Pqluglist- How to remove Mono from Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

[Parksville-Qualicum Linux Users group mail list]

I did a clean install.  I do have my home folder on its own partition, which
makes re-installation really quick and easy.  You have to reinstall some
software, but all your data and preferences are preserved.

Ken

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Parksville-Qualicum Linux Users group mail
list <pqluglist at pqlug.org> wrote:

> On 10-05-03 08:42 AM, Parksville-Qualicum Linux Users group mail list
> wrote:
>
>> On other thing I forgot to mention about Lucid, compiz effects run
>> much faster on my intel video chipset than they used to.  Some of the
>> effects used to be pretty choppy but now run smoothly.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Ken Peters<ken487 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I installed Lucid, and I'm pretty happy with it.  It finds my wifi on
>>> waking up much faster than Jaunty did, and it does a much better job
>>> of handling my 3G card.  As for the buttons on the left, I really
>>> don't like that, but it's easily changed using the appearance
>>> settings.  I like the Clearlooks theme.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Parksville-Qualicum Linux Users group
>>> mail list<pqluglist at pqlug.org>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 10-05-02 08:08 PM, Parksville-Qualicum Linux Users group mail list
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/04/29/how-to-remove-mono-from-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Just upgraded last night, let it run all night, did a bit of cleaning up
>>>> this morning, and now all seems to be okay.
>>>> I had some trouble getting Firefox to work because I had enabled
>>>> Moonlight
>>>> (stupid me) so I had to remove it by Synaptic. After that it seemed
>>>> good.
>>>> I heard rumours that it supported the iPod touch and iPhone, so I
>>>> plugged
>>>> that in and was pleasantly surprised that it recognized it and offered
>>>> to
>>>> open Rythmbox. The device was also recognized by Nautilus, so I dragged
>>>> and
>>>> dropped a couple of podcasts from my computer to the file in the ipod
>>>> called
>>>> "Podcasts" (makes sense, doesn't it?) and it shows up in nautilus but I
>>>> can't for the life of me find them on the iPod. Oh well. Baby steps.
>>>> Better
>>>> than none.
>>>> I think I might even get used to having the maximize, minimize, delete
>>>> buttons on the left hand side of the screen.
>>>>
>>>> DonL
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Peters
>>> Developer
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>>> 250-729-6639
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Did you do a clean install, Ken, or an upgrade? I upgraded, and am thinking
> now that a clean install would be better. It would give me the opportunity
> to make a dedicated home folder, something I've never done.
> Thunderbird is completely different I notice. I like it.
>
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