I helped my friend install Ubuntu Studio on his laptop yesterday and today. It’s pretty cool, I must say. Being a huge linux fan, I’m really excited for him. Ubuntu Studio has a ton of open-source multimedia authoring and editing software. And a really sweet theme (pictured at right).
We ran into some issues while installing but were able to resolve them fairly easily. Here’s a summary and some tips for anyone that may be having the same problems:
- He first installed 6.06 because that was the only CD version he had. Since it was a fresh install, he didn’t have any trouble upgrading to 6.10 and then to 7.04 (besides a slow connection).
- Once the full 7.04 system was installed, we followed the instructions on The Ubustu Feed to install the Ubuntu Studio packages on top. We had to make sure the “universe” repository was selected, as we were getting “<package name> is not installable” messages.
- His screen resolution was less than optimal (1024×768 on a widescreen laptop made for 1280×800). But he has an Intel graphics card, so we resolved it using the 915resolution package and these instructions.