karmic koala
The longest part was to make a full backup on an external hard drive, as I wanted to test ext4 and format all my partitions.
The backup included:
- all /etc directory
- all my home directory (including hidden .* files)
The Disk Usage Analyzer (from Accesories) was extremely helpful in deleting unnecessary files before making the backup.
Install went smoothly, the todo/not to do list after that:
- skype (from www.skype.com)
- not installed acroread (document viewer seems much faster)
- pidgin (apt get)
- thunderbird instead of evolution. it would have been a good idea to make a screenshot of my email accounts settings in evolution, before the install … Importing emails is very easy, a good tutorial here. Thunderbird is much faster, and spam filtering is amasing, even if the settings are not that obvious (the junk settings are at general preferences (Edit->Preferences) at each account options and very important, a junk setting also exists for “Local Folders”)
- firefox bookmarks import: Bookmarks->Organize bookmarks->Import and Backup->Restore->Choose file
The bookmark backups are in my old home in ~/.mozilla/firefox/d670evia.default/bookmarkbackups
- nvidia drivers. For some reason i did get the notification about the drivers when i first booted, but the option to enable them is in System->Administration->Hardware drivers.
-the sound is much better then before (on a Dell Latitude D820), but the microphone setting is initially muted.
I had to clean a bit the Startup Applications (from System menu), this part woke up old memories, from preinstalled windows systems. A bit creepy.
Overall, a very good system, I see enhanced usability and a more responsive system. Even the background choices are nicer 
5. November 2009 at 7:11 pm :
Pai si merge bine firefoxu’ pa linux?……ca am auzit ca e cam mancau de resurse
(si pa uindaus nu m-as mira de asta). Nu e mai bun Opera ?! .
10. November 2009 at 12:54 am :
Sunt foarte multumita, merge bine, daca nu ii instalez eu cine stie ce plugin-uri prea smechere. Am nevoie de firefox, pentru javascript-uri care nu merg in Opera.
11. November 2009 at 1:32 am :
:O …..te rog detaliaza ca nu e o chestiune straina intereselor mele
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