Soldato
Yup, you might want to defrag your windows partition first though.
Which distro for a Linux beginner?
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Soldato
I was actually going to try out Ubuntu today, after trying "gutsy gibbon" or some thing sounding like that, long time ago 
But what can you actually do with it?
Forgive the lack of knowledge! It is a genuine question!
But what can you actually do with it?
Forgive the lack of knowledge! It is a genuine question!
I was actually going to try out Ubuntu today, after trying "gutsy gibbon" or some thing sounding like that, long time ago
But what can you actually do with it?
Forgive the lack of knowledge! It is a genuine question!
Surely that question's like saying 'what can you do with windows' or 'what can you do with OSX?'
Compute!
Soldato
+1 for Mint
Got it running on an old desktop and I also keep the DVD handy as a rescue disk in case Windows goes balls-up.
Just love how everything just works straight out the box. Im no expert but the only thing I noticed is that you do need a decent amount of RAM to run it if you want the eye-candy effects.
Got it running on an old desktop and I also keep the DVD handy as a rescue disk in case Windows goes balls-up.
Just love how everything just works straight out the box. Im no expert but the only thing I noticed is that you do need a decent amount of RAM to run it if you want the eye-candy effects.
Soldato
So let me ask it like this.
What do you use Ubuntu for?/ What can Ubuntu be used for?
EDIT:
NVM
I am gona do some reading and try it out my self
I wanted to implement a VOIP system, and found out most of the freeware VOIP stuff is for linux.
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Soldato
Yeah, most of the good quality free software out there is for linux 
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So let me ask it like this.
What do you use Ubuntu for?/ What can Ubuntu be used for?
EDIT:
NVM
I am gona do some reading and try it out my self
I wanted to implement a VOIP system, and found out most of the freeware VOIP stuff is for linux.
What do you use windows for? You use linux for the same stuff
EDIT - as long as you dont use windows play many modern games
Soldato
What do you use windows for? You use linux for the same stuff
I use my main PC mostly for Gaming & Benchmarks
Although linux has WINE, I dont think it is in the same level!(at least from what I have read)
I will soon find out though
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WINE can be flaky. In my experience it ranges from ok to awful depending upon the game. If you want to play games then stick to windows. For most other things linux can be fantastic.
You use your pc for benchmarks??? I hope that is more exciting than it sounds
You use your pc for benchmarks??? I hope that is more exciting than it sounds
Soldato
WINE can be flaky. In my experience it ranges from ok to awful depending upon the game. If you want to play games then stick to windows. For most other things linux can be fantastic.
You use your pc for benchmarks??? I hope that is more exciting than it sounds
Hik hik hik, bench runs are exciting! - at least for me
I have manged to find the limits of most of my hardware with out blowing them up(yet)!
I think this VOIP project I am planing to do will have to involve some sort of linux installation!
Soldato
I am going to assemble a test PC with some old hardware(Pentium D 935, 2GB DDR2 ram & 250Gb HDD).
I hope most of the linux distros are fine with onboard graphics!
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Onboard graphics should work fine out of the box. Nvidia GPU support is generally the best. I'd go for regular ubuntu on that sort of spec.
Soldato
Yeah i've just started booting my dual boot Ubuntu netbook again trying to learn it all for the release of the RasPi but after updating it i can't say I am a fan of the new UI. not sure why because it looks good and is a nice design, something just doesn't sit right with me.
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Linux is still a tad geeky methinks, I had to use the terminal to get the Wifi adaptor working with Lubuntu and it's got a wacky bug with the power management which is half fixed.
Other than that it seems ok and simple enough for my elderly friend to get to grips with when I return his now fixed netbook tomorrow.
Other than that it seems ok and simple enough for my elderly friend to get to grips with when I return his now fixed netbook tomorrow.
Soldato
Linux is still a tad geeky methinks, I had to use the terminal to get the Wifi adaptor working with Lubuntu and it's got a wacky bug with the power management which is half fixed.
Other than that it seems ok and simple enough for my elderly friend to get to grips with when I return his now fixed netbook tomorrow.
You're looking at it the wrong way. You didn't "have to" use the terminal. You "got to" use the terminal
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Yes, I leaned forward enthusiastically and began typing, experiencing first hand the joys of communicating with a modern advanced operating system.
I put ubuntu on a partiton the other day out of curiosity really.
Was pretty darn easy to do and everything seems to work nicely out of the box.
I like how clean and simple it all looks and have been using it a bit more than windows last few days, mainly as I have work to do so don't have all the distractions of my windows boot
Got to say I was pleasently surprised by it all though and I really like the font it uses as standard much easier on the eyes.
Haven't really found anything I can't do yet but then again I don't even know what most of the features in linux do, especially when it comes to that terminal. I have absolutely no idea where to start with that and some of the installation instructions had me scratching my head!
I like the look of that Linux mint so might put that on a diff hard drive and give that a bash also, luckily I have no work or anything important saved on Ubuntu at the mo but does Mint have the cloud as well? So I could just place stuff in that if I wanted, install Mint and then gain documents back? I have no need to do so was just wondering, its a neat feature!
Was pretty darn easy to do and everything seems to work nicely out of the box.
I like how clean and simple it all looks and have been using it a bit more than windows last few days, mainly as I have work to do so don't have all the distractions of my windows boot
Got to say I was pleasently surprised by it all though and I really like the font it uses as standard much easier on the eyes.
Haven't really found anything I can't do yet but then again I don't even know what most of the features in linux do, especially when it comes to that terminal. I have absolutely no idea where to start with that and some of the installation instructions had me scratching my head!
I like the look of that Linux mint so might put that on a diff hard drive and give that a bash also, luckily I have no work or anything important saved on Ubuntu at the mo but does Mint have the cloud as well? So I could just place stuff in that if I wanted, install Mint and then gain documents back? I have no need to do so was just wondering, its a neat feature!