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post #41 of 110
1/20/06 at 2:13pm
Ohh and give it a few more months and WPA should simply be available instead of the hack job it requires at this point.
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post #42 of 110
1/20/06 at 2:27pm
The next version of Ubuntu, in April I think, will have tons of big upgrades.

-Doc
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post #43 of 110
1/20/06 at 2:35pm
Ohh also.. not sure if I mentioned this before but the first thing I'd do after a completed Ubuntu install is edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the Debian package servers and the Testing branch. Testing has been pretty stable for me over the years and its not uncommon for me to even have quite a few packages installed from the Unstable branch. Learn to use package pinning and apt-get and you can really have the most recient software available.

Not something first timers want to do unless you want to learn hands on.
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post #44 of 110
1/20/06 at 5:08pm
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Originally Posted by Doc.Caliban
The next version of Ubuntu, in April I think, will have tons of big upgrades.
I think you're right. I've seen posts in the Ubuntu forums that talk about better multimedia support, more out-of-the-box wireless setups ... things like that. April should be interesting.
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post #45 of 110
1/21/06 at 3:13pm
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Woo, dual boot is working fine I like this so far. I'm trying to figure some stuff out about this GUI right now..
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post #46 of 110
1/21/06 at 4:58pm
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Originally Posted by Amackera
Woo, dual boot is working fine I like this so far. I'm trying to figure some stuff out about this GUI right now..
It'll take a little getting used to. I had this creepy feeling for the first couple of days, as if I was constantly ducking under a bridge. I realized I wasn't used to that start bar at the top. Dumb, I know, but you can move it around.

Did you find the Automatix installer script? It'll load up the nVidia drivers, Acrobat Reader, Java, Firefox 1.5, etc. without too much hassle.
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post #47 of 110
1/24/06 at 9:29pm
I have been running Ubuntu Dapper as my primary desktop on my 9300 for the last few months. Dapper is under heavy development and is really beginning to shine. wpa-psk now works out of the box and wpa support for network-manager is in CVS so Dapper will be getting a nice gui to configure wireless connections very soon.

My wife was watching me work with Ubuntu a few weeks back and liked what she saw. Now she wants Ubuntu installed as dual boot (still need winxp due to no Sims2 support in Cedega yet) on her desktop when Dapper is released in April. We are going to be a Linux powered household.
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post #48 of 110
1/25/06 at 12:23am
I finally gave up on it.

I ordered the cds a long time ago and finally got them a couple of week ago. I tried it first on my 9300 and worked fine. But I don't really want to dual boot on it since it is for work (some programs I have have to do windows) and for play (most games I am playing are only on windows).

My desktop system is for playing with software and stuff. so I tried it out and it could not get xserver to work with my video/display setup. I worked on it almost nonsto pfor 3 days and NOTHING! You have to say one thing for Windows. It usually just installs. Might have to work for days to keep it working securely, but for an idiot who knows nothing about installing an OS it is not that hard.
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post #49 of 110
1/25/06 at 1:11am
Do the new (good) Atheros cards work in Ubuntu out of the box? Or at all?
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post #50 of 110
1/25/06 at 3:52am
what are your desktop specs?

Edit: and debian "unstable" is actually quite stable. the truly unstable debian packages are in the experimental repos. debian "testing" and "stable" are quite dated and only really meant for users who need 110% stability. for everyone else, there is sid.

BTW, fun fact, stable debian releases are named after toy story characters. buzz, rex, bo, ham, slink, potato, woody and sarge. sid is the unstable branch.
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post #51 of 110
1/25/06 at 4:06am
I too would like to try this Ubuntu. Just a couple of question, I know many of you prefer linux over windows but how does linux compare to windows when encoding media? Also, what kind of media encoding program work with it? or does it supply its own encoding programs.
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post #52 of 110
1/25/06 at 4:18am
I really like ubuntu, but I wish someone would tell me how to pronounce it correctly. So far I think I've heard about 3 different ways.
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post #53 of 110
1/25/06 at 11:45am
I'm trying to load Ubuntu on my 1 gig usb portable flash drive. Anyone here do that already?
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post #54 of 110
1/25/06 at 11:54am
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I think it's only about 675 Mb, so you should be good for space.

