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From: Chris Whelan on 30 Apr 2010 14:20
I've tried both Ubuntu 10.4 and Edubuntu 10.4 today; both seemed to take
much longer to install than other Linux distros.

Ubuntu sat at "Installing file 18...", and Edubuntu at "Running dpkg" for
so long, I thought the installs had failed, but they eventually completed.

Anyone else found this?

Chris

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From: Phil Stovell on 2 May 2010 07:23
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:20:41 +0000, Chris Whelan wrote:

> I've tried both Ubuntu 10.4 and Edubuntu 10.4 today; both seemed to take
> much longer to install than other Linux distros.
>
> Ubuntu sat at "Installing file 18...", and Edubuntu at "Running dpkg" for
> so long, I thought the installs had failed, but they eventually completed.
>
> Anyone else found this?
>
> Chris

I noticed that installing it in Virtualbox. It said the install will
finish soon and then took another 10 mins!
From: Chris on 2 May 2010 16:49
On Sun, 02 May 2010 12:23:45 +0100, Phil Stovell
<phil(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:20:41 +0000, Chris Whelan wrote:
>
>> I've tried both Ubuntu 10.4 and Edubuntu 10.4 today; both seemed to take
>> much longer to install than other Linux distros.
>>
>> Ubuntu sat at "Installing file 18...", and Edubuntu at "Running dpkg"
>> for
>> so long, I thought the installs had failed, but they eventually
>> completed.
>>
>> Anyone else found this?
>>
>> Chris
>
> I noticed that installing it in Virtualbox. It said the install will
> finish soon and then took another 10 mins!

I find most installs are slow in Vbox. Red Hat 6 beta took almost an hour
to install. I get the feeling the I/O is particularly poor in Vbox...
From: Folderol on 2 May 2010 17:15
On Sun, 02 May 2010 21:49:32 +0100
Chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 02 May 2010 12:23:45 +0100, Phil Stovell
> <phil(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:20:41 +0000, Chris Whelan wrote:
> >
> >> I've tried both Ubuntu 10.4 and Edubuntu 10.4 today; both seemed to take
> >> much longer to install than other Linux distros.
> >>
> >> Ubuntu sat at "Installing file 18...", and Edubuntu at "Running dpkg"
> >> for
> >> so long, I thought the installs had failed, but they eventually
> >> completed.
> >>
> >> Anyone else found this?
> >>
> >> Chris
> >
> > I noticed that installing it in Virtualbox. It said the install will
> > finish soon and then took another 10 mins!
>
> I find most installs are slow in Vbox. Red Hat 6 beta took almost an hour
> to install. I get the feeling the I/O is particularly poor in Vbox...

Found it quite slow to install on my eeePC 901, but not surprised. It
boots up quite quickly, but I can't find any way to get a 'standard'
desktop. I find the netbook style frustratingly restrictive :(

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From: Folderol on 3 May 2010 16:32
On Sun, 2 May 2010 22:15:19 +0100
Folderol <folderol(a)ukfsn.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 02 May 2010 21:49:32 +0100
> Chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 02 May 2010 12:23:45 +0100, Phil Stovell
> > <phil(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:20:41 +0000, Chris Whelan wrote:
> > >
> > >> I've tried both Ubuntu 10.4 and Edubuntu 10.4 today; both seemed to take
> > >> much longer to install than other Linux distros.
> > >>
> > >> Ubuntu sat at "Installing file 18...", and Edubuntu at "Running dpkg"
> > >> for
> > >> so long, I thought the installs had failed, but they eventually
> > >> completed.
> > >>
> > >> Anyone else found this?
> > >>
> > >> Chris
> > >
> > > I noticed that installing it in Virtualbox. It said the install will
> > > finish soon and then took another 10 mins!
> >
> > I find most installs are slow in Vbox. Red Hat 6 beta took almost an hour
> > to install. I get the feeling the I/O is particularly poor in Vbox...
>
> Found it quite slow to install on my eeePC 901, but not surprised. It
> boots up quite quickly, but I can't find any way to get a 'standard'
> desktop. I find the netbook style frustratingly restrictive :(

OK, got that sorted with a bit of googling :)

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