Sunday, July 6, 2008

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS "Hardy Heron"

Been thinking about doing this for awhile; installing Ubuntu 8.04 LTS aka "Hardy Heron."

Stepping through this for my own information, especially considering the time it has already been out. The "bleeding-edge" folks are already well into this, and the conservatives may not even be looking.

To begin:
1. Downloaded an ISO from the Ubuntu site; burned the CD (standard stuff).

2. Fetched a notebook that had "Gutsy Gibbon" installed on it; not using it, so it is a good testbed.

3. Insert CD into drive, check to be sure that it will boot

4. The trials begin... checking the system
01-starting

5. Starting up...
02-starting

6. First appearance of the "Hardy Heron;" ain't it a purty-birdy?
03-pretty

7. Setting primary language
04-language

8. Setting system time; didn't have Honolulu on the list, so I had to hunt for and click on a dot in the middle of the Pacific. Have any idea how painful that can be with my old eyes?
05-system_time

9. Setting base keyboard input...
06-input

10. Selecting the installation partition; I chose to blow away my existing install...
07-pselect

11. Machine and user info collection...
08-info

12. There is a "Ready to Install" screen here, but it has some info I do not wish to reveal (sorry!)...

13. Partition going in; no turning back now!
09-install

14. The build continues...
10-install

15. Building done; Restart!
11-restart

16. OMG! What the hell is this? Cold-start...
12-freakout

17. Ah! There it is!
12-desktop

18. Initial updates...
13-updates

19. Done!

Tried to install ClamAV for Debian; not simple. Not that I would get anything myself, but I am a firm believer in "not being a part of the problem" by not being a "Typhoid Mary" type and relaying problems to those that are susceptible.

Now, if only Firefox 3.0 on Ubuntu had better colorspace management...

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