Hey, just so you know ... this post is now about 15 years and 3 months old. Please keep that in mind as it very well may contain broken links and/or outdated information.I’ve been running Ubuntu Eee on my Eee PC for just over a month and am really happy with it. Earlier this week though, the new version of Ubuntu Eee, now re-branded Easy Peasy (as in “easy PC”) was released. I can’t say I love the new name (the new logo even has a lemon slice in it!) but it’s still Ubuntu underneath, customized for netbooks.
Since I’d spent a lot of time tweaking Ubuntu Eee and had it just the way I liked it, I decided to try an in-place upgrade (after making a full backup first, of course). It took a while but went smoothly and I’ve now got Easy Peasy 1.0 (or Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex) running on the Eee.
Everything seems to be working just like before, with two exceptions:
- I can connect (authenticate) to the VPN at work, but the routes don’t seem to work so I can’t actually connect to (or ping) any of my servers. Apparently a lot of people have issues with the new Network Manager in Intrepid so this is not something specific to Easy Peasy.
- I can’t print to my Epson AL-CX11NF laser printer at home. The error says the pstoalcx11.sh “driver” is missing, but it’s there under /usr/local/bin where it was before.
So I’ve still got a little cleanup/tweaking to do.
Oh, one other “benefit” of doing the dist-upgrade instead of a fresh install: I’ve still got all the old Ubuntu logos, boot screens, etc. instead of the new Easy Peasy graphics. 🙂
I got printing working. I had to copy the psto* and alcx* files from /usr/local/bin to /usr/lib/cups/filter and then restart cups. Now I can print again.
Finally got the VPN working! I still can’t get DNS to work over the VPN, so I had to add all of my remote servers to my /etc/hosts file, but at least now I can connect to the VPN and then remotely administer them. I also think I have the routes set up properly so my regular internet traffic doesn’t go through the VPN gateway.