Ubuntu 8.10

Around 3 days ago i succesfully set up a new Ubuntu 64 bit in my PC

I continue my journey exploring Ubuntu by installing the new version of Ubuntu inside my PC. I just download the new version of Ubuntu from its official site from the server near me.

Unlike before, i don't want to use any CD for installing Ubuntu inside of windows, so i just mount the ISO file with DAEMON. Then it's working like we have burn the ISO into a CD by making a virtual drive inside your PC. Then, autorun from the virtual drive and a selection menu will appear asking an action to do.

I choose to install Ubuntu inside windows (option number 2) which is easier to use, and low risk on missing data. After it perform several data copying, i reboot the PC. Now, there will be an addition menu on the boot screen, we can choose to boot the Ubuntu and continue installing the Ubuntu or we can choose to boot the windows.

After choosing to install Ubuntu, it will perform several tasks that installing Ubuntu, just leave it installing, my computer takes about 20 minutes witout internet connection, and it takes longer time when your computer is connected to the internet since it will connect to the mirror and download update for the OS. After succeeding this step, then the Ubuntu is now ready to use. Simply reboot the PC and now there are two OS in my PC

I boot the Ubuntu and update the driver for my graphic card, this task perform in quite long time, without any progress bar, so what we could do is wait until it finish, when updating the driver for graphic card, the update manager will not able to update anything else.

After the graphic driver is installed, then i update the software by using the update manager. When updating, i try to activate the desktop effect in system > preferences > appearance > visual effects, then choose extra. Note that the desktop effect could only activated when the graphic driver is installed. The most stunning effect is the wobble effect, where the windows wobble when moved from a point to another. It moves like a jelly. it's simply stunning for me.

After update, i start to install compiz fusion inside Ubuntu to get more stunning effect. Based on the video below, with compiz fusion or Beryl application installed, the effect we got in this OS will be far more stunning than Vista. I follow the Tutorial (Indonesia) i found by googling step by step, and it really works.

After finishing the installation, i have now a very stunning windows effect, a 3D desktop, wobble effect, desktop cube, magic lamp effect, water drops effect, and many more. After since, i never boot my windows again.

Ubuntu has a very stunning effects if you have Compiz fusion or Beryl installed, but not flexible to use, installing an application may need internet connection for the tutorial. Somehow, i think that this is very good, since i myself found a difficulty to install something, then viruses will hardly affect my system.

By now, there are about 4 of my friends looking forward to use ubuntu in their PC for a good system and visual effects. One of them has successfully set up an ubuntu with the compiz fusion when i wrote this.

Ubuntu 8.04

i tried to set up an ubuntu version 8.04 in my PC.

I download the installer at www.ubuntu.com, the installer is in iso format that we can just burn it with burning software like Nero or ISOburner or other burning program right into CD. Do not use windows XP burner since it doesn't recognized iso program as an CD images files.

After burning the ISO, i insert he CD into the CDROM and an autorun menu will appeared. The menu offer 3 choices, first to install the Ubuntu, second to install Ubuntu inside windows, and the third to learn more about Ubuntu. I want to try this Ubuntu so i choose option second, to install Ubuntu inside Windows. Then a dialog windows appeared to determine the location, the size and he type of installation, and also the username and the password for the Ubuntu. Next and the rest will be take place by the program.

Well, the Ubuntu simply installed into my PC!!! to remove the Ubuntu, we can simply remove the "Ubuntu" program from the windows control panel.

There are a lot of device unrecognized by Ubuntu on my computer. Such as the Ethernet card, the sound card, and also the NVIDIA graphic card. The synaptic package manager inside Ubuntu offer an upgrading driver for the NVIDIA card, and after upgrading the driver and activating the extra graphic environment of Ubuntu, it become very good looking.

These are the thing i felt so far about Ubuntu 8.04:
1. FREE!!! FREE!!! FREE!!!
2. Enchanting Graphic environment
3. Good support
4. Open almost all type of document in windows
5. Disable the security in PDF format

Then i download again the latest version of Ubuntu, 8.10 Intreped Ibex. and burned it again into a CD, then i boot my PC from this CD.

A lot of improvement from the 8.04 to 8.10. The most important thing is my Ethernet card is working here, so that i could access the internet.

I try the Pidgin Messenger for adopting the Yahoo Messenger. It works as well as the real Yahoo Messenger. hen i tried to download the Alternate installer of Ubuntu in torrent format, it could download the torrent at the speed of average 55 KBps with Telkom Speedy (in Windows XP SP 2 Pro i could only get maximum 10 KBps with the same provider).

So far, Ubuntu is very convenient to use but somehow when i install this OS into my harddisk, not as an application in windows, there always a crash when first booting the OS, i should reset the computer until at least two times to get it works. And also the Harddisk performance is reduced a lot, when transferring data, the transfer speed is only as fast as USB flash disk, where the speed should be 5 or more times faster. I don't really get what this problem happens for, but I'll keep trying the OS right away