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Post by kabith on Jun 29, 2009 14:50:44 GMT
Just thought I would share my experiences with linux.
My first was fedora 10. It was good, but because of very low RAM, it crashed very often.
Then I tried ubuntu, and, needless to say, I fell in love with it. It was very easy to use.
Then, of course, I started using XFCE, because of the low RAM.
Enter Jaunty. My graphics card had a problem, so the desktop effects were very bad, in fact, the graphics sucked , so I tried downloading Mandriva thrice, without success.
Then I tried kubuntu, but I hated KDE.
I downloaded Fedora 11, and installed it. I must admit, it was a pain in the ass to get it up and running.
First, my screen resolution was 800x600. I had to go on a rampage in the command line to get it to work properly. Next, it was very trying to get my favourite applications, because it was damn hard to find the RPM packages, and issues kept cropping up. The other day, I apparently had a kernel failure. Then, I noticed the bootloader showing me two Fedoras. In effect, Fedora 11 (Leonidas) was very trying, and Fedora 10 was better.
After that, it ran fine, and I have some amount bling on my desktop.
I am on the Puppy linux Live CD, and I must say, applications open in a blink, and it makes Mac OSX look like a joke (I am also looking at you, Windows)
I am also downloading SimplyMEPIS (a distro based on Debian), and I will tell you about my adventure on it when it completes downloading, and when I run it.
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Post by Ratae on Jun 29, 2009 16:34:19 GMT
Keep it up my boy.  Me...I downloaded ubuntu, upgraded to jaunty..and so long as the important bits work, that's what I'll stay with cos I 've got better things to kill do with my time than piss about with 'puters!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2009 14:40:19 GMT
Just thought I would share my experiences with linux. My first was fedora 10. It was good, but because of very low RAM, it crashed very often. Then I tried ubuntu, and, needless to say, I fell in love with it. It was very easy to use. Then, of course, I started using XFCE, because of the low RAM. Enter Jaunty. My graphics card had a problem, so the desktop effects were very bad, in fact, the graphics sucked , so I tried downloading Mandriva thrice, without success. Then I tried kubuntu, but I hated KDE. I downloaded Fedora 11, and installed it. I must admit, it was a pain in the ass to get it up and running. First, my screen resolution was 800x600. I had to go on a rampage in the command line to get it to work properly. Next, it was very trying to get my favourite applications, because it was damn hard to find the RPM packages, and issues kept cropping up. The other day, I apparently had a kernel failure. Then, I noticed the bootloader showing me two Fedoras. In effect, Fedora 11 (Leonidas) was very trying, and Fedora 10 was better. After that, it ran fine, and I have some amount bling on my desktop. I am on the Puppy linux Live CD, and I must say, applications open in a blink, and it makes Mac OSX look like a joke (I am also looking at you, Windows) I am also downloading SimplyMEPIS (a distro based on Debian), and I will tell you about my adventure on it when it completes downloading, and when I run it. It'll be good to let us know how you get on - I still haven't made the switch to Linux. |
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Post by kabith on Jul 1, 2009 14:50:36 GMT
You should try, Matt, once you go Linux, you dont go back.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2009 16:12:14 GMT
How much RAM do you have, by the way?
From what I've read, you need 512mb minimum
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Post by kabith on Jul 2, 2009 3:20:18 GMT
How much RAM do you have, by the way? From what I've read, you need 512mb minimum I have 1GB RAM. For xubuntu, you need only 256 MB RAM. For Puppy linux, you need 64 MB RAM. |
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Post by Ratae on Jul 2, 2009 8:32:50 GMT
I'm with Ubuntu (jaunty jackalope) and run it with 512 mbs.
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Post by Ratae on Aug 11, 2009 17:49:50 GMT
Heeelp!!!...I've downloaded a skin for the vlc media player, the download site tells me to install it in the folder...... On Linux/Unix: ~/.local/share/vlc/skins2 I haven't any idea where to find this folder!!!  |
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Post by petersmyth1 on Aug 11, 2009 22:09:11 GMT
Heeelp!!!...I've downloaded a skin for the vlc media player, the download site tells me to install it in the folder...... On Linux/Unix: ~/.local/share/vlc/skins2 I haven't any idea where to find this folder!!! Ratarse Start>Search>Files & Folders> Paste */share/vlc/skins2 into the box, click OK and bob's your uncle |
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Post by Ratae on Aug 12, 2009 9:16:30 GMT
Someone...Anyone.......please help poor old Smudger. All the lights are on but there's no-one at home again!!! |
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Post by laolitan on Aug 12, 2009 10:44:44 GMT
Poor Paddy !!!  1) open your terminal and than copy/paste the following.... gksudo nautilus /usr/share/vlc/skins2 Press ENTER to open the folder with ADMIN rights. 2) Copy/paste the downloaded .vlt skin file from the desktop to this new folder..... 3) Press ALT + F2 on the keyboard and copy/paste the following....... vlc -I skins2 then click RUN to open VLC 4) Right click somewhere on the border of VLC and select INTERFACE then SELECT SKIN..... All being well this should do it, and you can delete the file from the desktop |
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Post by Ratae on Aug 12, 2009 13:06:56 GMT
Thanks Ade...I'll give it a go later!!
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Aug 16, 2009 15:27:20 GMT
Guys what is the minumum spec that ubuntu will work on as I now have an old P2 with512 meg of ram lurking around , and since I am now retired again, I am getting bloody well bored!
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Post by Ratae on Aug 16, 2009 22:14:22 GMT
Hiya Dinky....I'm running ubuntu on my spare lappy and that has only 512mbs of ram, and it works fine! |
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Post by Ratae on Aug 17, 2009 15:19:34 GMT
Poor Paddy !!! 1) open your terminal and than copy/paste the following.... gksudo nautilus /usr/share/vlc/skins2 Press ENTER to open the folder with ADMIN rights. 2) Copy/paste the downloaded .vlt skin file from the desktop to this new folder..... 3) Press ALT + F2 on the keyboard and copy/paste the following....... vlc -I skins2 then click RUN to open VLC 4) Right click somewhere on the border of VLC and select INTERFACE then SELECT SKIN..... All being well this should do it, and you can delete the file from the desktop Thanks Ade...that got it done! |
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