Bye-bye Slackware 10.2.0 - Hello KUbuntu

[janestarz]

64.362 files.
15.3 G
And somehow my userID from this install is not the same from the previous install. And that matters.
Janestarz != Janestarz

I can print, I can use internet, I can check my mail through logging into the webserver and mutt. I have chat, but no mail yet. Everything needs to be put back, but we'll get around to that.
Soon.

Comments

[aroka.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the kubuntuklub!

Oh, and different UID's? (K)ubuntu starts with 1000 I believe, I didn't know that slackware used something else. :)

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
The weird thing about the UID was that I could not mount or use the USB harddisk even though my username was the same. NoKey fixed it though, and all files are restored. It felt good to fire up my firefox and have all my cookies and bookmarks intact!

The only thing that still needs tweaking is my KMail, but I can use Mutt in the mean time.

[nokey.livejournal.com]

So does Slackware, but since my 1st slackware install is from 1995(ish), I tend to be the one with UID 1000. Add some friends and an ex who also used my computer(s) and network, Jane's ended up with UID 1005.
And of course some GIDs were overlapping, but that was also easily fixed.
And do you know where I can find a NIS client for ubuntu? I think I'll switch to NIS with the new server.

[aroka.livejournal.com]

Ah, that explains :)

And, hmm, no, haven't got any experience with using NIS clients at all :) Never saw the need for them / too much overkill for the small amount of linux boxen at my home. :)