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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Ubuntu by default will inform you when new versions are available and automatically upgrade you. That can be convenient -- I installed Ubuntu 8.10 from CD on my desktop to triple boot with Win2K Pro and Win XP Pro, and 9 had just come out. I let it upgrade me to the new release, which saved downloading an ISO image and burning a CD.
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Originally Posted by montsnmags
I went to update my Ubuntu lappy to Kinky Koala this morning (oh, okay, it's called "Karmic Koala"), but it wanted to download over a gig of data, and that's not good for peak time on our peak/off-peak capped plan (unfortunately, unlike Apple and Microsoft, my Ubuntu updates aren't in my ISP's "freezone"). I guess I'll set it off tomorrow morning if I remember. If everything goes to hell (though it shouldn't) I might try hackintoshing the thing.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
I've spent 8 hours trying to install either Windows 2000 or XP PRO on the new Acer Aspire Revo. Turns out the new hardware doesn't use standard hard drive drivers. ARRGHHH. Now I'll have to burn a slipstream version of the install CD with the drivers installed because there is no floppy. Have to check both Acer and Toshiba for drivers...
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Huh? Are you telling me there's doughnuts behind the coffee maker?