Topic: linux ubuntu.... what do you think (Page 1 of 2) |
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-17-2007 00:54
I just installed ubuntu throught the wubi installer (very impressed. very easy install, sets up everything including dual boot for you) And so far, I am |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 05-17-2007 01:09
It's Debian with more bloat. The GUI is GNOME, and it has incredibly little to do with Ubuntu except that Ubuntu redistributes it (often with a brown or orange theme and many pictures of nipples). |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-17-2007 02:57
I think wubi is just the installer... am I correct? |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: London |
posted 05-17-2007 11:20
If you've installed it and it works without any problems then congratulations, Ubuntu have really made a lot of headway for the Linux community into the Desktop computer market as Red Hat did before them. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers From: Germany |
posted 05-17-2007 11:38
Now... tell me one thing: Does it jump when I say hop? |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: zero divided. |
posted 05-17-2007 14:08 |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: :morF |
posted 05-17-2007 15:04
Yep. There's a few others that are equally as good, but Ubuntu definitely rates up there with them. Where I work, we use Ubuntu Dapper server edition as the recommended server OS that we support (we will, of course, support any distro of Linux they choose, but we prefer Ubuntu or Debian). |
Lunatic (VI) Inmate From: under the bed |
posted 05-17-2007 19:03
As a linux first-timer myself, I found Ubuntu to be very well put together, and easy to handle...for the most part. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 05-17-2007 21:51
I've been running (k)Ubuntu on my home PC for a while now. Love it. Upgrading from one version to the next is simple as it gets IMHO. quote:
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-19-2007 09:19
No, not yet. But I have run into several great programs. Overall, I like it. The Wubi install was smooth, and I like the Gnome interface so far. I will try Kubuntu soon to try out KDE... |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 05-19-2007 13:19
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-20-2007 03:15
How do I enable my dual monitors? Oh would love to try the KDE window manager... |
Paranoid (IV) Mad Librarian From: Glieberlermany |
posted 05-20-2007 14:36
jive, if you open up Synaptic and install the "kubuntu-desktop" package, you should be good to go. There's a "sessions" switch at lower left of the logon screen that lets you choose whether to use KDE or Gnome.. |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Happy Hunting Grounds... |
posted 05-20-2007 23:09
I find Ubuntu to be fine - as a linux n00b, it is not bad (ok, so I played around with Suse - so sue me ) |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-20-2007 23:38
I Just installed the kde desktop... a lot of eye candy, but I think I am partial to gnome. All the desktop sounds are kind of annoying. @ WebShaman - Agreed. There is much to be hammered out in linux. I think you're right. it is primarily applications. People generally use their machines for certain specific purposes. They get used to what they know, and many times are not hearing anything else. - they don't have the time or interest to relearn alternative applications. They just want to do what they have always done and that's it. I run into alot of these people. |
Lunatic (VI) Inmate From: under the bed |
posted 05-21-2007 03:22
GAIM (standard on Ubuntu...) supports a variety of IM clients - don't recall if yahoo isone of them, but surely something can be worked out there if need be (having the family use another client - I know that's not always the easiest, just saying, it is an option... ) |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Norway |
posted 05-21-2007 03:27
There must be multiple IM clients like Miranda on Linux. Can Skype do SMS ? |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 05-21-2007 18:30
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Paranoid (IV) Mad Librarian From: Glieberlermany |
posted 05-21-2007 20:05 |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 05-22-2007 03:23
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Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Happy Hunting Grounds... |
posted 05-22-2007 14:38
Nice list! |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-23-2007 02:24
actually I discovered that there is a great repository of software available for ubunto, browsing through the package manager. I also just installed beryl and was impressed. @kukus - thanks for the great link to picasa. I installed pidgin but no sms support, and that is what my wife uses. I don't see support for yahoo sms on kopete either... |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: London |
posted 05-23-2007 14:56
You're forgetting that Windows nor the Mac offer any form of software comparison or repository solution, and that if it wasn't for years of learning and conditioning you'd be just as much a fish out of water with those OS's. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 05-23-2007 19:11
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-23-2007 22:01
Essentially, the ability to send an sms through yahoo messenger, you get to it clicking on the phone icon... I was gonna migrate my wifes comp, completely to ubuntu and see if she can grasp it. But missing the core apps that she uses would break the deal... |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 05-24-2007 14:48
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-24-2007 17:52
I think this would be typical at many un-tech savy computer users... I think this will be Linux's biggest hurdle.... Hopefully that plugin for gaim will roll into pidgin. |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Happy Hunting Grounds... |
posted 05-24-2007 23:28
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-25-2007 15:49
@Blaise: For tech enthusiasts, advice to not be lazy and perusing forums for answers and software recommendations is great, |
Lunatic (VI) Inmate From: under the bed |
posted 05-25-2007 20:00
Bottom line is that software for the average user (and I don't mean "stupid fat and lazy" I mean 'average'), software really needs to be point and click. Using a computer for the vast array of reasons people use then, in the vast array of professional fields in which they work, should not require that the person also be an expert in computer science |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-26-2007 03:22
@DL-44, my point exactly. Has anyone gotten duel monitors to work yet? |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 05-27-2007 17:12
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-29-2007 05:06
@cprompt: |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 05-29-2007 06:11
dual |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: London |
posted 05-29-2007 10:44
I honestly don't believe that Linux is ready for your every day non-techy user and it won't be for another 3-5 years. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 05-29-2007 17:55
It's been ready. The only issue is that if you have friends that only use Windows and stupid Windows software, they'll be saying 'hey try this' and if it doesn't work in Wine, it will be tedious to do so. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 05-30-2007 01:01
jive : see if this might help quote:
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 05-30-2007 02:42
Thanks C, I will try this out. I saw the linux driver for my card on the website... I'll give that a shot as well. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 05-30-2007 02:45
certainly get the most recent driver for the card. I can't see anything about it on my computer but is there something under the dual monitor part on Ubuntu that asks what kind of format to use? Like TwinView, MergedFB and BigDesktop? |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Happy Hunting Grounds... |
posted 05-30-2007 11:35
I *love* OpenOffice. |
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