Author Topic: Ubuntu (Read 15590 times)

DowntheLine1981 · « **on:** November 25, 2009, 07:24:51 pm »

Just made the switch to Ubuntu on my laptop (which I use for basic admin). I have to say I'm really impressed, and love the fact that I'm not paying a penny to Mr Gates - champion!

Fast Internet and smooth operation!

...anyone else thinking of making the switch to OpenSource and Ubuntu?

rowan_d · « **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2009, 07:27:02 pm »

IRRRAAANUUUUU!!!

UUUVVAAAVVVVUUUU!!! Mwahahahahaha

Party Phil · « **Reply #2 on:** November 25, 2009, 07:28:54 pm »

tried it, got bored of figuring out how to use it properly, went back to windows

KERRYKOP · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2009, 07:33:42 pm »

Sounds like someone Chelsea would buy.

conman · « **Reply #4 on:** November 26, 2009, 03:27:38 pm »

its a fantastic OS.. It really is..

its smooth, virus free, and the list of programs available (you only need to tick a box, not hunt for them online)

wacko · « **Reply #5 on:** November 26, 2009, 04:42:32 pm »

Real Men run Debian. Or LFS.

SP · « **Reply #6 on:** November 26, 2009, 04:46:24 pm »

Quote from: wacko on November 26, 2009, 04:42:32 pm

Real Men run Debian. Or LFS.

Real Men run Slackware.

Ubuntu is a nice user friendly Linux install with a critical mass of user support. I currently use it for several servers - I am tied to Windows as I use some software that Wine doesn't play nicely with.

NCrawley · « **Reply #7 on:** November 26, 2009, 07:13:42 pm »

Where can I download this? Is it free? How would I go about installing it? Been trying to install Windows 7 on my older laptop it's not having it, plus I can;t find a decent working XP (not bloody paying for it!) I only need the Laptop for internet really.

Party Phil · « **Reply #8 on:** November 26, 2009, 07:22:10 pm »

Quote from: NCrawley on November 26, 2009, 07:13:42 pm

Where can I download this? Is it free? How would I go about installing it? Been trying to install Windows 7 on my older laptop it's not having it, plus I can;t find a decent working XP (not bloody paying for it!) I only need the Laptop for internet really.

try here

NCrawley · « **Reply #9 on:** November 26, 2009, 07:23:22 pm »

Quote from: Party Phil on November 26, 2009, 07:22:10 pm

try here

Last time I searched for linux I couldn't actually find a download link but will try again then!

EDIT

Found it, obviously didn't look very hard last time!

PaulV · « **Reply #10 on:** November 26, 2009, 07:31:50 pm »

Quote from: NCrawley on November 26, 2009, 07:13:42 pm

Where can I download this? Is it free? How would I go about installing it? Been trying to install Windows 7 on my older laptop it's not having it, plus I can;t find a decent working XP (not bloody paying for it!) I only need the Laptop for internet really.

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Don't even need to install it. Burn it onto a DVD and boot your laptop off the disk.

NCrawley · « **Reply #11 on:** November 26, 2009, 07:35:45 pm »

Quote from: PaulV on November 26, 2009, 07:31:50 pm

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Don't even need to install it. Burn it onto a DVD and boot your laptop off the disk.

Yh found it thanks..

I think it's because I just searched for Linux and there's loads of versions isn't there?

Will install it outright, whats it like then? Never used it before, does it take much getting used to going from Windows?

Also does it need Anti Virus software, spyware software and firewall software?

SP · « **Reply #12 on:** November 26, 2009, 08:06:35 pm »

Quote from: NCrawley on November 26, 2009, 07:35:45 pm

Yh found it thanks..

I think it's because I just searched for Linux and there's loads of versions isn't there?

Will install it outright, whats it like then? Never used it before, does it take much getting used to going from Windows?

Also does it need Anti Virus software, spyware software and firewall software?

Everything you need is included free. If you install the defaults you should have a secure stable system then you can start installing extra bits...

The official guide to Ubuntu for Windows users is here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows

Kiko Narváez · « **Reply #13 on:** November 26, 2009, 08:21:50 pm »

not bad.. i have it on one of my computers..

masch · « **Reply #14 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:01:54 pm »

Ubuntu is ace.

