Ubuntu Studio 8.04 + Easter
By: Christopher
tags: avant window manager, awm, chocolate, compiz fusion, easter, Emerald Theme Manager, launchpad, Ubuntu
For those that celebrate Easter as I do I would like to send out a big “Happy Easter”.
I am busy upgrading my wife’s laptop to Ubuntu Studio 8.04 Beta. It is a HP Pavilion dv6000 that came with Microsoft Vista Home Edition which started giving rediculous problems like freezing. I finally convinced her that Linux was her answer and since she is the “arty” type I decided to see what Ubuntu Studio was like and took a leap downloading the new Beta.
The base install was quick and easy and it looks sweet. I am just doing a quick update as this is a beta and there are bound to be a lot of updates as bugs get filed and fixed on Launchpad. Then I need to sort out the Wireless as it seems like it is not switched on with the manual switch. Once I find the solution for that I will let you all know.
Other plans for this PC:
Once this is comeplete, my mission here will be done. A laptop to show off OSS and Ubuntu 
Woo, Good Luck there man. Ubuntu Studio is good especially if shes the “arty” type. But the main thing is shes using Linux, and thats all that should matter.
(So no immature distro wars in comments, guys
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-LostOverThere
http://cheesemedia.net
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Stay awav from Compiz you’ll catch performance issues and
might catch instabilities.
Ubuntu Studio is performance optimised for graphic applications and audio. With Compiz you’ll slow down things a lot.
@Kls I have not noticed any performance issues yet but I must also admit I have not done any intense graphic or audio work either.
Thanks for the heads up