Ubuntu 10.04

I've heard many mixed reviews on Ubuntu 10.04. Mostly negative reviews on the installations of Ubuntus. Right now i have 4 machines running at home, one of them is still a Pentium 4 desktop

180 GB HDD
Pentium 4 3 Ghz Processor
2.5 GB Ram

I know my computer has more than enough to support this OS, but the Jew side of me have doubts that it might fail....

I want to hear your opinions if I should install it on my P4 or not

 

do it

i've installed a few ubuntu 10.04s on P4s at work without any hitch or problem.

in fact, i don't understand how people can screw up the installation lol

 

idk, some people are saying 10.04 cannot work with old hardware. btw Dan what do you work as?

 

i'm a system administrator, software/web application/prototype developer at IBM

trust me, i have hardware in my custody that are antiquated. you should be able to install it on a P4

 

cool, reason why i asked for your occupation is because im trying to lean towards an IT career, im studying the A+ Cert book as we speak...

trying to get A+Cert by August

plan on getting MCSE, Security+, Network+ certs...

any advice

 

system administrator is just a title i believe, and the other stuff he put are job descriptions, correct me if i'm wrong though

 

very nice. it's always a good thing to get as many certifications as you can.

my position at IBM does include system administration, however my preferred career path actually lies in software and application development... I wont be able to help you with IT specific certification as i am only an intern.. noasian might be able to give better pointers than i?

edit: my full title: Admin/ Web Application Developer

my responsibilities of system administration and web application developer pretty much are equal in weight... like 50-50... i just took this title from my predecessor, who took it from his predecessor lol

i'm only an intern, so no business card :(

 

im a senior in Computer Engineering, but due to many difficulties, im trying to lean towards IT, which is more of my interest. Considering dropping out of college to get certified

 

btw i just tried installing it, keeps freezing when it restarts at "Warning PC Video resolution setting is out of range, change setting to recommended resolution 1280 * 1024@60 hz"

After changing it to 1280*1024 (already at 60Hz), the problem is still here

 

oh i had this problem before... what did i do.....

i think i reinstalled ubuntu, but through the command line.

by installing ubuntu through the terminal, you can reconfigure the xserver to work with your graphics card.

i think i used this.. http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/how_to_fix_your_computers_graphics_with_dpkg-reconfigure

but it's been a while, i forgot.. however i believe there is an option for command line install, or if you know how to ssh, you can ssh to the ubuntu machine to run the command:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

this should reconfigure xserver with your graphics card...

let me know how it goes

 

problem is i can't even get the installer to work, i mean it just gets stuck at that warning sign. Don't know how to install using command line

i think the site you gave me just reconfigures graphics card while in linux...i tried finding old ubuntu versions but no luck

 

^ Computer engineer huh? yeah... me too..... totally not working out >___> lol

graduated and working in electric distribution..... i was also thinking about starting a word of mouth computer IT business... nothing formal, as a side...

 

yeh, im a shitty computer engineer...but have a passion for IT, but totally hate programming =\

 

yeh im a senior taking junior courses, and im still struggling, the way my school does it, they speed up the curriculum and professors are really shitty