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| < < | 128M is the minumum memory that you can use with the graphical desktop. Really. | |||||||
| > > | 128M is the minumum memory that you can use with the graphical desktop. Really. 256M is a big improvement over 128M. | |||||||
| If you want to upgrade a 5.10 installation to 6.06 using a CD you need to use the "alternate" install disc. The "live" install disc won't work. Otherwise you'll need to use the network, which can take many hours on a slow connection. | ||||||||
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| If you're able to, use an external modem on the serial port. | ||||||||
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| < < | The ubuntu graphical config tool is brittle. It works, but if anything goes wrong it doesn't give you any feedback. It's a good idea to get things working with minicom first and then move over to the graphical config tools. | |||||||
| > > | The ubuntu graphical config tool is brittle. It works, but if anything goes wrong it doesn't give you any feedback, and claims that the interface is active. It's a good idea to get things working with minicom first and then move over to the graphical config tools. | |||||||
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| Tried to use a 3com 3C562B/3C563B network card but had no luck. Not sure what the problem was. Appeared to configure fine, but couldn't see any traffic. | ||||||||
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| < < | Not sure if I got a bad CDROM drive, but upgrading over a network was faster than reading the files from the CD. | |||||||
| > > | Not sure if I got a bad CDROM drive, but upgrading over a network was faster than reading the files from the CD. _(update: it was a bad drive - I swapped it and it worked fine)
Ubuntu configures X with 24-bit colors but this machine doesn't have enought memory to support that, so you end up with a display running at 800x600 which is very ugly. You need to dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and set the pixel depth to 16 to get the panel's native 1024x768. | |||||||
Dell Inspiron 3500 | ||||||||