So I’ve had 8.10 installed for just under a week now, and so far, all is well
I have actually been making use of a tabbed Nautilus (yay!) which I didn’t think I would. I’ve also been using my VPS to torrent the desktop and alternate versions of Intrepid (32 bit versions). Stats of that at the time of writing are:
Desktop – Uploaded: 8126 MB
Alternate – Uploaded: 1680 MB
As you may have guessed – the alternate iso has only been seeding for a day or so. But this is what VPS’s are for
I’ll continue seeding until Sunday night (GMT).
As for what I think of Intrepid on my laptop…well…I love it (as always). The only downside to it that I can complain about is the fact that unless I play my audio at near inaudible volumes (thus defeating the object of audio
). The sound distorts like a music concert recorded on a mobile phone (cell phone for the Americans reading this
).
Luckily – I don’t need to use the sound a lot, I’ve been playing my music from my iPhone and it’s dock, as it has a lineout on the rear of the dock
All in all – I think Intrepid is a decent release, though I totally understand people sticking with 8.04.1 as it’s an LTS. I mean, I was considering it, but I love upgrading!!
In other news – that isn’t worthy of it’s own post – I’m going to be going to a LUG meeting next week, it’ll be the first time I’ve ever been, so I’m a little nervous, but I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. I’ll let you know
#1 by jonathan on November 5th, 2008
What soundcard you u have?
#2 by Joeb454 on November 5th, 2008
:~$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
That one
#3 by jpv on November 5th, 2008
Joeb454: Just open Volume Control (double-click on the sound volume applet) and reduce the PCM level.
#4 by Joeb454 on November 5th, 2008
jpv that worked great thanks
#5 by LeAstrale on November 6th, 2008
How much do they charge for trafic on the VPS ?
#6 by Joeb454 on November 6th, 2008
I pay $20 a month, which allows me 100GB traffic
#7 by LeAstrale on November 6th, 2008
Ohh, okay then. Thats not so expensive. On my own server i pay 75 dkkr for 100 Gigs.
#8 by bradeuk on January 5th, 2009
I have tried Ubuntu as well and here is my review:
http://jedi-star.com/index.php/thumbs-up-for-ubuntu-810/