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Ubuntu migrations to 8.10 - KillBush

KillBush — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:59:08 +0100

I've experience that if you upgrade Ubuntu too much it'll start working slow.... Did 7.04->7.10->8.04->8.10, and it slowed to a crawl. Reinstalled - everything is quick again. Despite nvidia drivers....

Update to Vista SP1 (follow up) Failure 0x800F0826 - Dan

Dan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:47:55 +0100

hey, I know this is a fairly old issue, but if you could either post back, or email me a guide on how to switch to Vista bootloader and then back to grub, please do so. Because I have a dual boot ubuntu vista laptop, and I don't know how grub got on there (probably during the ubuntu install) and therefore I don't know what "the usual tools" are.

Ubuntu migrations to 8.10 - JBK

JBK — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:55:12 +0100

@Dave: those machines are not my machines, usually, so they don't have many services, however, I had 0 problems with Apache and MySQL.

For my servers, I still prefer Debian Stable...

Ubuntu migrations to 8.10 - Dave

Dave — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:13:59 +0100

@Sam - KUbuntu is just Ubuntu with KDE as the default window manager. It will suffer from the same issues as the regular ubuntu distro.

And FYI, if you want to have the functionality of KUbuntu in Ubuntu, type 'apt-get install kde' and voila.

However, this thread is more about upgrading between releases of Ubuntu rather than the GUI that's used.

@JBK - what about non-GUI apps like apache, mysql, etc. They were okay or did you have to mess with them also?

Ubuntu migrations to 8.10 - materthron

materthron — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:29:04 +0100

When I upgraded from 8.04 (which cumbersomely only worked with mesa dirvers) by means of update manager, my system was literally totally fucked up (couldn't even boot any more).
So the usual back-up old files to ext. hd, with Knoppix, get iso, burn iso and do a complete re-install cycle started once again.
Unfortunatly, X kept freezing seconds after log-in; even with mesa. Fiddling and searching for 5h (! what a nice way to spend a sunday ) finally brought up this quirk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Quirks#AT... which made everything run seamlessly ever on.

So, for me upgrading Ubuntu isn't fun either

Ubuntu migrations to 8.10 - JBK

JBK — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:53:41 +0100

@Sam: well, I did install KDE4 on the new ubuntu, but this doesn't solve the migrations issues :D

Ubuntu migrations to 8.10 - rafa

rafa — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:44:04 +0100

I agree.

Ubuntu migrations to 8.10 - Sam Gleske

Sam Gleske — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:14:50 +0100

Have you ever tried Kubuntu? It's useful as well and the new version (Kubuntu 8.10) takes advantage of the new KDE 4. I haven't had much time to fiddle with it though (past using the live CD version) so I don't know much about the new release.

SAM
sag47 on VLC forum and other Linux forums.

Update from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 - SDolha

SDolha — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:29:02 -0700

I may have got a solution, after calling Microsoft Support. Check my blog entry on this topic: http://sdolha.spaces.live.com/blog/...!4121802308C5AB4E!3805.entry.

Update from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 - SDolha

SDolha — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:08:28 -0700

I found the same issue too, with an English version of Vista Business.

I tried Windows Update again, check whether any updates failed in the Windows Update History, but none seem to have failed...

If you find a solution, please let me know also... Thanks.

Update from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 - Kirk Barrett

Kirk Barrett — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:18:22 -0800

Got 0x800F0826 also. Have tried 3 times. What a worthless operating system. MS should be ashamed ....except that they have our cash. I am such a fool for installing this putrid garbage in the first place.

Update from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 - KiteLight`

KiteLight` — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:52:03 -0800

vista is just so unstable ..... should of waited till the proper release comes out altho im not sure if im gna get it for my laptop yet mmmm.....