http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-49205 Tue, 03 May 2011 09:17:10 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-49205 [...] Dapper was no picnic. I’ve written before about the Dapper-era desktop — half “just works,” half “just works with a little nudging.” [...]

]]> http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-39694 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:34:50 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-39694 oh yeah! those were THE times.. thanx for the memories

]]> http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-38358 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:37:25 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-38358 Now if only they can get the sound working again.

]]> http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-38008 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:44:50 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-38008 This is so true. I couldn’t bring myself to completely switch to Linux until Flash was updated. My first install was Dapper Drake in June of 2006.

]]> http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-38002 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:38:44 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-38002 Awesome post, thanks. I didn’t know those old releases were available, guess I’ll download warty to get the feel of old days.
Intrepid is my favorite so far, runs like a charm on a two year old HP laptop.

]]> http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-38000 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:54:11 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-38000 Just to be clear, wireless is infinitely easier now than it was three years ago. Particular hardware might have an issue between releases, but on the whole it’s much easier to set up and arrange wireless networks now than it was in the past.

]]> http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-37999 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:21:26 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/let-me-tell-you-about-the-good-old-days/#comment-37999 Interesting perspective. I’ve tried Ubuntu from time to time and am still mired in mud with interpid (or is it intrepid?). You mention wireless as being a major source of problems, was it better on a previous release?

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