Which Ubuntu?

sanaxe1 · 15 Jul 2007 at 17:47

Hey i have a JVC 8.9' Laptop with the following specs :

900mhz Ultra low voltage Pentium M
256mb ram
30gb hdd
wifi

I'm currently running XP which is fine and it doesn't struggle at all with what i do. but im bored so might as well try ubuntu to check it out.

So which one should i choose if i want.

Nice looking O/S
Simplicity
Runs fast on lower spec pc's

Also How will compatibility be with my laptop? and is there any virtual pc software i can use to test it as i cba to connect the cd drive etc up to it.
IS there one which has all three of the above or am i going to have to sacrifice one of them.

sanaxe1 · 15 Jul 2007 at 19:20

Hey , im testing it on my main laptop and i like it

just using the the normal unbunu and used the windows installer

one problem though is i cant change the resolution to my native of 1280 x 800 the max it lets me put is 1024 x ..... i have a intel onboard graphics does anybody know how i could get it to my native.

sanaxe1 · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:41

i only get this :

DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"

Yet it still isn't on the list?

sanaxe1 · 16 Jul 2007 at 00:37

I as so ****** off :mad:

i was just on unbuntu and decided i wanted to pop on windows so i shut it down using the power button as i was in a hurry. BIG MISTAKE somehow it has managed to delete my windows and unbuntu partitions and im left with an empty harddrive. all i can say is WTF

sanaxe1 · 16 Jul 2007 at 16:55

I used the windows installer where i think it creates a virtual harddrive of your size choice and then runs ubuntu and alows you to choose it from boot. it did competely wipe out everything so now im just running ubuntu as it comes with everything i need anyways other then i still cant do the resolution.

sanaxe1 · 16 Jul 2007 at 17:14

SiriusB said:
When you say Windows Installer, what did you specifically use? Was it VMWare?

If so it could NOT have caused any problems, as the HDD is fake - it's just a big file inside Windows. Even if you formatted it from inside Ubuntu it would just wipe the file.

Methinks something else nuked your HDD and it was a coincidence that you happened to be running Linux.

All that assuming you really were running it inside a Virtual Machine.

I used this : Link