Installing ubuntu 9.10 -- some problems

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Paul King wrote:

> For the record, the DVD was of Edubuntu, which didn't work out too well;
> the CD install was considerably more successful. In fact, right now I am
> emailing this list from a working copy of Evolution in X-Windows. The CD
> was not Edubuntu, but a standard Ubuntu.
> 
> The install was a "standard" install, I had little to no control over
> package selection. But at least I now have a 64-bit OS that seems to be
> in working order. 
> 
> Some steps of the installation were inexplicably slow, especially the
> screen that showed only the logo. After installation and rebooting
> everything seems fine. I still need to install several packages, though.
> 
> They have also hidden superuser from me. I can log on under a normal
> account, but I have to figure out how to do this as root.

   Don't log in as root; use sudo.

   If you give root a passwd, (sudo passwd) and you can then log in as
   root, or use su, etc.

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