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Bhamid

Bhamid

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I just installed Ubuntu 9.10, and the first thing I noticed is how slow Firefox is, even slower than good 'ol IE. I've updated everything etc etc so I'm wondering if the Linux version of FF is normally like this?

Second one is how do I install the Nvidia drivers? When I downloaded them it was just a mass of scary files :eek:.

E: Can anyone tell me how to install Visual Boy Advance as well? (I'm guessing the vba app in the Ubuntu Repo isn't the same thing).
 
Bhamid said:
I just installed Ubuntu 9.10, and the first thing I noticed is how slow Firefox is, even slower than good 'ol IE. I've updated everything etc etc so I'm wondering if the Linux version of FF is normally like this?

Second one is how do I install the Nvidia drivers? When I downloaded them it was just a mass of scary files :eek:.

E: Can anyone tell me how to install Visual Boy Advance as well? (I'm guessing the vba app in the Ubuntu Repo isn't the same thing).
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I have to say, that I think FF on Linux (and Windows for that matter) is a little slow to start up. It seems fine here once loaded. Opera seems to be the fast though (though I don't believe it has flash support on Linux).

In terms of Nvidia drivers, have you tried looking under "System"-->"Administration" --> "Hardware Drivers" and enabling the NV drivers? Otherwise as scary as the NV drivers look they're not that hardcore to install, just look for some well written instructions
 
I haven't really used ff since about v 1.. but I've read it's generally a bit rubbish in linux. sorry I can't help with that one.

nvidia drivers - you have two options:

1) install the drivers via apt/adept/whatever.
2) install from the NVIDIA-whatever.run that you download from the nvidia site. This is a bit harder, but you have much better control over which driver is installed (there can be a surprising difference between the driver versions).

Adept is a gui front end for apt, apt will be something like "sudo apt-get install nvidia-drivers"

compiling the kernel module yourself will need to be done from a console (not an X console in your window manager) and will be something along the lines of:
Code: 
# /etc/init.d/gdm stop
# cd /path/to/your/driver_install_script.sh  (starts with NVIDIA)
# sh NVIDIA-WHATEVER.sh  (follow the onscreen prompts)
You may need to update your xorg.conf with the correct driver.
 
# /etc/init.d/gdm stop
You should not this WILL kill your xsession (i.e. the nice windowing system you get!) so write down some notes Bhamid.
 
Ok, I used the easy option and used dangerstat's 1st method (thanks), and I googled solutions to the FF problem, and apparently there's a bug that needs to be fixed through update. The only thing I miss on Windows now is iTunes, and I found Banshee, but I can't subscribe to any podcasts, I've tried using the link for iTunes and Zune subscribe buttons but they don't work.

E again :( : Also on the WineHQ website i've seen people saying create <some file>, does that mean I just create a file with that name or do I have to do anything else?

EE: Internet is painfully slow, 60 kbps on normally max (400 kbps) I don't think its a FF problem because deluge is having the same problem.
 
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i find firefox slow in linux also - try chromium - its lightning fast

ive never had any data transfer rate differences between windows and linux so not sure what is going on there. Could there be something odd happening on the router? how are you connecting to the internet?
 
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Netgear WN111 v2, the adapter worked without any drivers having to be installed but its not downloading above 60.

just woke this up from hibernation, downloading at 320 kbps
 
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dangerstat said:
I have to say, that I think FF on Linux (and Windows for that matter) is a little slow to start up. It seems fine here once loaded. Opera seems to be the fast though (though I don't believe it has flash support on Linux).

In terms of Nvidia drivers, have you tried looking under "System"-->"Administration" --> "Hardware Drivers" and enabling the NV drivers? Otherwise as scary as the NV drivers look they're not that hardcore to install, just look for some well written instructions
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Not true, i've been using 10 for a while, Only thing to watch out for is the occasional website isn't compatible fully.
 
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