[Novalug] ubuntu problem with repositories

Bonnie Dalzell bdalzell@qis.net
Mon Feb 20 19:18:56 EST 2012


On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, jerry w wrote:

> You could consider LUbuntu
> with LXDE which I've found nice
> on a netbook (until I inadvertently
> deleted the running kernel on Precise...)

interesting idea

i had xubuntu set up and running and the desktop configured as I 
like it so I was going to continue to use it. xfce is becoming the 
default gui for ubuntu studio.

of course I did pick up a much newer used Dell but I have not set it up. i 
like my old red case with the window and the colored lights for the fans.

cheaper than getting a sports car. :-)

i suppose I could set up the Dell if I can find some deskspace and then 
see if I can put a newer mother board and cpu in my year 2002 built 
machine.


> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell@qis.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, Ed James wrote:
>>
>>> Bonnie, I'm new to Ubuntu, so I'm feeling my way around here,  but I think
>>> you might want to try:
>>>
>>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/2buntu/ppa/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/source/Sources.gz
>>>
>>> instead of
>>>
>>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/ppa/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/source/Sources.gz
>>>
>>> I didn't poke around much, so it's possible that launchpad moved stuff around
>>> on you.  I have no clue if the URL I looked at actually has what you are
>>> looking for - just a WAG on my part.
>>
>> will try it - maverick is getting long in the tooth but sometimes when i
>> do the upgrade to the next version all sorts of problems arise so I
>> have to upgraded versions.
>>
>> am downloading and burning the cd's for natty and onieric however.
>>
>> my machine is old enough that i have had to go to xubutu - even gnome was
>> giving me some problems with resources and I do not want the new gui
>>
>>>
>>> Ed James
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