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]

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
http://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 -
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_E...a_repositories ]

For installing Azureus, see here, manual install in few easy commands,
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_E..._.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]

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]

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

[kalpik]

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]

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

[Vivek788]

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

[mehulved]

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

[Vivek788]

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]

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

[kalpik]

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]

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

[harikatt]

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

[kalpik]

Yes.. it works fine! Why?

[Maverick340]

Originally Posted by QwertyManiac

^^
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]

Originally Posted by Maverick340

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]

Originally Posted by kalpik

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.

[harikatt]

thanks. i had the 6.06lts cd with me,, so will this works for wine auto install to start windows programs to work with??

[mehulved]

Not all windows programs work well. I hope you are aware of that.
Here's something that will be helpful if you didn't know http://frankscorner.org/

[harikatt]

No, i know and aware of the basic things..that all windows programs will not work on linux even we use wine, but,, just have to try my own windows programs to test with..

[QwertyManiac]

You mean to ask if Wine's already present on the 6.06 CD? I guess not.

[harikatt]

Originally Posted by tech_your_future

Not all windows programs work well. I hope you are aware of that.
Here's something that will be helpful if you didn't know http://frankscorner.org/

thanks for your link help,, which gave more good information.. of knowing wine xs new tool ,, http://tsx.nl/index.php?p=winexs

but day to day its too is developing.