<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/7/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bob Gotthardt</b> <<a href="mailto:bobgott@ptd.net">bobgott@ptd.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Vincent,<br>
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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).</div></blockquote><div><br>Do note that this is a Xubuntu mailinglist - for Ubuntu-specific questions you might be more lucky at Ubuntu mailinglists. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I want to contribute and
have started a test scenario (see list of machines tested below). You
are the first to contact me!<br>
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In testing, I may have answered my own questions!<br>
<br>
* Toshiba A105 laptop: <br>
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! </div></blockquote><div><br>The best way to report bugs is by visiting <a href="http://bugs.ubuntu.com">bugs.ubuntu.com</a> and reporting it there. You need an account, then you can report the bug - be sure to check for duplicates first.<br>
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* AMD3100:<br>
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.</div></blockquote><div><br>IIRC, the Xubuntu/Ubuntu installer (at least the graphical one) has support for resizing existing partitions. See <a href="http://www.23hq.com/Vincentt/photo/2589705">http://www.23hq.com/Vincentt/photo/2589705</a> (the top option is resizing)<br>
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I look forward to hearing from you or other team members.<br>
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Regards,<br><span class="sg">
Bob</span><div><span class="e" id="q_119c4916705ba5c5_2"><br>
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Vincent wrote:
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/6/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bob
Gotthardt</b> <<a href="mailto:bobgott@ptd.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bobgott@ptd.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hello,<br>
<br>
I'm a new, fascinated user testing Xubuntu 8.04 on an underpowered<br>
Toshiba Satellite laptop.<br>
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Unfortunately for dual-boot, I could only retrieve a 10G partition from<br>
this 80G Vista drive [MFT near 64G mark prevents further shrinkage w/o<br>
too much 3rd party]. Ubuntu 7.14 and 8.04 have tested well also.<br>
'Hardware Report' was sent and I joined Launchpad and Xubuntu Users as<br>
<a href="mailto:dell@gotthardt.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">dell@gotthardt.net</a>.<br>
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How do you feel I will fare installing Xubuntu 8.04 in this 10G
partition?</blockquote>
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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.<br>
<br>
By the way, this question might be more appropriate for the
xubuntu-users mailinglist: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a><br>
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Do you have any suggestions? Do you recommend otherwise, what about<br>
another release or full Ubuntu (tested well)? This is a personal use<br>
machine with no special applications [I need alternative to Vista] and<br>
I'll share any experiences with you.<br>
<br>
Additional testing conducted on AMD3100 (1GB), Vostro 200<br>
(<a href="mailto:E2180@2.00GHz" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">E2180@2.00GHz</a>, 2GB), hp8670c (P3/800MHz, 196MB), and xl759 (P3/800MHz,<br>
256MB) on Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04. I want to join the team and share any<br>
information I may have.<br>
<br>
This Toshiba has only 512MB, but that can be increased and I can add<br>
another disk for Ubuntu use. Any comments and help appreciated.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Bob Gotthardt<br>
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<a href="http://www.Gotthardt.Net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.Gotthardt.Net</a><br>
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Vincent
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