I want to try Linux, any advice

chrisxuk · 6 Aug 2009 at 14:57

Hey
Looking at trying Linux for the first time. Any advice, or what distro should i get

Any help would be great
thanks

chrisxuk · 6 Aug 2009 at 18:31

A friend recommended Linux Mint as well.

Plenty of choice then

chrisxuk · 6 Aug 2009 at 19:44

Thanks

chrisxuk · 7 Aug 2009 at 19:17

Thanks for the replies

Downloaded the .iso of... Ubuntu earlier. Burnt it fine and booted the DVD. Showed the Ubuntu loading screen then my TV just went blank and showed a No Signal screen

Any idea whats gone wrong? And how to fix it

chrisxuk · 7 Aug 2009 at 19:39

Sure:

minus the monitor. I'm using my 22" acoustic solutions TV at the moment. HDMI -> HDMI

chrisxuk · 7 Aug 2009 at 20:09

Sorry, i didn't make that clear enough. I didn't buy the 19" monitor, as i decided to just use my TV instead.

chrisxuk · 8 Aug 2009 at 22:51

Managed to install Ubuntu. Works fine now, just one problem. The screen resolution is wrong. I go to System -> Preferences -> Display and under resolution there is only 640 x 480 (4:3) available.

Anything i can do to get some other resolutions?

thanks

chrisxuk · 9 Aug 2009 at 15:57

Having more problems now with my PC. When i turn it on i just get the message GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 17

Can't get past this, so can't even boot windows.

Anything i can do to fix this?

Thanks