If you are thinking of switching to it what I'd suggest is partitioning your hard disk and dual booting. The support for doing that has come a long way in recent years. No longer do you have to count cylinders to resize your NTFS or configure grub, and some real unsung heroes who wrote ntfs wrapper mean you can read and write to an NTFS partition if needed.

Dual booting is worth it for the occasions when you come across something that's WinXP only. For instance I took an aptitude test online today; wouldn't let me take it until I made my user-agent say I was windows

hoonin · « **Reply #15 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:27:20 pm »

They've done a great job with it. Got a new laptop a year ago that came with the appalling Vista. Got so sick of it I binned it off for Linux.

Does pretty much everything I used in Windows (which admittedly isn't much) and is also close enough to Solaris to be able to use it for work related stuff.

Quote from: NCrawley on November 26, 2009, 07:13:42 pm

Where can I download this? Is it free? How would I go about installing it?

You can do a remote install over the internet or download it and create a LiveCD (i.e. boot and run from a DVD rather than hard disk)

hoonin · « **Reply #16 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:30:07 pm »

Quote from: masch on November 26, 2009, 10:01:54 pm

Ubuntu is ace.

If you are thinking of switching to it what I'd suggest is partitioning your hard disk and dual booting.

Good suggestion. A couple of minor probs I've had with having only Linux:

1) You need to initialise a mobile broadband modem from a windows machine for some reason. My 3 'dongle' worked fine on Ubuntu after doing that though, even though it's officially only supported for Windows & Mac.
2) Getting iTunes to work in WINE is a ball-ache I don't really want to bother with. Need iTunes to manage my phone.

wacko · « **Reply #17 on:** November 26, 2009, 11:54:35 pm »

Linux = hard work.

Sooner or later, you're going to have to get your hands dirty. If you want to learn how an OS
works at a lower level, Linux is great, and Ubuntu has a huge community and tons of documentation. If you don't give a fuck about the OS and just want to run your apps and hardware, and get online with minimum fuss, it's probably going to get on your tits big time at some point.

SP · « **Reply #18 on:** November 26, 2009, 11:56:56 pm »

Quote from: wacko on November 26, 2009, 11:54:35 pm

Linux = hard work.

Sooner or later, you're going to have to get your hands dirty. If you want to learn how an OS
works at a lower level, Linux is great, and Ubuntu has a huge community and tons of documentation. If you don't give a fuck about the OS and just want to run your apps and hardware, and get online with minimum fuss, it's probably going to get on your tits big time at some point.

As unofficial tech support to numerous family and friends that don't give a fuck about the OS, Windows regularly gets on my tits.

iSmiff · « **Reply #19 on:** November 27, 2009, 08:58:22 am »

i'm running DOS 3.1 on my laptop

DowntheLine1981 · « **Reply #20 on:** November 27, 2009, 09:29:17 am »

Quote from: iSmiff on November 27, 2009, 08:58:22 am

i'm running DOS 3.1 on my laptop

Nice!

shankstheman · « **Reply #21 on:** November 27, 2009, 10:03:38 am »

I installed Jaunty Jackalope about 4 months ago on my laptop and it worked 99.5% straight after the installation. The only hiccup I had was that the speakers would play even though my headphones were plugged in. That was pretty easy to sort out.

I then upgraded through "Update Manager" to 9.10 Beta and once again everything worked smoothly with no changes needed at all.

When they officially released 9.10 I then did a fresh install of my laptop but picked up numerous problems with Outlook Web Access (trying to get emails from an Exchange Server through webmail), my 3G card wouldn't connect properly and I couldn't get any sound out of my speakers, so I binned 9.10 and went back to 9.04.

I've since upgraded back to 9.10 and haven't had another issue.

I do run XP under VirtualBox for those apps that I need which don't have a Linux equivalent but I'm using those apps less and less everyday. Pretty soon I'll bin XP from VirtualBox.

GBF · « **Reply #22 on:** November 27, 2009, 12:06:53 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on November 27, 2009, 08:58:22 am

i'm running DOS 3.1 on my laptop

real men use DOS!

