I'd be comfortable with those numbers, personally. No need to upgrade. I just don't see any more ram making a difference in that system.
Ubuntu 10.10 is released.
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Cool - I'll leave it as it is. Thanks.
A minor annoyance that I have noticed while using FF in Ubuntu 10.10.
using FF In XP, when you single-left-click on the address bar or the search bar, whatever is already on that area gets "selected/marked" and you can start typing on the bar straightaway. Not in Ubuntu: single click on those areas does nothing: you have to click and drag the mouse across the whole address/search bar (which doesn't go smoothly either), and mark the text, delete the marked text, and THEN start typing...I don't know why this is, but it's starting to bug me a bit...
EDIT: fixed it by doing this...wish there was an option to do this for the search bar, too...
Open Firefox
type:
about:config
in the address bar and click Go (or press Enter/Return)
In the filter box type:
click
From the filtered list you need to work with:
browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
Right click on this entry and select "Toggle" from the drop down menu, to change the value to "true"
using FF In XP, when you single-left-click on the address bar or the search bar, whatever is already on that area gets "selected/marked" and you can start typing on the bar straightaway. Not in Ubuntu: single click on those areas does nothing: you have to click and drag the mouse across the whole address/search bar (which doesn't go smoothly either), and mark the text, delete the marked text, and THEN start typing...I don't know why this is, but it's starting to bug me a bit...
EDIT: fixed it by doing this...wish there was an option to do this for the search bar, too...
Open Firefox
type:
about:config
in the address bar and click Go (or press Enter/Return)
In the filter box type:
click
From the filtered list you need to work with:
browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
Right click on this entry and select "Toggle" from the drop down menu, to change the value to "true"
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I just doubleclick the bar to select all. I never noticed that difference.
EDIT: Doubleclicking also works for the search bar.
EDIT: Doubleclicking also works for the search bar.
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Originally Posted By: greenaccord02
I just doubleclick the bar to select all. I never noticed that difference.
Same here. I'm used to being able to click once without selecting everything. When I wind up on a Windows machine, which seems to default with one-click selection in the address bar, it drives me nuts.
I just doubleclick the bar to select all. I never noticed that difference.
Same here. I'm used to being able to click once without selecting everything. When I wind up on a Windows machine, which seems to default with one-click selection in the address bar, it drives me nuts.
My pet peeve in Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook remix:
Single and/or double-clicking in the address/search bar in Google Chrome doesn't highlight all of the text. I have to right click and click "Select All", then type the website/search. It's annoying.
Single and/or double-clicking in the address/search bar in Google Chrome doesn't highlight all of the text. I have to right click and click "Select All", then type the website/search. It's annoying.
Yep, wayne, it's the triple click that you need. Bob's right.
Originally Posted By: BobFout
Triple-click
Thanks. I'll give that a try the next time I use the netbook; using the Macbook Pro at the moment.
Triple-click
Thanks. I'll give that a try the next time I use the netbook; using the Macbook Pro at the moment.
Triple-click works. Thanks!
strangely, the search bar has also "acquired" the one-click-to-highlight feature somehow after a few days..
....weird.
....weird.
I really like the netbook edition of Ubuntu 10.10, so I'm downloading the desktop version as I type this; will be installing it alongside Vista on my aging office PC. I don't really have any NEED for Ubuntu, but it's free so what the heck.
Finally installed Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop. I had a major problem with a 'recommended' nvidia video card driver, which gave me a blank monitor at login. I was able to revert to another video driver by going into recovery mode and jumping through a few hoops; not was I was hoping for from Ubuntu.
Once the trouble with the video card driver was corrected, Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop is very pleasing to use.
Once the trouble with the video card driver was corrected, Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop is very pleasing to use.
IIRC, NVidia drivers are not open source, they are proprietary. Consequently Ubuntu developers can only test them but not modify them, so improving them is up to NVidia.
Ubuntu has chosen to supply them because many users would like OpenGL functionality, but if you look @ the boot up messages.
$ dmesg | grep taints
[ 34.571089] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039048
Ubuntu has chosen to supply them because many users would like OpenGL functionality, but if you look @ the boot up messages.
$ dmesg | grep taints
[ 34.571089] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039048
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Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
IIRC, NVidia drivers are not open source, they are proprietary. Consequently Ubuntu developers can only test them but not modify them, so improving them is up to NVidia...
I can't disagree. One thing I can say for sure from my Google searches is that Ubuntu troubleshooting seems way more geek-oriented than anything I've had to deal with in Vista or OS X.
IIRC, NVidia drivers are not open source, they are proprietary. Consequently Ubuntu developers can only test them but not modify them, so improving them is up to NVidia...
I can't disagree. One thing I can say for sure from my Google searches is that Ubuntu troubleshooting seems way more geek-oriented than anything I've had to deal with in Vista or OS X.
has nVidia done anything right lately? They seem bent on sticking the knife deeper into their own flesh with every passing issue.
Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
IIRC, NVidia drivers are not open source, they are proprietary. Consequently Ubuntu developers can only test them but not modify them, so improving them is up to NVidia...
I can't disagree. One thing I can say for sure from my Google searches is that Ubuntu troubleshooting seems way more geek-oriented than anything I've had to deal with in Vista or OS X.
I think you will find it will run with much less attention than Vista.
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
IIRC, NVidia drivers are not open source, they are proprietary. Consequently Ubuntu developers can only test them but not modify them, so improving them is up to NVidia...
I can't disagree. One thing I can say for sure from my Google searches is that Ubuntu troubleshooting seems way more geek-oriented than anything I've had to deal with in Vista or OS X.
I think you will find it will run with much less attention than Vista.
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
...I think you will find it [Ubuntu] will run with much less attention than Vista.
Vista has been very stable for me for the 4 years that I've used it. I don't have any major complaints about it, but I know others have had many.
...I think you will find it [Ubuntu] will run with much less attention than Vista.
Vista has been very stable for me for the 4 years that I've used it. I don't have any major complaints about it, but I know others have had many.
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
I think you will find it will run with much less attention than Vista.
I agree. The only real major problem the nVidia drivers had was with the previous long term release of Ubuntu. There, if you did a kernel upgrade, it broke your drivers, and you'd have to reinstall them for the new kernel, or go to the open source versions. Now, that isn't an issue.
I think you will find it will run with much less attention than Vista.
I agree. The only real major problem the nVidia drivers had was with the previous long term release of Ubuntu. There, if you did a kernel upgrade, it broke your drivers, and you'd have to reinstall them for the new kernel, or go to the open source versions. Now, that isn't an issue.
As usual I've had no problems with the newest Ubuntu. I have been running Ubuntu on this laptop since 9.04 ... apt-get dist-upgrade each time!
However, Ubuntu seems to be getting more and more and more to it. I like that less and less. If I ever do a clean install its going to be with Debian.
However, Ubuntu seems to be getting more and more and more to it. I like that less and less. If I ever do a clean install its going to be with Debian.
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