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I've installed Kubuntu 7.10 into my ex-girlfriend's laptop, Acer Extensa 5220. Not the easiest job for a beginner. LaptopTestingTeam/AcerExtensa5220
I've installed Kubuntu 7.10 into my ex-girlfriend's laptop, HP Pavilion dv6000. LaptopTestingTeam/HPPaviliondv6000
I've installed Ubuntu 8.04 into my friend's laptop, HP Pavilion dv2000. (no own page, unless dv2000z can be counted as same)
I've installed Ubuntu 8.04 into my friend's laptop, Acer TravelMate 240. (no own page)
(Latest change in 01.03.2009)
First off, my experiences with "Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu" has strongly gone in favor for Ubuntu. Ubuntu has more applications with GUIs, for example. Kubuntu seems to be a bit more unstable as DE. But both of them have a habit of going more unstable (especially apps) the more user customizes the appearance of the DE. Most of all, Ubuntu is more clear to begin with than Kubuntu for users who are using Linux for the first time.
Most marvelous addition that 8.04 brought to Ubuntu was that KDE applications can be used in Gnome. For example, Kate is very nice text-editor for a coder, and capable of doing things that Gedit fails to.
Acer Extensa 5220
My experiences so far with this laptop and Kubuntu:
- Lesson 1. Install Kubuntu with net-availability. It actually does make life easier, and things actually works afterwards. Lesson 2. Kubuntu cannot connect to wlan router which has "bad ESSID", but doesn't bother to inform about this either. In other words, don't use scandinavian letters (like ä and ö) in ESSID, if you want to make it to work. (for comparison, Vista (*spits*) had no problems with Ä-letter)
For "easy install", this is simple to-do-list:
- Install using english. This should prevent any language-set based bugs striking in (yet).
- Make single upgrade for starters (I used Adept): upgrade libqt3-mt alone. If it fails, then use terminal with command "sudo dpkg --configure -a" (you never use braces around whole commands in console, right?) and finish upgrading it that way.
- Install rest of the upgrades.
- Enable wlan.
- Open MP3 file with Amarok. This will help with installing some useful codecs. Some are used by Kaffeine (DVD, avi), but installation done with Amarok just helps with this.
- Install Firefox.
- Install some general fonts.
Vóila. Then I just need to call my ex that she can come and get her laptop (after several weeks of waiting, shame on me).
Current problems
Fixed: 1. Cannot connect internet thru wlan, while Windoze does it without problems - without any manual setting. -- I made it with this "how-to".
Fixed: 2. When shutting down, requires root-password. This problem appeared after I tried to create second user-account (which failed: couldn't login - forced to shut down with pressing power-button 5 secs). -- I was able to fix this problem, I just don't remember how. Merely removing the second (not working) user-account might have done it.
HP Pavilion dv6000
My experiences so far with this laptop and Kubuntu:
Lesson 1. If you need to use special commands while booting with LiveCD, and you need to add the same commands into boot with installed Kubuntu, just slip them into GRUB. With NeoGRUB, it goes as easily as just sticking noapic nolapic right at the end of line that starts with word kernel.
Useful Notes
I was able to make Huawei E220 to work with this combination. (Suomalaisille erinomainen ohje: http://linux.fi/index.php/Huawei_E220/E270)
- Just as a pre-warning: I don't have access to this laptop anymore, thus I cannot provide further info that requires testing with the laptop itself.
Current problems
- To boot the liveCD, have to do some tricks (noapic nolapic).
HP Pavilion dv2000
My experiences so far with this laptop and Ubuntu:
Installed easily, works mainly cool, but if theme is changed, some applications doesn't even start, or become very crash-prone. Occasionally goes into (partial) "death-lock", where only solve is "Ctrl + Alt + F#" and sudo reboot. I'd appreciate it if someone could give me tips or links to documents about how to resolve which program causes the choke with ps ax, or something similar.
Useful Notes
An easy way to install lots of codecs and other "crap" that allows playing mp3, watching flash-videos and other sort of movies, and much more, is to install "Ubuntu-restricted-extras" meta. When writing this, only problem is that flash-plugin for Mozilla Firefox doesn't work when done this way. Luckily it's easily rounded by just downloading the plugin from official site, and installing it by double-clicking the .deb-package.
Asus TravelMate 240
My experiences so far with this laptop and Ubuntu:
Installed easily, and works fine with very short testing period.