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In 2008, I was still using a 20-year-old DOS computer (!!) when it became obvious I couldn’t go on without connecting to the web. I bought one of the very first netbooks because it was funny and cheap. Linux was one of the reasons for the low price, and I knew nothing about this strange thing. But I discovered that it was possible to buy a computer without paying what I call the “Microsoft tax”, so to speak. I added an external CD/DVD writer. | In 2008, I was still using a 20-year-old DOS computer (!!) when it became obvious I couldn’t go on without connecting to the web. I bought one of the very first netbooks because it was funny and cheap. Linux was one of the reasons for the low price, and I knew nothing about this strange thing. But I discovered that it was possible to buy a computer without paying what I call the “Microsoft tax”, so to speak. I added an external CD/DVD writer. | ||
The original distro was Xandros, not a very good one in fact. The possibilities were very limited, and I rapidly looked for something else. The problem was to find a distro working out-of-the box on an EeePC, and it was not easy in those days. I started with ubuntu-eee (an Ubuntu 8.04 fork which became easypeasy). The main problem was the kernel: ubuntu-eee was using a specific kernel, and it was not possible to easily upgrade it when a new ubuntu version was available. I tried live sessions of eeedora, eeedebian and Linux Mint, and I finally switched to Ubuntu 8.10 on my netbook and on my new desktop computer too (I bought a “naked” Nyos 50 to avoid paying the “tax”). | The original distro was Xandros, not a very good one in fact. The possibilities were very limited, and I rapidly looked for something else. The problem was to find a distro working out-of-the box on an EeePC, and it was not easy in those days. I started with ubuntu-eee (an Ubuntu 8.04 fork which became easypeasy). The main problem was the kernel: ubuntu-eee was using a specific kernel, and it was not possible to easily upgrade it when a new ubuntu version was available. I tried live sessions of eeedora, eeedebian and Linux Mint, and I finally switched to Ubuntu 8.10 on my netbook and on my new desktop computer too (I bought a “naked” Nyos 50 to avoid paying the “tax”). | ||
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+ | La distrib. originale était Xandros, pas très bonne, en fait. Les possibilités étaient très limitées et j'ai rapidement cherché autre chose. Le problème était de trouver une distrib. fonctionnant directement sur un EeePC, ce n' | ||
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In the meantime, I was gradually discovering Linux, thanks to forums, magazines, and online documentation. Everything was not yet working out-of-the box: e.g. the wifi LED or the volume control on the netbook - but I succeeded in fixing those little problems. Within a year and a half, I definitely dropped out everything that was coming from Microsoft, and my configuration was OK regarding what I wanted to do with it. | In the meantime, I was gradually discovering Linux, thanks to forums, magazines, and online documentation. Everything was not yet working out-of-the box: e.g. the wifi LED or the volume control on the netbook - but I succeeded in fixing those little problems. Within a year and a half, I definitely dropped out everything that was coming from Microsoft, and my configuration was OK regarding what I wanted to do with it. | ||
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Oh, by the way, what do I use? Very simple but powerful things: Firefox and Thunderbird, | Oh, by the way, what do I use? Very simple but powerful things: Firefox and Thunderbird, | ||
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+ | Pendant ce temps, je découvrais progressivement Linux, grâce à des forums, des magazines et de la documentation en ligne. Tout ne fonctionnait pas encore directement : par exemple, la LED wifi ou le contrôle du volume sur le netbook, mais j'ai réussi à résoudre ces petits problèmes. En moins d'un an et demi, j'ai vraiment abandonné tout ce qui venait de Microsoft et ma configuration faisait ce que je voulais faire. | ||
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+ | Puis, Unity est arrivé ! Je vais dire deux choses à ce sujet. Pour moi, Unity est un véritable cauchemar. Il est aussi la solution d'un problème qui n' | ||
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And now, what is important to me? First of all, I do not have to adapt myself to the distro. The distro must be able to adapt itself to me. I must be able to control precisely what I need, and to remove all that is not necessary to me. That is why I don’t use Ubuntu Software Center - which is just a pleasant catalogue to look at. It’s not precise enough. It does not allow me to completely remove unused packages, that is to say to also remove configuration files. I added deborphan in synaptic, which allows the removal of orphan packages. I also removed about forty or fifty useless things. For example, dummy packages or things like splx - since my printer is not a Samsung printer. This is important because my netbook has only a 4 GB SSD. | And now, what is important to me? First of all, I do not have to adapt myself to the distro. The distro must be able to adapt itself to me. I must be able to control precisely what I need, and to remove all that is not necessary to me. That is why I don’t use Ubuntu Software Center - which is just a pleasant catalogue to look at. It’s not precise enough. It does not allow me to completely remove unused packages, that is to say to also remove configuration files. I added deborphan in synaptic, which allows the removal of orphan packages. I also removed about forty or fifty useless things. For example, dummy packages or things like splx - since my printer is not a Samsung printer. This is important because my netbook has only a 4 GB SSD. | ||
I must be able to completely personalise the desktop so that everything is located where it has to be and behaves the way I want. Fortunately, | I must be able to completely personalise the desktop so that everything is located where it has to be and behaves the way I want. Fortunately, | ||
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+ | Et maintenant, qu'est ce qui est important pour moi ? Tout d' | ||
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+ | Je dois être en mesure de personnaliser complètement le bureau pour que tout se trouve là où il doit être et se comporte de la façon dont je veux. Heureusement, | ||
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Upgrading to new versions is a real problem which bothers me. | Upgrading to new versions is a real problem which bothers me. | ||
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- Second, all that was working before should work after. And all my personal choices in the different preferences and configuration files should stay unchanged. After upgrading, things have disappeared such as certain icons. Other things simply don’t work anymore. For example ADSL connection (from Jaunty to Karmic). I had to add sun-java-plugin after upgrading to Lucid because icedtea-plugin was no longer able to display websites which it did before. | - Second, all that was working before should work after. And all my personal choices in the different preferences and configuration files should stay unchanged. After upgrading, things have disappeared such as certain icons. Other things simply don’t work anymore. For example ADSL connection (from Jaunty to Karmic). I had to add sun-java-plugin after upgrading to Lucid because icedtea-plugin was no longer able to display websites which it did before. | ||
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+ | Mettre à niveau vers les nouvelles versions est un véritable problème qui m' | ||
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- Third, depending on how I do it, I don’t exactly get the same thing. I use a single ext4 partition, and no swap, and I have tried four different ways to switch to a new version: | - Third, depending on how I do it, I don’t exactly get the same thing. I use a single ext4 partition, and no swap, and I have tried four different ways to switch to a new version: | ||
• I use the very long upgrading process. It generally takes at least four hours to upgrade, fix what doesn’t work any more, and remove the useless things which have been added. There is also another problem in this process. Some new features are not available. For example, I had to manually switch from grub-legacy to grub-pc in karmic. | • I use the very long upgrading process. It generally takes at least four hours to upgrade, fix what doesn’t work any more, and remove the useless things which have been added. There is also another problem in this process. Some new features are not available. For example, I had to manually switch from grub-legacy to grub-pc in karmic. | ||
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So, the ideal upgrading process doesn’t exist. Anyway, the good new is that facing problems is an opportunity to learn something and to grow up. And of course, I go on with Xubuntu -- the best distro for me. | So, the ideal upgrading process doesn’t exist. Anyway, the good new is that facing problems is an opportunity to learn something and to grow up. And of course, I go on with Xubuntu -- the best distro for me. | ||
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