[LUAU] Ubuntu and updates

[Al Plant]

Jeff Mings wrote:
> Ubuntu/HP?  You mean an HP product with Ubuntu?  Which Ubuntu version 
> number and desktop would that be?
> 
> I'm guessing that Synaptic, the GUI DEB package manager, disappeared.  
> If all else fails, aptitude is the best console / terminal-based package 
> manager I've seen.  You can do _everything_ from that, with a 
> menu-driven interface that doesn't take a lot of time to get used to.  I 
> really wish the  RPM/YUM package family under Redhat / CentOS had 
> something as excellent as aptitude.
> 
> Good Luck,
> -Jeff
> 

Aloha Jeff.

It is Ubunto 8.10 with the Synaptic manager.

It starts from a gui window and shuts off using alt/F2 to bring up the 
gnome-terminal.

It works fine for everything but Flash and the menu features that 
vanished (back button for example on the inet screen). The desktop is 
just HP with small windows you click on to enlarge them. I never use the 
photos, music and stuff on the screen.Its used for picking up email when 
I travel and searching the net. And airline schedules, checking in for 
flights etc.

Thanks ...  AL


> On 09/05/2012 10:17 AM, Al Plant wrote:
>>
>> Aloha,
>>
>> Seeing the post from Jeff reminded me to ask this.
>>
>> I have a net book with Ubuntu/HP on it. (All of the rest of my boxes 
>> run FreeBSD) And the last time the updates ran part of the menu 
>> vanished to an auto select feature.
>>
>> Also I no longer have any flash that works for this unit either. Tried 
>> to update but doesnt finish install.
>>
>> Does any one have a suggestion to any link to a how to make things 
>> install on the version of Ubuntu that is on the machine? Or do I have 
>> to upgrade the version?
>>
>> Mahalo...
>>
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