SP · « **Reply #23 on:** November 27, 2009, 12:14:07 pm »

Quote from: GBF on November 27, 2009, 12:06:53 pm

real men use DOS!

Real Men use CP/M

rotistgeil · « **Reply #24 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:12:00 pm »

Real Men go out and get some pussy.

hoonin · « **Reply #25 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:16:09 pm »

Quote from: rotistgeil on November 27, 2009, 01:12:00 pm

Real Men go out and get some pussy.

SP · « **Reply #26 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:16:56 pm »

Quote from: rotistgeil on November 27, 2009, 01:12:00 pm

Real Men go out and get some pussy.

This is the tech forum, ideas like that won't get any traction around here...

rotistgeil · « **Reply #27 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:29:56 pm »

Quote from: Southern Pansy on November 27, 2009, 01:16:56 pm

This is the tech forum, ideas like that won't get any traction around here...

Is this you then?

SP · « **Reply #28 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:35:23 pm »

Quote from: rotistgeil on November 27, 2009, 01:29:56 pm

Is this you then?

No, but he bought the chair behind him from Ikea.

SP · « **Reply #29 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:36:17 pm »

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90094565

iSmiff · « **Reply #30 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:43:04 pm »

does pussy require a subscription fee?

SP · « **Reply #31 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:43:41 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on November 27, 2009, 01:43:04 pm

does pussy require a subscription fee?

You can go to a warez site and get the password.

rotistgeil · « **Reply #32 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:44:34 pm »

Quote from: Southern Pansy on November 27, 2009, 01:36:17 pm

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90094565

Never met an Ikea spotter before...did not even know they existed.

Going back on topic, Ubuntu is a good choice, as it is supported quite well by the community.

rotistgeil · « **Reply #33 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:47:08 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on November 27, 2009, 01:43:04 pm

does pussy require a subscription fee?

100 bucks for PC users, 1000 for Mac users as they do not mind paying extra.

wacko · « **Reply #34 on:** November 27, 2009, 03:48:48 pm »

Quote from: Southern Pansy on November 26, 2009, 11:56:56 pm

As unofficial tech support to numerous family and friends that don't give a fuck about the OS, Windows regularly gets on my tits.

Of course. Linux is a whole different kettle of fish, though. In the Linux community, it's considered perfectly acceptable to provide software only as source code and a list of dependencies. Sooner or later, you're going to have to compile something yourself.

SP · « **Reply #35 on:** November 27, 2009, 04:10:11 pm »

Quote from: wacko on November 27, 2009, 03:48:48 pm

Of course. Linux is a whole different kettle of fish, though. In the Linux community, it's considered perfectly acceptable to provide software only as source code and a list of dependencies. Sooner or later, you're going to have to compile something yourself.

I have done the recompile from sources thing fairly frequently. I have yet to do it on Ubuntu. Although I may not be a typical user. I have done System V Unix Admin in a former life, so administer my boxes via the command line but they have done a good job of hiding the complexity...

Bob Loblaw · « **Reply #36 on:** December 20, 2009, 08:01:57 pm »

My sister got a second hand computer there a while back for free, it runs like shit, and i can't be bothered with finding cracks and shit to do a clean install of XP. Just wondering what flavour of Ubuntu i could install for her. All she wants to do really is surf the net.

Kiko Narváez · « **Reply #37 on:** December 20, 2009, 09:17:31 pm »

Quote from: Bob Loblaw on December 20, 2009, 08:01:57 pm

My sister got a second hand computer there a while back for free, it runs like shit, and i can't be bothered with finding cracks and shit to do a clean install of XP. Just wondering what flavour of Ubuntu i could install for her. All she wants to do really is surf the net.

ubuntu

buzzing · « **Reply #38 on:** December 20, 2009, 09:39:03 pm »

Will it run Itunes, torrents, sopcast and football manager

Jimmy Conway · « **Reply #39 on:** December 20, 2009, 09:52:41 pm »

Quote from: buzzing on December 20, 2009, 09:39:03 pm

Will it run Itunes, torrents, sopcast and football manager

I'd imagine there is a torrent client, doubt the others will mind you.

Author Topic: Ubuntu (Read 15590 times)

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