Migrating to Ubuntu Hoary on my laptop
I’ve been running Debian/Sarge (now the stable branch) on my laptop for quite a while now and its time to try a new distro for dailyl use — Ubuntu. This week I’ve been running Ubuntu ‘Hoary’ and the transition has been very smooth.
The only configuration issue was I wanted to use ALSA on this HP Compaq nc6000 laptop. The install did detect the sound device, but did separate the speaker from
the headphone controls.
phzi on #ubuntu pointed me to the unofficial UbuntuGuide.org, specifically the section configuresoundproperly. Those instructions were perfect.
December 12th, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Nice job, I’ve been running Ubuntu on my new laptop for about three months and the old one for about a year until it died a nasty horrible death not too long back. I liked the review, made some interesting points, ATI video is very iffy under *nix period.