I’m preparing to install Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” in my desktop machine.
Before starting
- Try, using the Ubuntu live-cd, at least graphics, sound and cable network access (done)
- Backup important data (done)
- Decide the partition layout for all my hard drives (example (done)
- Rethink my home network (IPs, Windows workgroup names…)
- Decide between Ubuntu 32 bits and Ubuntu 64 bits for my AMD Athlon 64BIT X2 DUAL-CORE 4200+ SKAM2 2.20 GB
- I’ve decided to go with Ubuntu 32 bits (done)
- Check if both cores are beeing used (done)
I will be dual-booting (for now) with Windows XP, and in order to release myself from Windows completely, here’s a “to achieve” list.
This list doesn’t have a significant order of importance.
To achieve (check the installation eXPerience here
- Internet access using my home network (cable) (achieved)
- Internet access using my home network (wireless)
- Read and write support from Linux to my Windows partitions (just in case) (achieved)
- Read and write support from Windows to my Linux partitions (just in case)
- Divx and Xvid playback with subtitle files support (achieved)
- Full browser experience (Java, flash…) (achieved)
- Microsoft Office 100% support (achieved using a virtual machine)
- it isn’t enough .doc support
- as an example, the Excel formats, graphs, etc. should be exactly the same
- it could be done using a virtual machine
- Windows XP in a virtual machine (objective - legacy support) (achieved)
- Streaming media content (xvid, divx) to my Xbox 360
- the the content must be converted to the right format in real time
- it must add subtitles to the media (for instance .srt separated files)
- in Windows I use TVersity
- Print to PDF (achieved)
- Have a subtitle editor (achieved)
- a needed feature is to fix the subtitles in order to keep a fixed number of characters for column
- in Windows I use Subtitle Workshop
- Software to mount cd image files (like .iso) (achieved)
- Recording software (CD and DVD support) (achieved)
- Google Earth and Google Notifier (achieved)
- Full iPod Touch support (it could be done using a virtual machine)
- Full Calendar and Contacts sync support for Qtek 9100 (it could be done using a virtual machine) (achieved)
- Apache, PHP and MySQL solution for my home database solution, currently working in Windows (achieved)
- Remote Desktop Connection to other machines, including Windows (it could be done using a virtual machine)
- Home network (at least shared folders) (achieved)
Other nice stuff I’d like
- BIOS upgrades (it could be done using a virtual machine)
- System monitor (hard drive free space, cpu, memory, network and temperature)