Comments on: Ubuntu saved the day http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/14/ubuntu-saved-the-day Whatever keeps me busy, annoys me, what I like and love or just find interesting, but often a place to put my mind at rest. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:25:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SwitchBL8 http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/14/ubuntu-saved-the-day/comment-page-1#comment-1546 SwitchBL8 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:31:21 +0000 http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/14/ubuntu-saved-the-day/#comment-1546 @rufusD: I had my share of hardware failures, and this is the FIRST OS that actually did it all without major problems. None of the Microsoft OS's can manage this, and the Linux I've been using (RedHat, Fedora, SuSE) did not even come close to this experience. <br /> @heer opstand: I have the same mobo now, the AsRock AM2NF3-VSTA. Too bad you did not get the sound working, that means I have to plugin my old SB Live!. @rufusD: I had my share of hardware failures, and this is the FIRST OS that actually did it all without major problems. None of the Microsoft OS’s can manage this, and the Linux I’ve been using (RedHat, Fedora, SuSE) did not even come close to this experience.

@heer opstand: I have the same mobo now, the AsRock AM2NF3-VSTA. Too bad you did not get the sound working, that means I have to plugin my old SB Live!.

]]> By: heer opstand http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/14/ubuntu-saved-the-day/comment-page-1#comment-1545 heer opstand Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:52:40 +0000 http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/14/ubuntu-saved-the-day/#comment-1545 Just curious which mobo you're using. I have an Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, also with AGP, sound doesn't work but I had a SB Audigy LS from my previous box, so that wasn't a problem. I run 64-bits Ubuntu 7.04 on it and I love it! Just curious which mobo you’re using. I have an Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, also with AGP, sound doesn’t work but I had a SB Audigy LS from my previous box, so that wasn’t a problem.
I run 64-bits Ubuntu 7.04 on it and I love it!

]]> By: rufusD http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/14/ubuntu-saved-the-day/comment-page-1#comment-1543 rufusD Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:45:29 +0000 http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/14/ubuntu-saved-the-day/#comment-1543 Err... *any* modern linux distribution can do this, it's no specific feature of ubuntu Err… *any* modern linux distribution can do this, it’s no specific feature of ubuntu

]]> By: DFreeze http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/14/ubuntu-saved-the-day/comment-page-1#comment-1542 DFreeze Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:31:25 +0000 http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/14/ubuntu-saved-the-day/#comment-1542 Just chiming in to say I've had the exact same experience. Well, not all the hardware had changed, but replacing the motherboard effectively puts all the hardware at new locations / buses / registers. So as far as the OS is concerned, the whole system had a makeover. I could just imagine the amount of fixes I had coming, but I tried to just plug everything back in and power up to see what happens. Boy, what a bummer: nothing happened. Instead it went something like this: power on - hold breath - wait for beeps / BSOD's / anything - hear login sound - exhale and smile. Yup, there's a lot Ubuntu and Linux in general can improve, but on the other hand: there's a lot thats already ROCKIN'. Just chiming in to say I’ve had the exact same experience. Well, not all the hardware had changed, but replacing the motherboard effectively puts all the hardware at new locations / buses / registers. So as far as the OS is concerned, the whole system had a makeover.
I could just imagine the amount of fixes I had coming, but I tried to just plug everything back in and power up to see what happens. Boy, what a bummer: nothing happened. Instead it went something like this: power on – hold breath – wait for beeps / BSOD’s / anything – hear login sound – exhale and smile.

Yup, there’s a lot Ubuntu and Linux in general can improve, but on the other hand: there’s a lot thats already ROCKIN’.

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