Comments on: Step two of the conversion to Ubuntu http://customisinglife.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/step-two-of-the-conversion-to-ubuntu/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: airtonix http://customisinglife.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/step-two-of-the-conversion-to-ubuntu/#comment-1714 airtonix Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:15:22 +0000 http://customisinglife.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/step-two-of-the-conversion-to-ubuntu/#comment-1714 ohh woops....forgot to clarify point B.... becuase you most proly left the original sources file intact( maybe you uncommented some of the lines...maybe not) it means that you were doing updates from the original ubuntu apt servers. these are limited to 50kb/s outgoing speed. this is the reason your updates were slow...most probably anyway, im making alot of assumptions here mind you. have fun and may server protect you. (to quote the afternow radioplay series from rantradio.com) ohh woops….forgot to clarify point B….

becuase you most proly left the original sources file intact( maybe you uncommented some of the lines…maybe not) it means that you were doing updates from the original ubuntu apt servers.

these are limited to 50kb/s outgoing speed.

this is the reason your updates were slow…most probably anyway, im making alot of assumptions here mind you.

have fun and may server protect you. (to quote the afternow radioplay series from rantradio.com)

]]> By: airtonix http://customisinglife.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/step-two-of-the-conversion-to-ubuntu/#comment-1713 airtonix Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:12:19 +0000 http://customisinglife.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/step-two-of-the-conversion-to-ubuntu/#comment-1713 Your updates were most probably slow becuase you : a) didnt check to see if your ISP mirrors ubuntu for unquota'd downloads ( as does mine- internode we have a few terabytes of linux mirrors that dont count towardsour monthly download quota - which also comes down at the full speed of our internet account agreement...mine is 180kb/s down 128kb/s up.) b) and as a result of neglecting A.....you left the original http urls in the /etc/apt/sources.list when i do an initial update after first install it wants to grab around 300-400mb which takes about 40-60mins. note: this size may have something to do with me using the install dvd....which would offset some of the initial updates...but not all. out of the box ubuntu will be able to read windows shares. not sure about xubuntu with gnome(ubuntu)...when you first choose to share a folder, it will ask how you want to share the folder(nfs or samba)...it then gets the packages for you. please contact me if you need more help or opinions(of which you may quite a few of your own) ps : people who aren't microsoft fanboys are becoming increasingly hard to find....either they totaly love windows and fight for M$ or they are totally apathetic and still use windows....bit like broken convicts on devils island. sigh Your updates were most probably slow becuase you :

a) didnt check to see if your ISP mirrors ubuntu for unquota’d downloads ( as does mine- internode we have a few terabytes of linux mirrors that dont count towardsour monthly download quota - which also comes down at the full speed of our internet account agreement…mine is 180kb/s down 128kb/s up.)

b) and as a result of neglecting A…..you left the original http urls in the /etc/apt/sources.list

when i do an initial update after first install it wants to grab around 300-400mb which takes about 40-60mins.
note: this size may have something to do with me using the install dvd….which would offset some of the initial updates…but not all.

out of the box ubuntu will be able to read windows shares.
not sure about xubuntu

with gnome(ubuntu)…when you first choose to share a folder, it will ask how you want to share the folder(nfs or samba)…it then gets the packages for you.

please contact me if you need more help or opinions(of which you may quite a few of your own)

ps : people who aren’t microsoft fanboys are becoming increasingly hard to find….either they totaly love windows and fight for M$ or they are totally apathetic and still use windows….bit like broken convicts on devils island. sigh

]]> By: Mark http://customisinglife.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/step-two-of-the-conversion-to-ubuntu/#comment-1398 Mark Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:36:56 +0000 http://customisinglife.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/step-two-of-the-conversion-to-ubuntu/#comment-1398 Samba is more for sharing files. To access a Windows share, you need libsmbclient at the minimum. There are also some additional tools available to make it easier to connect to SMB shares. You can find those tools by opening up Synaptic and searching for Samba. Samba is more for sharing files. To access a Windows share, you need libsmbclient at the minimum. There are also some additional tools available to make it easier to connect to SMB shares. You can find those tools by opening up Synaptic and searching for Samba.

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