` Google Earth, VMWare, CLI Task Management

I outlined what I was going to cover in this video, so it is not a complete run-on: 1. I reinstalled Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on my laptop with almost no problems, I cover what the hurdles were and what I did to knack them. I also talk about why I was forced to, simply I switched from ALSA to OSS thinking I'd get my mic support working, however most all the applications in Ubuntu support ALSA only, so if you read on the Ubuntu site to think twice about going to OSS, take them on the advice.. But even if you do, I've got here advice on doing a reinstall.. Took me no more than 4 hours to do and I lost none of my user data nor my desktop configurations.. This feat on Windows XP (at least) is practically impossible.. When you reinstall Windows it means wiping the C drive and copying stuff back and you have to restart your machine at least 4 times with windows, and the whole XP install can take up to 8 hours to complete.. On linux you can do a reinstall almost without even a second thought, unless you stored your data in any other places on the installation drive other than the home directory partition.. 2. Installing software from binary installers in Ubuntu: Google Earth, VM Ware's VM Player, and Quake Wars Enemy Territory, all use binary installers.. I discuss them and cover a bit about file permissions and changing group and ownership (in the reinstall discussion). I give a demonstration of google earth running on my desktop machine with Ubuntu, but google earth is as fluid here on my desktop as it is on the laptop (not shown). 3. Guild Wars Hard Mode, and what it is good for, as well as where to locate the hottest skill builds "PvX Wiki". 4. I do a demonstration of managing tasks on the command line, and how to send start, stop and kill signals to other tasks, how to run a task in the background ("bg" if task is running or end the command line with a "&" on the end). So all in all you should learn something from this.. But mainly that there is no excuse avoid Linux.. It works.. 2.

Author: rofthorax
Keywords: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS reinstall sucks laptop VMWare Player command line task management GW hard mode google earth ALSA OSS
Added: October 15, 2008