Ubuntu pizza

November 6, 2010 // Posted in computer, friends  

L'ottima pizza "toscana" mangiata da Antonio

Ieri abbiamo trascorso una bella serata in compagnia del nostro amico Antonio. Vi starete probabilmente chiedendo il perche’ del titolo. Ebbene, da tempo Antonio, forse influenzato dal nostro entusiasmo, era tentato di provare linux sul proprio portatile. Tentato, ma un po’ timoroso. Ma ieri si e’ deciso, ha superato le paure e ha accettato la sfida: ovvero che linux, in particolare nella distribuzione Ubuntu, e’ ormai cosi’ “user friendly” che l’avremmo installato in una serata, nel tempo di gustarci insieme una buona pizza. E cosi’ e’ stato. Ora il suo Sony Vaio di default parte con Ubuntu 10.10 e xp e’ solo la seconda scelta (in attesa di rimuoverlo definitivamente).

Ubuntu 10.10 si sta installando mentre noi mangiamo la pizza

Inutile dire che Ubuntu 10.10 (nome in codice Maverick Meerkat), funziona perfettamente “out of the box” (si, anche la webcam, i tastini strani della tastiera, il dual screen e cosi’ via). Inutile ribadire che il PC di Antonio sembra rinato, veloce ed efficiente come non lo era mai stato. Eppure l’hardware e’ sempre lo stesso. Miracoli dell’open source. A, la pizza era inoltre molto buona, e poi Silvia ha preparato un’ottima cioccolata che ci ha accompagnato durante la fase di post installazione (ispirata a questa guida)


Yesterday we spent a nice evening together with our friend Antonio. Probably you are wondering why the title of this post is “Ubuntu pizza”, so let us explain that Antonio was very curious to try linux on his laptop (a Sony Vaio), but he was worried too, so he was hesitating for longtime. But yesterday we convinced him to try, explaining him that linux, in particular in the Ubuntu flavour, is extremely “user friendly” and we would have installed it just in the same time needed to us to eat a good pizza together. And this happened.

La serata e' finita, e Ubuntu, sul Sony Vaio di Antonio, supporta elegantemente il dual screen

The basic installation of Ubuntu 10.10 (code name Maverick Meerkat) was extremely fast (roughly half one hour) and everything was working “out of the box” (yes, the integrated webcam too, the strange keys on the keyboard, the dual screen option and so on). Then, following this guide we optimized a little bit the system (that according to Antonio never was so fast and agile with the previous OS), and this phase too was cool enough: in fact Silvia prepared a great hot-chocolate and we appreciated it a lot. At the end, we were all happy, and Silvia and I are waiting for the nextt step: to definitely remove the remaining Xp partition from Antonio’s laptop.

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