My first post from Ubuntu.

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Well, I downloaded Ubuntu from its site and I gotta say, a lot more smoother than I thought. Sure, installation was a little long, but it's well worth it. It's a little slow for now and some times glitchy in some parts, but I just need to find drivers (if there are any? ) and I should be fine. I would recommend this any one who hates Windoze It's very cool.
 
And well... Back on XP. The orange is kind of driving me nuts and I can't seem to find out how the drivers work for my graphics. It only supports for 1280x1024 :(
 
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And well... Back on XP. The orange is kind of driving me nuts and I can't seem to find out how the drivers work for my graphics. It only supports for 1280x1024 :(
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I found the same problem too, I was unable to go past 1280*1024. If the drivers were arranged more like windows and just as easy to use, I would love to use Linux of any kind over windows, but hopefully as time goes on they will make it more and more like that. Still very good bit of kit especially for free.
 
Ah wow, I started tinkering with Ubuntu last Friday, and I'm already a convert. I had a load of trouble with my wireless card, to the extent that I'm now back to good old ethernet, with our router sitting on my desk. Apart from that It's been almost painless - I even managed to get ATI Big Desktop working with my dual monitors. :dopey: :sly:

(I spent ages scratching my head over that one until I figured I had to change the screen resolution to 2560x1024. :dunce: )
 
www.ubuntuforums.org Is a great place to get help with just about anything. Do a search before posting, as usual. They aren't too harsh about reposts, though. Lots of people have issues with wireless cards and I don't think there is just one way to fix it.
 
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www.ubuntuforums.org Is a great place to get help with just about anything. Do a search before posting, as usual. They aren't too harsh about reposts, though. Lots of people have issues with wireless cards and I don't think there is just one way to fix it.
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1. Yes, that is the best place to find fixes, and the ubuntu wiki is good too.

2. As I know, there are 3 ways to fix the wireless card (Belkin F5D701(1/0) is the main one), bcm43xx-fwcutter, Ndiswrapper with the bcwl5 firmware and some people have reported that you can get the bcm43xx firmware working using ndiswrapper.

3.Welcome to Linux PLMatt

From,
Chris.
 
PLmatt91
And well... Back on XP. The orange is kind of driving me nuts and I can't seem to find out how the drivers work for my graphics. It only supports for 1280x1024 :(
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I use Mint, but it's basically the same as Ubuntu, except with better hardware support.

ALT+F2 > gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf > edit
Code: 
SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

to
Code: 
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"[desired resoultion f.e.] 1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

And here's my desktop. Not much orange here...

 
My 2nd post from Ubuntu!

Had enough bits left over from my PC upgrade to enable me to put together another PC (just needed to buy a case). I couldn't use XP on it as its on my main PC, so I decided to try out Linux, and Ubuntu was the only one I'd heard of.

It'll take a wee bit of getting used to, (I know nothing of how to use it) but its all good so far. I was confused when I went to youtube and had to download, unzip, and then use something called a "terminal" to install Flash. I managed it though.

Any suggestions as to what else I can do with it?
 
Sounds and loks quite slick, but the name itself definetly comes from a Malian tribe leader.
 
Well, a better question would be: "What would I like to have from the computer now?" rather than what you can do with it.

Ubuntu can be a very powerful operating system and you can literally do anything you desire with it. Even to completely obliterate the whole system with a few choice words in the terminal.

Why don't you tell us what you want to get from it? Alternatively, another site to look at, as already mentioned by Wallrunner is ubuntuforums.org. They have a ton of information to do with solving problems and also making the Ubuntu experience better and quicker and more fancier. A website to help to make Gusty run faster would be this: Quicker Gusty

To make Gusty more fancier and much much more eye-candy galore, Woah, look at the effects?! However you do need some good stuff to run it with. Less than Vista sized, but still.

Another Ubuntuforum post that lists all the distributions by sizes for older computers For older computers to be reborn

Basically, what will you use it for? File-server? Desktop work, like word processing? Databases? Web-server? Graphics work (as in creating graphics)? Music player?

Possibilities are endless. :)
 
zoxxy
I use Mint, but it's basically the same as Ubuntu, except with better hardware support.

And here's my desktop. Not much orange here...

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I had Ubuntu for awhile, did not like it at all!

I'm downloading Mint now, How do i mount it to a CD, I did Ubuntu So long ago!

Its downloading as a .iso
 
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I had Ubuntu for awhile, did not like it at all!

I'm downloading Mint now, How do i mount it to a CD, I did Ubuntu So long ago!

Its downloading as a .iso
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Use Nero or PowerISO (I think that's the name of the free program) and burn the ISO to a disc. Note that a .iso should not be burned as a file itself, but burned as a disc image. Think of the .iso as somebody taking a snapshot of what should go on the disc.
 
Allright sounds good. I have poweriso, so I guess I can burn from there. I'm definatly going to be looking for help soon! haha
 
I've got two Ubuntu boxes. Neither has a GUI installed. They're both Samba file servers and they sit in my garage. If I need to connect to them I use OpenSSH from my desktop or laptop. I use some backup software to sync files on my desktop with the two servers each night. Old computer magic!

If you have an operational machine when you're building, it's so much easier, because simply everything you want to do has been done already, and then written about. You can always get what you need with some choice Google searches. And there's another hidden benefit: you get to learn how to use Google properly!
 
II have just aquired a new box (old machine) and I think i'm gonna put Ubuntu on it!

I'll let you all know how it goes.
 
Used Ubuntu for a few weeks before my computer died on me, good OS but i just dont like the complexity of installing new programs and add-ons, i tried using a 3rd party installer program but was still clueless.

Now im trying PcLinuxOS because i heard it was one of the easiest Linux distros to use especially as you can use Youtube and play MP3s straight away therefore skipping the dreaded installation process.

If anyone uses Microsoft Virtual PC follow this link and there is a VHD with PClinuxOS pre installed on it.
 
I stopped using Ubuntu because I knew I just didn't need it a lot.

I kind of want to go back and do XP / Ubuntu boot but I like Vista too and I usually make movies in it because it's easier to export and it actually saves, unlike XP for me. I just wanna think about installing it again before I do actually go ahead and then regret it after.
 
Yeah, it kinda defeats the purpose of having two different operating systems when one is able to do the job for you as well as you want it to do, especially on a single computer. I mean, you can't really do file server sharing, back-up solutions, media centre and others on a single dual-boot computer.

I guess PLmatt you could just either commandeer an old computer and just use that to play around using lightweight linux systems, such as Damn Small Linux (DSL, yes that is what it is called). Lightweight distros will actually enable you to focus on one area to modify, such as a server application as they are ultimately stripped-down systems. This means that you are able to identify problems quicker, or theoretically so anyhow. At least this would make more sense than just having a single dual-boot computer, which the only thing you can do is to use Windows for games and Linux for something else that Windows can equally do as well.

crooky,I'm not quite sure what you mean about the installation of new programs. I do know what you mean about the installation of an operating system being quite confusing, especially with the deb. and tar. files all giving very different installation methods, including compiling manually and so on. I'm under the assumption that you assumed that once Ubuntu was installed, you didn't have to do any more installations? I mean, with Windows, you had to install Microsoft Office, Photoshop (if desired) and many other products yourself?

edit: DQuan, old computers with Ubuntu can be troublesome with the latest Ubuntu....what are the specs for it though?
 

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