[nzlug] PC World Ubuntu

[Simon]

On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 19:17 +1200, Simon wrote:
> I see the current PC World is amongst the mainstream magazines featuring
> Feisty on their cover disk this month.

> Looking it up, I see a May article by Scott Spanbauer suggesting dual
> boot and a short howto.
> http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/ht/DBF32F3165D13745CC2572C900173480
> ... sadly, despite a strong start, the article is out of date where it
> isn't simply wrong in important places.

I spoke too soon... this was the May offering listed as a HOWTO. The
offering which goes with the DVD is at:
http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/9C96947C63FE466FCC2572ED000F68B7?Opendocument&HighLight=2,ubuntu
... and it is *identical* in all but layout. (OK - the edit instruction
is included, but the process is still contradicted by his reference.)

Someone tell me about pmount.

The other article associated with the DVD is here:
http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/4AF94C8FD93F557FCC2572ED00105B16?Opendocument&HighLight=2,ubuntu
... Seven post-install tips for Ubuntu 7.04
By Matthew Newton / Sunday, July 01 2007

This one is much much better... and is actually about Feisty.
It is very short on discussion... like why we need to search for all
those codecs... but competent and all the tips will actually work.

I still think a windows user will be left with the feeling that Ubuntu
is essentially broken as every other suggestion is billed as a "fix".