No More Waiting for Ubuntu Linux Intrepid Ibex!

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Alias

That said, due to VERY HIGH DEMAND, you may have to be patient. I used
the Oxford University mirror and it downloaded just fine. That was a few
hours ago and now all servers are busy due to VERY HIGH DEMAND.

Alias
 
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Mike Hall - MVP

Alias said:
That said, due to VERY HIGH DEMAND, you may have to be patient. I used the
Oxford University mirror and it downloaded just fine. That was a few hours
ago and now all servers are busy due to VERY HIGH DEMAND.

Alias
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This is hardly a feature..

"The 71 and 96 series of proprietary nVidia drivers, as provided by the
nvidia-glx-legacy and nvidia-glx packages in Ubuntu 8.04, are not compatible
with the X.Org included in Ubuntu 8.10. Users with the nVidia TNT, TNT2, TNT
Ultra, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3, and GeForce4 chipsets are affected and
will be transitioned on upgrade to the free nv driver instead. This driver
does not support 3D acceleration."

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Alias ;-)

Mike said:
This is hardly a feature..

"The 71 and 96 series of proprietary nVidia drivers, as provided by the
nvidia-glx-legacy and nvidia-glx packages in Ubuntu 8.04, are not
compatible with the X.Org included in Ubuntu 8.10. Users with the nVidia
TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3, and GeForce4 chipsets
are affected and will be transitioned on upgrade to the free nv driver
instead. This driver does not support 3D acceleration."
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And Vista supports those chipsets?

Alias
 
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Alias says BAAAAAAAAAA

Alias ;-) said:
Yeah, like millions, just like when Ubuntu 8.04 came out. Live with it and
get the **** over it.

Alias
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You moron there's only 12 of you a**holes that use that piece of sh*t. And
not a brain cell between you.
 
M

Mike Hall - MVP

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Alias says BAAAAAAAAAA

Mike Hall - MVP said:
This is hardly a feature..

"The 71 and 96 series of proprietary nVidia drivers, as provided by the
nvidia-glx-legacy and nvidia-glx packages in Ubuntu 8.04, are not
compatible with the X.Org included in Ubuntu 8.10. Users with the nVidia
TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3, and GeForce4 chipsets
are affected and will be transitioned on upgrade to the free nv driver
instead. This driver does not support 3D acceleration."

--
Mike Hall - MVP
How to construct a good post..
http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc
Mike's Window - My Blog..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
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Ucrapo doesn't have any features excet the screensaver those morons stare at
all the time and think they're using a computer.
 
M

Mike Hall - MVP

Alias ;-) said:
And Vista supports those chipsets?

Alias
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No, Vista doesn't, but isn't one of the 'selling points' of Ubuntu that one
can make use of old hardware?

I presume that you have read the release notes thoroughly. Do you still wait
for the CD before you install?

--
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How to construct a good post..
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How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc
Mike's Window - My Blog..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
 
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Terry R.

The date and time was 10/30/2008 12:06 PM, and on a whim, Alias ;-)
pounded out on the keyboard:
Not a whole lot of people have those old video cards. A new Geforce6
will cost you around 20 EUR.

Next?

Alias
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Just the majority of Dell workstations and laptops that are two to five
years old or so...but I suppose not many of them will be installing it
anyway. I know Dell wasn't the only one using those chipsets. They
were all extremely popular.

I believe more users that built their own boxes will install a version
of Linux over those that purchased a pre-built one. And second would be
those that modified their pre-built in some way (added a hard drive,
video card, etc.) Those that haven't done either won't venture into
unchartered territory IMO.

--
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Alias ;-)

Mike said:
No, Vista doesn't, but isn't one of the 'selling points' of Ubuntu that
one can make use of old hardware?
Click to expand...

Try using a GeForce6 AGP 256MB card on Vista.
I presume that you have read the release notes thoroughly. Do you still
wait for the CD before you install?
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Nope, I downloaded and burned it to a CD earlier today.

Alias
 
J

Jasper

Alias ;-) said:
Try using a GeForce6 AGP 256MB card on Vista.


Nope, I downloaded and burned it to a CD earlier today.

Alias
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Vista is working fine on a P4 2.8 with 1 gig ram & GF5200 128 mb on test
system we have.
 
M

Mike Hall - MVP

Alias ;-) said:
Try using a GeForce6 AGP 256MB card on Vista.


Nope, I downloaded and burned it to a CD earlier today.

Alias
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I use a PCIe GeForce 256mb card in my Vista machine. Should there be a
problem with it, because mine runs fine..


--
Mike Hall - MVP
How to construct a good post..
http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc
Mike's Window - My Blog..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
 

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