Problem explained!
Tim Schmidt informs me over long-distance tech support that I mistakenly downloaded the bare-bones "alternate" version. I was impatient to get Ubuntu version 7.10 codename Gutsy Gibbon, on a day when millions of people around the world were all trying to download it at once; so I ganked it from a server that put up the wrong version by mistake.
The correct FULL version has a Live CD included. So it puts you into a fully usable desktop, with a big 'install' button. Instead what I had was a text-based install, which should have been my first clue.
It's so easy to create an Ubuntu Linux server, you can do it without realizing it.
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tesral on Oct. 26, 2007 7:29 AM
Yep, having the right install ISO is a big factor. I'm trying to fix a laptop right now. A IBM Thinkpad T40. The hopefully right parts are on the way. It will be a big boost in my current laptop power to the tune of a processor three times as fast as I have now. Fingers crossed.
BTW the Wendsday Nov 14 SMOS dinner is something I can make. I'm penciling you in.
matt-arnold on Oct. 26, 2007 10:53 AM
Great to hear it!
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