Just Installed Ubuntu
just installed ubuntu for the first time , what can i say apart from :notworthy
after using for over 24 hours it brilliant, incredible how much responsive it is and all that free ram :norty: . Is there any tricks i can do it , i've had a go at themes and screenlets. I've still kept my vista boot for things ubuntu cant do but so far im loving it :cool: Who else here is running ubuntu? Took a screen shot of my desktop , share yours if you have any! http://photos-d.ll.facebook.com/phot...30139_2132.jpg |
I've dabbled with it a few times... got an Ubuntu server running at work and gradually extending what it does as I get time to mess about with it.
Also used the live boot a couple of times to copy files off a windows computer that was being uncooperative. Haven't got round to getting a desktop system running Ubuntu full time as yet, but I'm thinking about installing it on my old PC... I've got a new disk for it, so I'm thinking partitioning the disk and trying out a few different OS's on there. |
Why would you want to use it? Not a sarcastic comment, I just wonder what it does above Vista?
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Easy to be responsive when you're not running anything ;)
Don't like Ubuntu at all myself. I prefer OpenSUSE for desktop stuff openSUSE.org (and Fedora or Red Hat for work). I still find Vista more useful though, (mainly due to a lack of Linux versions of any software that I use - Photoshop, Lightwave, Premiere, etc) |
That's the only problem with Linux I can't use photoshop or dreamweaver therefore having dual boot.
I'll proberly end up getting bored and removing it but looks good so far |
I have never tried it, can you not run regular pc programs on it?
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Linux programs only unless you use an Windows emulator, such as WINE, but that defeats the point really...
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Originally Posted by antc
(Post 8500773)
That's the only problem with Linux I can't use photoshop or dreamweaver therefore having dual boot.
GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program Dremweaver replacement Quanta Plus Home KompoZer - Easy web authoring Bluefish Editor : Home If you know what you are doing then you only use a WYSIWYG editor for speed, so any of the above will do. |
Why would you want to use it? Code:
pat@ws1 ~ $ uptime |
Why? My XP box at work has been up longer than that :D
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I had a play around with it using Wubi to install a dual boot
Great novelty for a few days. Got bored after a wile though. |
Originally Posted by Iain Young
(Post 8503490)
Why? My XP box at work has been up longer than that :D
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True, they're turned off on that machine. Don't want them to interrupt the cruise control builds on there :D
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My XP box at work has been up longer than that |
Nope it's behind a very strong corporate firewall, and runs nothing but 24x7 builds of software :)
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I really liked Ubuntu (Intrepid), but I had sound volume issues from all sources, and sound synch issues on flash based site like youtube. I spent significant time trying to resolve the issues, but they seem to be an issue for Intel HD audio chipsets, with lots of people posting issues and no solutions. Also some things I use such as my satnav and corporate VPN access aren't supported on Ubuntu, which meant I was forever swapping between Vista and Ubuntu. I know I could run Vista in a vm under Ubuntu, but to be honest, I spend all day working in IT and I can't be bothered to fart around when I get home. I just want to be able to use my laptop without any aggro, and Vista does that. In fact following on from a chat with a couple of guys at work, I'm now running Windows 7 beta and Ubuntu has (reluctantly) bitten the dust.
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I always keep a Live CD and have a persistent install on a USB stick, it gets me out of trouble and getting it tuned up is a great time killer.
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I've just stared using it on my notebook, very impressed so far.
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Originally Posted by Iain Young
(Post 8503490)
Why? My XP box at work has been up longer than that :D
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Originally Posted by GaryK
(Post 8507665)
Vista, god dont even get me started, on my new laptop which is 9 months old I'm about to rip it off to go back to XP, waaay to poor in terms of performance and reliability.
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I've been running Kubuntu for about a year now on an old Athlon 1000mhz PC that I re-built & its brilliant. Does everything my Windows box does (except games) using stuff like Gimp, aMSN, Firefox & the eye-candy is good even on my old shed of a machine. Also very secure no malware/spyware virii etc. It take a while to set up properly but is worth the effort. You can have multiple front-ends for it as well - as well as KDE I have Xubuntu which is a stripped down ultra quick window manager.
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