[wellylug] Installfest Sounds Great!

[Jethro Carr]

On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 22:15 +1200, marchetti wrote:
> This is probably a big ask!
> 
> Apart from installations of, say, Ubuntu 8.04,  I for one
> would like to have installed a virtual box installation. If
> that is the right description.

Virtual machine is the word you're looking for - there are a number
products that would suit your needs, such as VMWare and also Virtual
Box.


>  So I could enjoy my current
> OS (8.04), but run other OS' concurrently. One that
> interests me is Fedora 9, which is an OS that can be
> installed. 
> Dual booting also interests me, but I understand this is
> technically challenging, 
> in that Windows-based products are "difficult" to get to
> "share" disk
> space with another OS, so maybe one should stick with
> virtualization.

If you want to just try lots of different systems, I recommend
virtualisation, it's quick, easy, and doesn't require a reboot.


> Another thing I am interested in is the
> installation of drivers so I can hear the audio of video
> clips using Ubuntu 8.04. 

With Linux all the audio drivers are included with the distribution as
part of the kernel - it may just require a bit of configuration, which
we can help you out with on the day.


> In the longer term, it would be
> good if there was an "easy" way to reconfigure Windows-based
> USB stick HDTV tuners. While the July 2008 issue of Linux
> Journal had an article on doing just that, it was based on
> Ubuntu 7.1. I do not know if the method could be adopted to
> 8.04 or the next upgrade, 8.1. 

Never looked at these myself, but if we get time, I'm happy to give it a
go.


> What about a short dissertation on what needs to be done
> after installing an open source OS - like operating a
> printer, a scanner? Is Ubuntu set up to do easily operate
> things like these? 
> It seems to me that to get the best out of, say, Ubuntu, one
> needs to know 
> quite a bit about it.While, like all open source OS', an
> immensely popular
> product, the wave of the future, to the chagrin of
> Microsoft, use of it does require patience, perseverance,and
> focus. At the end of the day, the more people use open
> source OS, the quicker the demise of over priced, and
> inferior Microsoft products. Stick to basics at
> Installfest??

Scanners and printers can either be very easy, or a nightmare to setup,
depending on the vendor.

HP stuff is always very good - just plug it in, and Linux detects it,
since HP produce good quality open source drivers for their hardware.

Other vendors (Lexmark, Brother) often need an additional download
before they will work.

If you can get the brand + models of your hardware, that will be a big
help.


I'll be around the whole day at the installfest, so track me down and I
can help you out, or find one of the other volunteers and get them to
work on it. :-)

regards,
jethro

-- 
Jethro Carr
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog
www.amberdms.com
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