Well anyway, I've been running Ubuntu for a few days now and it's pretty awesome. I'm slowly learning my way around by reading the forums an the wiki for Ubuntu. There's a whole lot of support out there, in fact, I prefer this type of support to the microsoft kind. I'd rather load up the Ubuntu forums and read some posts, run a search, maybe post a topic, then call M$ and wait in a call queue for 40 minutes then speak to some guy with a confusing accent, and receive advice that I need to "Contact my hardware manufacturer" or "run a system restore" or "reformat windows"
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post #55 of 110
1/25/06 at 12:30pm
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Originally Posted by snazzy gen2
I too would like to try this Ubuntu. Just a couple of question, I know many of you prefer linux over windows but how does linux compare to windows when encoding media? Also, what kind of media encoding program work with it? or does it supply its own encoding programs.
ive never done this type of stuff before, but there are drivers for encoding for linux and apps to do it with as well. just focus on getting a basic system up and running first and then figure out how to get your encoding going.

and it is pronounced just how it is spelled. no stress on any of the letters.
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post #56 of 110
1/25/06 at 3:52pm
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Originally Posted by Amackera
I think it's only about 675 Mb, so you should be good for space.
Everything was going okay until I booted it up off my flash drive and it started expanding and adding a lot of modules. It eventually ran out of space on my flash drive and stopped. I'll have to figure out how to not load everything.
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post #57 of 110
1/25/06 at 4:25pm
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Oh, were you installing Ubuntu on your flash drive? that's about 1.8 Gb, but I dont think that'd work anyway.. God knows it'd be dreadful slow if it has to load using a USB 2.0 port..
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post #58 of 110
1/25/06 at 4:43pm
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Originally Posted by kpurcell
My desktop system is for playing with software and stuff. so I tried it out and it could not get xserver to work with my video/display setup. I worked on it almost nonsto pfor 3 days and NOTHING! You have to say one thing for Windows. It usually just installs. Might have to work for days to keep it working securely, but for an idiot who knows nothing about installing an OS it is not that hard.
Yes, that is because nVidia or other hardware chip producers have a nice driver support for windows. Windows is pre-installed on all pc's around the world...but you can have more and get out of the hell of worms/virus/ MS dependence, like me since 1995, or other users here with ubuntu, now.

You have used while your first tries an free opensource driver for nvidia cards, with no help from nvidia and no specs from them.
But you can use the fine binary linux driver from the nvidia website, yes, and because nvidia is not writing a fine installer like in windows, you can do it by hand on the console, not with a pointer. Thank nvidia, not to linux. They can nothing do about this...

Windows do not support your hardware, only the hw producers with drivers delivered to Microsoft (systems)!

Good Linux notebook websites for our fine DELL i9x00/xps notebooks:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html
http://tuxmobil.org/dell.html
http://tuxmobil.de/dell.html (German)
http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14 (nVidia Linux driver forum)

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfor...rd.id=sw_linux (Dell Linux forum)
http://linux.dell.com/ (for some other things)

Regards,
Marcus
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post #59 of 110
1/25/06 at 5:16pm
Excuse my ignorance. I understand that Linux can run most everything Windows can. What can Linux do that Windows can't? I understand a major advantage is that its free, but...in terms of capabilities...why use Linux if you can already do it in Windows without the (possible) hassle of having to hack source code? I'm familiar with Linux being a more stable server OS, but for typical desktop use...?
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post #60 of 110
1/25/06 at 5:42pm
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In terms of GUI, Ubuntu is much better set up. Also, it gives you easier access to more complicated controls for your system. It gives you more power to break things

It's not about "What can Linux do that Windows can't?" it's about "Why use Windows when Linux can do everything Windows can?"
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