Hey folks! I've just started using Ubuntu for the past 8-10 days. I have a dual-boot system with Windows XP Professional and Ubuntu. Turns out Ubuntu is as good as people say it is! The installation is a breeze, but you still need to be able to partition at least.
Once installed, it just starts working on its own. Not that it doesn't need any tweaking, but that's only when you want to adventure-seek. Also, the first tweak I have found, though a small one, is to fix the problem of bad network access, especially when using firefox.
The solution I followed is this:
1. type about:config in the address bar, once in there, do a simple search on 'IPv6'
2. Just double click the network.dns...IPv6.disabled
3. Close firefox.
4. Now edit the /etc/hosts file and comment out all entries regarding IPv6. The comment symbol is not the regular '/*...*/', but the symbol '#'
5. Note that you will need to open this file as the root user (I'll cover that as the next topic, I guess, because in Ubuntu, the root account is disabled!)
Voila! You should be done by now, and on your way to a speedy network/internet access!
Once installed, it just starts working on its own. Not that it doesn't need any tweaking, but that's only when you want to adventure-seek. Also, the first tweak I have found, though a small one, is to fix the problem of bad network access, especially when using firefox.
The solution I followed is this:
1. type about:config in the address bar, once in there, do a simple search on 'IPv6'
2. Just double click the network.dns...IPv6.disabled
3. Close firefox.
4. Now edit the /etc/hosts file and comment out all entries regarding IPv6. The comment symbol is not the regular '/*...*/', but the symbol '#'
5. Note that you will need to open this file as the root user (I'll cover that as the next topic, I guess, because in Ubuntu, the root account is disabled!)
Voila! You should be done by now, and on your way to a speedy network/internet access!
2 comments:
Hi Anu! NIce blog.. and a good writeup on Ubuntu.. I also wanted to install Ubuntu 7.04 and now 7.10 and also did get the Live CD from Cannonical. The only thing that I am unsure about is the partition stuff! I really don't want to lose my data on the drive. I am currently on Windows Vista Home Premium and though Vista looks sleeker and elegant, but my obvious love is for Ubuntu Linux...
Any suggestions?
Hey,
Sorry, I never got around to this blog!
If you still need help partitioning without losing any data, check out http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm.
Let me know if you have further questions!
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