Hmm, I'll check that. The last time I checked the available software there wasn't any PCB CAD stuff in the standard repositories. I'll check again.<div><br></div><div>Having totally bricked my laptop by innocently accepting Ubuntu's offer to "upgrade now", I decided to play safe and try a live CD with version 10 on it. Once again it bricked the laptop requiring battery removal to recover. May just be an incompatibility with my older laptop. Otherwise Ubuntu is slick and easy to use.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 October 2010 20:40, Michael Glavin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:micl_glavin@yahoo.co.uk">micl_glavin@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
However, ubuntu provides a really neat s/w package manager that gives you the ability to select categories for opensource software downloading / installing. <br><br>I'm not sure about ubuntu 9, but this is certainly available on ubuntu 10.<br>
<br>Have you tried just running ubuntu from the live CD? It gives you the option to try it before actually installing it on your pc</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Clive Mitchell<br>
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