver for Windows/Dell network
> printer. It gets there, acts like it's printing but nada!
>

The best way to report bugs is by visiting bugs.ubuntu.com and reporting it
there. You need an account, then you can report the bug - be sure to check
for duplicates first.

* AMD3100:
> This XP machine has 110 GB of 160GB drive available, 8.04 tested well and
> I am defragging now. Do you have a process for XP Drive "shrinkage"? The
> Vista procedure worked well.
>

IIRC, the Xubuntu/Ubuntu installer (at least the graphical one) has support
for resizing existing partitions. See
http://www.23hq.com/Vincentt/photo/2589705 (the top option is resizing)

I look forward to hearing from you or other team members.
>
> Regards,
> Bob
>
> Vincent wrote:
>
>
>
> On 5/6/08, Bob Gotthardt <bobgott at ptd.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm a new, fascinated user testing Xubuntu 8.04 on an underpowered
> > Toshiba Satellite laptop.
> >
> > Unfortunately for dual-boot, I could only retrieve a 10G partition from
> > this 80G Vista drive [MFT near 64G mark prevents further shrinkage w/o
> > too much 3rd party]. Ubuntu 7.14 and 8.04 have tested well also.
> > 'Hardware Report' was sent and I joined Launchpad and Xubuntu Users as
> > dell at gotthardt.net.
> >
> > How do you feel I will fare installing Xubuntu 8.04 in this 10G
> > partition?
>
>
> Xubuntu should fit on a 10GB partition - I believe it takes up about 1,5
> GB after a standard installation. However, you'll have very little space
> left for your personal documents, settings and additional applications
> you're going to install (i.e. 8,5 GB), which may be even less if I'm
> mistaken and Xubuntu takes up more than 1,5 GB.
>
> By the way, this question might be more appropriate for the xubuntu-users
> mailinglist: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
>
>  Do you have any suggestions? Do you recommend otherwise, what about
> > another release or  full Ubuntu (tested well)? This is a personal use
> > machine with no special applications [I need alternative to Vista] and
> > I'll share any experiences with you.
> >
> > Additional testing conducted on AMD3100 (1GB), Vostro 200
> > (E2180 at 2.00GHz, 2GB),  hp8670c (P3/800MHz, 196MB), and xl759 (P3/800MHz,
> > 256MB) on Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04. I want to join the team and share any
> > information I may have.
> >
> > This Toshiba has only 512MB, but that can be increased and I can add
> > another disk for Ubuntu use. Any comments and help appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bob Gotthardt
> >
> > www.Gotthardt.Net
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Vincent
>
>
>


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Vincent
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