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David J Bush wrote:
>>Hola,
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>>Has anyone had any experience with Ubuntu's version of Linux?
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> This post was a while ago, but FWIW POVray 3.5 is available as an Ubuntu
> package. I got mine off of a DVD collection, but it should be in most
> repositories, under graphics/multiverse or multiverse/graphics.
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> 3.5 is missing some cool textures like cork, but it should generally be
> fine.
>
The standard (generic Linux, not Ubuntu specific) 3.6 version works fine
for me. Download it directly from povray.org.
Although, I can only say that I've installed it and rendered some of the
standard examples from the scenes directory, I haven't (yet) run it
extensively under Ubuntu. (I mostly use Fedora, but I like to fiddle
with other distros, and POV-Ray is usually the first thing I install.)
-=-Larry -=-
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With my kubuntu install, I see 3.6.1-6 as being available in
multiverse/graphics .
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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> Hola,
>
> Has anyone had any experience with Ubuntu's version of Linux?
Used Mepis during the time when Mepis was using the Ubuntu repositories.
I had some trouble getting "regular" Debian packages to work. No method
of installing Pixie didn't screw up my system.
That has been my only taste of Ubuntu, but it was a sour taste. Mepis,
now using the Debian repositories, is another user-friendly,
out-of-the-box distro very similar (I believe) to Kubuntu.
-Shay
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hmm, this thread still alive.
anyway, now with broadband I downloaded the latest Ubuntu release from my
previous version, burnt it and installed.
In under 30 minutes I had a working system fully updated, previous directories
from the other disk partition mounted as volumes in the desktop, a slick Compiz
graphical interface running atop the proprietary nvidia driver that looks just
about as good as any Mac/Vista, codecs for mpg, mp3, wmv (offers a simple
search-for-extra-codecs), a working broadband connection and the latest
Firefox, Blender, Gimp and inkscape. I also installed Wings3D, but it's
broken. and, hey, even gedit is better than ever!
The installation procedure only asked my time zone by providing a clickable
world map and my user name. You could also easily partition the disk by
selecting one to install to. Internet connection was the only command-line
procedure, by following a simple pppoeconf text interface.
that's it: the most easily accessible Linux distro ever.
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In article <web.4728dbd453ebc795773c9a3e0@news.povray.org>,
nam### [at] gmail com says...
> hmm, this thread still alive.
>
> anyway, now with broadband I downloaded the latest Ubuntu release from my
> previous version, burnt it and installed.
>
> In under 30 minutes I had a working system fully updated, previous direct
ories
> from the other disk partition mounted as volumes in the desktop, a slick
Compiz
> graphical interface running atop the proprietary nvidia driver that looks
just
> about as good as any Mac/Vista, codecs for mpg, mp3, wmv (offers a simple
> search-for-extra-codecs), a working broadband connection and the latest
> Firefox, Blender, Gimp and inkscape. I also installed Wings3D, but it's
> broken. and, hey, even gedit is better than ever!
>
> The installation procedure only asked my time zone by providing a clickab
le
> world map and my user name. You could also easily partition the disk by
> selecting one to install to. Internet connection was the only command-li
ne
> procedure, by following a simple pppoeconf text interface.
>
> that's it: the most easily accessible Linux distro ever.
>
Fedora was easy like that too, at least as far as I got. But it
defaulted to an Virtual Partition file system or some BS and I haven't
figured out a way to get rid of that, short of running the installer
again and nuking the partition. Probably could from inside Fedora as
well, maybe, but seriously, why use something that a) isn't that useful,
since most people are not going to leave huge chunks of disk space
unused to "resize" into, and b) can't be read/removed with 90% of the
distros, since they don't support it (including Ubuntu). :p
Seriously though, heard some good things about the latest Ubuntu
release. The only issue some people had was some laptops which the
hardware makers put stupid settings in for their power management (like
spinning the disks down every 30 seconds or some idiocy, and trashing
the life span of the HD by doing so), and which Windows and others
override, but Ubuntu didn't (because, well... who the hell would be dumb
enough to set the BIOS defaults on their own hardware so stupidly?) lol
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