Upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

I loaded Ubuntu 7.04 in my desktop a few weeks back only and started exploring it. I was lucky to see an upgrade to 7.10 last week. Immediately, I tried upgrading it. After a few tries, I could accomplish it. The upgrade download was direct and not through bit torrent. Sometimes, the download speed became slow and had to abort the download. It took nearly 8 hours to complete the download and installation, excluding my aborted attempts. 1068 files were downloaded for the upgrade. The installation was smooth.

One positive thing that happened was on Google Earth. IN Ubuntu 7.04, it was not working. When I installed Google Earth, I did not press "Quit" and instead pressed "OK" in the installation dialog window. The Ubuntu support document specifically said "not to do this". In a hurry, I did this mistake. I was logged out every time, I launched Google Earth in Ubuntu 7.04. I wanted to uninstall and was looking in the net for a neat uninstall procedure. In the mean time, I upgraded Ubuntu to 7.10. To my surprise, Google Earth started working automatically under Ubuntu 7.10.

I find a lot of applications added in 7.10 repository. I had Automatix2 repository in my earlier version of Ubuntu. This did not work after upgrade. I had to uninstall it and install the one suitable for Ubuntu 7.10. This also works now.

Ubuntu 7.10 seems to be faster than 7.04. I can not be sure of it, since it is not based on any verifiable data. Installation and usage of 7.10 was smooth so far. All my loaded applications and configurations were intact, excepting Automatix2, of course.

I connected my web cam through usb port. Ubuntu immediately recognized it as a drive and started downloading all pictures. It was only a temporary drive. I copied required pictures into my PC.

I am having some difficulties in media players. I will write about them after solving the issues on hand.

A blog on my Ubuntu experiences

I have been posting my Ubuntu experiences in my other blog site, where I cover a variety of subjects. As I started posting more of my experiences with Ubuntu, I realized that creating a new blog site is proper. I am providing links below of my previous posts that have relevance to Ubuntu. Though it is only two months since I started experimenting with Ubuntu, it was quite eventful one and exciting. It was also my first experience with Linux. There are more posts to come, as I explore Ubuntu.

1. Another step towards Open Source Operating System
2. My first experiences with Ubuntu 7.04 (Fiesty Fawn)

PS:

1. I am still writing this post through Windows OS. I encountered tag problems using Blogger site with FireFox and Ubuntu. I have to explore further to provide details. Probably, next post subject may be on it.
2. This site was created using standard template available in Blogger.com. I tweaked HTML code at three places to get the present view. I am testing the waer before plunging in.