Ubuntu 10.04

终于，我成功在我的vostro 1720上面装了ubuntu 10.04。两个月前刚出来的时候想装，刻了碟子装，但双系统老出问题。貌似windows 7跟ubuntu 10.04有冲突，可能是他们共享一个启动程序，win 7 启动了几次之后grub就坏掉了，不得不fix mbr 然后删掉ubuntu。

那时装不了不急，但现在要做FYP了，发现必须要装了。顺便提一下我的FYP, 需要compile ioquake的source code。但我的win 7 是64位的，没有出相应的patch，compile时总是出现 "operating system not supported" 的错误。无奈，我想在vm里面装个ubuntu 10.04 i386的，然后在里面跑。折腾了一整天，我终于在vm 里compile成功了。其中有个问题困扰了我很久，error15总是在compile的时候出现。我google了半天终于发现要安装openal 的 library，官网上明明写着optional，靠。compile成功后还要下载地图包，都是些pak.pk3的文件，这些在官网上可以找到。但其中有一个pak0.pk3的文件网上没有，那个本来是要钱买的。不过从idsoftware的官网上下的quake3demo里有这个文件，可以直接拿来用。这个跟cdrom里的不同是不能网上对战，只能局域网对战。好，这些东西都有了，游戏是可以run了，但又有问题了。由于vm上不支持显卡硬件加速，quake3的图像很laggy，而且打开游戏后鼠标也出现问题了。我放弃vm了。

在网上看了些教程，发现国内人好多都用硬盘直接安装。要自己写boot files,自己下grub放在系统盘下，然后重启安装。我照着网上的教程（多是ubuntu cn里）安装，却老是无法摆脱一个叫busybox的程序。我当时快要发疯了，不管怎么改boot files的参数都会看到这个busybox。再后来洗了个澡回来发现，可以用一个叫wubi的程序装。靠，当时发现自己挺sb的。用这个程序花了不到半个小时，没有遇到任何问题，安装成功了。我当时就疯了，折腾了这么久的ubuntu就这么简单就安装成功。

现在可以开始享受ubuntu 10.04了。界面极其凸显简单美，感觉有点像mac，但没有mac华丽。由于在wubi里有set好locale，整个系统已经跟我装好了所有的中文支持，包括有联想功能的输入法。使用过程没有发现任何乱码。在原生的ubuntu里面compile ioquake我没有遇到任何问题，可以全屏流畅的运行。我还装了eclipse for c/c++ 可以直接从eclipse里面compile ioquake， 这个是我之前在vm里面实验没有成功的。最近发现的一款通过ioquake改编的fps游戏 urban terror我也下到的ubuntu里。这个免费的开源的游戏，有点像cs，还可以网上对战，很不错的一款linux游戏。我还下了HoN的客户端，成功运行。我发现在linux上面装东西一般都很方便。没有注册表，隐藏文件，temp文件等等的，并在windows下干净很多。

ubuntu 10.04里的rhythmBox可以很容易的安装mp3 plugin，我记得在ubuntu 8.04的时候还要自己找plugin。empathy通讯程序也很好用，它把im, email, broadcast三个程序整合了，节省了桌面资源。

才用了一天，所以体验不算丰富，但感觉相当不错。今后有新的体验继续写。

complains~~ fedora9

after sticking on fedora for a one month++, I decided to switch back to ubuntu. the reason is simple, i can't bear with the endless and useless update in fedora. those update keeps eating Gs and Gs of my free disk space and always keeps my 512 ram computer slow like a hell. it improves nothing on the usability of the system. every time i need something, I still got to go download and install it myself. i'm finally fed up and switched back to ubuntu.

although the real reason causing the switch is not related to OS itself(some networking issue), but by switching, i can now have an easier life... since ubuntu can be installed quite fast and there are less updates to go...
prior to fedora9 i was using ubuntu 7.04. the experience wasn't so good, because it always has such driver issues, like removable hard drive not recognized, printer print kind of rubbish, etc. so this time, i decide to upgrade to 8.04 which is a long term support version. so i spent a bloody night to upgrade it.(don't ask me why not just install 8.04, i don't have the disk at that time...)

I have to say it's worthy upgrading. 8.04 is much cleaner much user friendlier. it provided many convinient way for you to install sofware. even the browser is linked to the software manger seamlessly. I installed java-6-sun from the browser, that's damn handy. and the font and language support is easily solved by go through the language support function, pre-built-in hard drive driver.
although after 8.04, canconical has been criticized for it's miserable contribution to linux development. but that bad impression shouldn't hinder the potential user from trying this good version of ubuntu.

for ub 8.10, I m not sure. I heard it's faster in process and smaller in kernel like windows 7?

I will try it after I got my desktop later this month.