Ubuntu 9.10 installed...

[#1]

If I've learned anything by all this it is to wait......
Will stick with Jaunty for time being. Am having a pain of a job getting flash and java to work.
I never seem to be able to just add them from the software centre and have them work immediately.
Always have to fiddle and faff about. Would love to know why. 

[#2]

I didn't even notice the software center, I just used the tried and trusted package manager!
Seems very solid on my Medion (and it now sees the HDMI outputs) and audio is fine. Battery management seems a bit better too.

[#3]

Just had a look around the Ubuntu forum and it is 'buzzing' - lots of complaints about this or that not working.
Get the impression that all is not well in Linuxland.
As a newbie it occurred to me that it seems a bit over-ambitious and unnecessary to keep bringing out upgrades every six months.
Why do they do it? It barely gives you a chance to get used to the one you've got. 

[#4]

It's because Gnome updates come out every 6 months, a couple of months before Ubuntu.

[#5]

Well, I don't know what has happened but this installation seems to be quicker and better than the last one.
Wondered if it could be that Root is on a smaller space? (Does it make any difference?)
Anyway, it is staying this way for while.

[#6]

I've been considering dual booting between Windows 7 and Ubuntu, might give 9.10 a go on a spare hard drive soon.

[#7]

If you don't trust the dual boot capabilities, you could always switch between
Windows and Ubuntu by setting the boot drive in your BIOS.

[#8]

@Chris,
Might also be worth trying the Wubi install method - I'm using this to great success on my NC10.

[#9]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll take a look when I get some time to do it.

[#10]

I did a fresh install of 9.10 using wubi and it has been running without problems since the day after it was launched. However, I now cannot get Ubuntu to load. At boot time I get
"kernel panic - not syncing VFS: unable to mount FS on unknown block (8,1)"
The Windows NTFS file system is reported as OK by disk check.
Looking at various forums I am not the only one having this problem.

[#11]

If you look in a few forums a fragmented NTFS file system can cause problems.
Note that (8,1) means the 2nd partition of your ninth disk (I think)
If you have spare partitions / spare disk I would just put load a vanilla Ubuntu.
If you do, take the custom option and create a separate /home partition.

[#12]

Is it worth upgrading to 9.10? My netbook is moaning at me about it, and I stupidly installed a new system about 2 weeks before 9.10 came out that I should probably upgrade too...
I do find the first post in this thread incredibly amusing though 

[#13]

I have upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 recently and all went well for me.
However, apart from (perhaps) a couple of seconds of shorter boot time, you won't see much front-end differences.
Indeed, the interface is a bit monochrome-ish which takes time getting used to.
So an upgrade is optional - but backup your data first.

[#14]

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Is it worth upgrading to 9.10? My netbook is moaning at me about it

@cso, Do you use a mobile broadband dongle on your Netbook ?
There are some serious issues ( like a lot don't work! ) on 9.10, I tried the Live CD on my Aspire One and my '3' dongle ( MF627 ) doesn't work.
I think there is a kernel update out to fix the issues but of course the live cd hasn't ( won't ? ) got updated so I can't see if its fixed the problem.
Check for problems with your configuration on www.ubuntuforums.org before you update...

[#15]

Quote from: Axisofevil

I have upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 recently and all went well for me.

That's not how your first post in this thread reads 😉

Quote from: MisterW

@cso, Do you use a mobile broadband dongle on your Netbook ?

Sometimes, although it's currently sat on a bookshelf at home acting as a webserver for some reason...  I don't have anything important on it, so I might just take the chance and then reinstall if necessary.