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Post by Ratae on Jan 7, 2011 19:23:25 GMT
Finally done it. I've partitioned the drive of my netbook and installed Linux Ubuntu 10.04 on a 50gb partition! So far so good. I've managed to get the wi-fi working. It took me an hour to discover that I had to 'tick' an 'Enable Wireless' box. I assumed that 'cos it was 'enabled' on the Windows partition it was 'enabled' for t'other one.  I've changed the desktop and managed to transfer all of my FF bookmarks.  I'm determined to give it a fair shake this time, and not expect it to work like Windows. I'll just try to appreciate what it CAN do and ignore what it CAN'T do. 'Cos windows it ain't! |
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Post by laolitan on Jan 7, 2011 19:50:14 GMT
Well done Dave!
Did you install Ubuntu proper, or the Netbook Remix ?
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Post by Ratae on Jan 7, 2011 21:34:33 GMT
Well done Dave! Did you install Ubuntu proper, or the Netbook Remix ? Ade...a few months ago I burned a disc with the 'desktop' edition' so I've installed that! Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can get flash video to work! |
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Post by Ratae on Jan 8, 2011 12:10:40 GMT
Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can get flash video to work! Okey dokey...I've now got 'Flash' working. Right then... I've installed Linux on my netbook 'cos I mostly just use it for what it's intended for - that is web browsing etc! I don't intend running any applications on it or use it for vids/music etc. I may sometimes though need to download a torrent, so I've installed the default torrent client! This has got me to thinking that I may need to set up a firewall! It's ok at home where I can hide behind the h/w firewall in the w/less router, but this lappy is also used 'on the road'. I'm thinking about having a go at installing the GUFW 'cos apparently it has an inbuilt 'Allow' option for torrents, which I'll obviously need! Any and all advice ('cept from Smudger) appreciated! |
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Post by Ratae on Jan 8, 2011 14:07:49 GMT
UPDATE! Ok...... got the firewall up and running and the 'Transmission' torrent client has been made an exception! Just to test things, I've installed a few music/vid and piccy files. I've also downloaded VLC media player. Everything is 'running on rails' so far!  Ubuntu desktop |
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Post by Ratae on Jan 9, 2011 17:16:46 GMT
Further tweaking etc has taken place, and I'm astonished at the improvements that have taken place since I tried version 8.04 (Hardy Heron) For starters, this version (Lucid Lynx) seems to have all of the drivers installed for what I need. Both the beeb Iplayer and utube vids work this time. Even all of my FF addons are compatible. Yup....ideal for a netbook, and this is a long term support (LTS) version of the distro.  |
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Post by Ratae on Jan 14, 2011 13:29:34 GMT
I was looking at a Macbook Pro earlier today. I immediately noticed that the Macbook desktop is almost identical to the 'Gnome' desktop that Ubuntu uses!  To be honest, I don't know how the 'Gnome' developers have got away with it, 'cos I'm damned certain that if Microsoft had tried that then they'd find themselves in court for copyright infringement!  |
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Post by chip on Jan 16, 2011 20:16:39 GMT
You can make Linux look like anything really. The Avant Windows Manager gives a Mac look.  The taskbar/panel can auto hide if you want. Bob |
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Post by Ratae on Jan 28, 2011 19:56:15 GMT
After a bit of tweaking  |
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Jan 29, 2011 16:19:37 GMT
What is the minumum spec that ubuntu will run on, as I now have a spare elderly desktop laying around following the purchase of a netbook for the daughter? Already got a KVM cable somewhere and all the other networking bits.
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Post by laolitan on Jan 29, 2011 16:41:40 GMT
For Ubuntu, you will need about 512MB RAM in order for the installer to work properly.
However, there are some lighter versions of Linux that will be happy with less.
Post the PC specs, and I'll try to point you in the right direction......
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Jan 29, 2011 18:28:36 GMT
Athlon 1.6, 512ram, 160 hdd over 2 drives, Currently running XP but that will be wiped entirely (once any data that needs saving has been moved to other media)
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Post by laolitan on Jan 29, 2011 19:29:25 GMT
Ubuntu should be fine on that setup. You may want to consider Linux Mint though. Same sort of beast, but everything is ready to roll from the offset..... Ubuntu does require a little tweaking for DVD playback etc.. Download Mint |
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Post by Ratae on Jan 30, 2011 17:27:41 GMT
The tweakability of the desktop is rather good I reckon!  |
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Jan 30, 2011 18:07:11 GMT
Thanks guys will try it when I can dig the computer out of that tip called daughters bedroom.
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