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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu / Kubuntu 7.10 - have you taken the plunge ?

 

Viv wrote:
> Has anyone else upgraded yet ? Any thoughts / problems ?
> 
> I like it but, it has killed my VMWare set up. I may try Virtual Box or
> just wait until they fix VMWare. It shouldn't be too long as it quite
> popular. 
> 

Have you recompiled the VMWare kernel modules?  You'll need the kernel 
source packages.

> I am on 64 bit - I don't know if the issues for 64 bit and 32 bit are
> very different.

IIRC some restricted packages such as Adobe Flash don't have 64-bit 
counterparts so you'd have to use Gnash, although thats not such a bad 
thing.

> I have a question -when you upgrade, should you remove all the old
> repositories for previous versions from Adept Manager ? I wasn't sure if
> they were still needed or not ?
> 

Not sure, you may find some incompatibilities.

I've not taken the plunge yet.  I bought a new hard drive yesterday 
which I was going to do a fresh install on but it turns out the drive is 
used and has an NTFS partition on it!

I'm taking the drive back today for a replacement or refund.  I won't 
say where I got it as it could have been an honest mistake on their part.

Rob




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