[mdlug] Kubuntu 8.04 clean install - report

[Michael Rudas]

For a variety of reasons, I decided to do a clean install from DVD
instead of upgrading from Kubuntu GG to HH.  There were minor problems
with my 7.10 install AND it's always been my motto, "Why borrow
trouble?" -- in my experience, OS upgrades can be the kinkiest types
of borrowed trouble.  I have a pretty good idea of how I want my
environment to look and feel, so apt-get and a few check-marks in
Adept got things rolling pretty good.

Things mostly went smoothly.  I was able to import my backed-up
Mozilla/SeaMonkey mail and most of the settings and miscellaneous
files from my old "home" directory.  I had to install Flash manually,
as I couldn't do it from within Firefox for some reason -- no big
deal.  I was able to install the nVidia "legacy" drivers for the TNT2
video card in this borrowed machine (one of the unresolved issues from
the GG install).  Then I found this on http://www.LXer.com:
"Things to do on your new Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Installation"
<http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2008/04/things-to-do-on-your-new-ubuntu-804.html>

I copied-and-pasted the listed command lines one-by-one into the
console -- man, what a difference.  This Linux install is now the best
ever for me in over 6 years of Linux usage.

~~ Mikey