Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubuntu Edgy (6.10)

[Maverick340]

Well i have Ubuntu 6.06 (alternate install CD ) and i was not very pleased with its support for AMD(with nforce 4 mobo )
First it dosent support 6ch sound (amaroK , XMMS , Rythmbox ) and playing DivX and Xvid was buggy .
Azureus did not work and i could not write to NTFS partition
( WinXP , SATA HDD ) . So I want to know how 6.10 is changed in this respect.
I dont want to waste 695 MB all over again .

 

[QwertyManiac]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

Dude, 6.10 is the best IMO [It is 'edgy' in its stability but hasnt shown any severe problems yet]

What you missed doing was installing plugins and codecs properly and follow this for writing to NTFS
*ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217009

and for codecs, pass this
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-gl gstreamer0.10-plugins-base \
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse \
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse libxine-extracodecs w32codecs

[ make sure you have added these repos before passing the above command -
*ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_add_extra_repositories ]

For installing Azureus, see here, manual install in few easy commands,
*ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_install_P2P_BitTorrent_Client_.28Azureus.29
Follow the alternative method, the best you can do!

Plus, are you sure you installed java from Sun before installing Azureus ? Do it like:
sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin

All said, Edgy is the best! (6.10)

 

[mehulved]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

Wait till feisty. Already a couple of people at neowin are praising the hardware detection a few more improvements. And multimedia support is one of them.
You can download it's alpha version and run it as a live cd.

And speaker not supporting 6 channel doesn't depend upon the media player but the sound architecture you are using most prolly alsa.

 

[praka123]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

Feisty hasn't yet got the Changed "Look" from predecessors "ubuntu Brown".

 

[kalpik]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

Hmm.. Edgy is definately a LOT better than Dapper, but noone can say with confidence (except the developers ofcourse ) whether it will detect your sound hardware properly. Only way is to test it out! If you dont want to download, post in the Distro request thread, and im sure someone would help you out!

 

[Desi-Tek.com]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

@Maverick340 compile the vanilla kernel on your system it will solve the driver related problem
*www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.19.1.tar.bz2

 

[Vivek788]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

wow..i am going for badger to lefty today.This would certainly help then...

 

[mehulved]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

Lefty? I guess you mean edgy eft.
Are you going in for a clean install or an upgrade?

 

[Vivek788]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

no..i couldn't..I just installed latest debian...which caused error due to scratched disc..so no linux till i get FC6 or edgy left...sigh

 

[Maverick340]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

damn , i just installed 6.06 . np ill delete it and wait for a 6.10 CD to arrive

 

[kalpik]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

6.10 CD wont arrive cuz they are not shipping 6.10. They are shipping 6.06 only. So if you want 6.10, download it!

 

[QwertyManiac]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

^^
Yep. No 6.10 CD and no 6.10 LTS. Download 6.10, worth every bit of it.

 

[harikatt]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

does anybody tried out wine on this 6.10 version of ubuntu..

 

[kalpik]

Yes.. it works fine! Why?

 

[Maverick340]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

^^
Yep. No 6.10 CD and no 6.10 LTS. Download 6.10, worth every bit of it.

Hmm , how bout some one gift me one i am on a terrible data cap ..

 

[QwertyManiac]

Re: Ubuntu Dapper ( 6.06 ) | vs.| Ubunut Edgy (6.10)

Hmm , how bout some one gift me one i am on a terrible data cap ..

There are more people in Delhi than there are in Chennai
Try Kalpik, but he might be busy. Hehe sorry Kalpik

 

[Maverick340]

He he he .. So Kalpik , what do you say ?

 

[kalpik]

Sure! You have an open invitation to come to my house and get it

 

[harikatt]

Yes.. it works fine! Why?

thanks kalpik,, just wondering to get it download and try or wait for their shipment CDs ,, i want to try windows programs on it,

 

[QwertyManiac]

^^
No shipments, download's the only way to edgy.
If you just wish to try the Windows programs on it, you're better off with a Dapper CD or the window program downloads then I guess.