Ubuntu users, unite!

Do you use ubuntu?

  • Yes

    Votes: 28 63.6%

  • No

    Votes: 16 36.4%
  • Total voters
    44
well, I never really deviate from the packages, just because I'm not as fluent in code as others and I might mess something up so bad, but If I'm using Ubuntu, I'll use Gnome. If I use Kubuntu, I'll use KDE. I currently have Kubuntu in my VM and not Ubuntu, so I'm trying out the KDE environment.
 
Oh my.

Somehow, the Ubuntu iso I downloaded got trimmed in about half (I swear to God, when it first appeared in the download folder, it was 698 or so MB; but somehow it got trimmed to 386 MB) and then, I made a "pseudo-flash drive" (on my computer drive H; I did this because I couldn't obtain a CD or Flashdrive with enough space) by partitioning a new drive from some data I trimmed from C (it's now 95 GB; good enough for my needs) and formatting it under the FAT32 system. I used UNetbootin to extract the iso, and for some odd reason it didn't catch it... and I loaded it onto H.

Then I boot my computer and I realize that something was wrong, far too late.

The damn thing got stuck on startup, because the files were incomplete! It freaked me out! Luckily, I know how to change boot order, and I made it work again. Phew. At least I knew my Pseudo Flashdrive idea worked...

For those who are curious, I also partitioned another drive, R, that I was going to see if I could install Ubuntu to.
 
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Archer said:
Anyway, what Desktop Environment do you all use?
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Desktop environments are bloated. I can't stand them. I tend to use Openbox as my window manager, though sometimes I use Fluxbox. They're both good. I use fbpanel or PyPanel for a taskbar, various file managers, mrxvt for my terminal (though I use urxvt if I'm using a text browser), and Emacs for being cool.

Charon the Ferryman said:
The damn thing got stuck on startup, because the files were incomplete! It freaked me out! Luckily, I know how to change boot order, and I made it work again. Phew. At least I knew my Pseudo Flashdrive idea worked...
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That's weird. At least it worked, though.
 
twocows said:
Unetbootin lets you make a bootable external drive, like on a flash drive. So yeah, you could just plug it in when you want to use the OS and take it out when you're done.


Use Unetbootin and make the EHD bootable, et voila! You now have an OS on your EHD.


I haven't really looked into Wubi and similar things (though I do regularly use VirtualBox), but I would think a virtual partition would suffer from becoming fragmented.
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I use an Apple iMac as my computer and from what I can see Unetbootin is Window's only. Granted I could use my XP partition, however, I don't like doing things relating to my computer on my secondary OS. Also, how would I go about making my EHD bootable? And if I want to make it partitioned so only like 20GB is bootable for Linux.
 
Silver said:
I use an Apple iMac as my computer and from what I can see Unetbootin is Window's only. Granted I could use my XP partition, however, I don't like doing things relating to my computer on my secondary OS. Also, how would I go about making my EHD bootable? And if I want to make it partitioned so only like 20GB is bootable for Linux.
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Unetbootin makes the EHD bootable when it installs the OS to the EHD. It doesn't change anything on your primary hard drive, so there's no reason not to do it on your XP partition. If you want to partition your EHD, use something like GParted or Parted Magic; I think they can handle external hard drives, though I'm not certain.
 
I got Ubuntu to work, and I quite like it. Zip fast, like the orange... but there's two things I really don't like about it:

1. Setting up my wireless driver seems practically impossible, since I can't connect wired and I can't find any information about setting up the Broadcom 8.02 b/g WLAN...
2. The. Beeping. It terrifies me so much. And when I try to turn it off, Terminator says that I don't have the permissions to do that XP

Other than that I quite like it. Once I get the wireless up, I'll get the WINE program and I'll probably start using Ubuntu more often.

By the way, is there a way to rearrange the OS's at boot? I want to make Vista to appear first, with a lower countdown, just in case my parents decide to take a peek.
 
I swicthed from Windows to Linux and love it!
 
Charon the Ferryman said:
1. Setting up my wireless driver seems practically impossible, since I can't connect wired and I can't find any information about setting up the Broadcom 8.02 b/g WLAN...
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If all else fails, use ndiswrapper. I recommend looking here first for a Linux driver, though. Make sure you find out your exact wireless card model.

Alternatively, give me your exact wireless card model (lspci at terminal should be able to help you) and I'll dig one up for you. Internet is one of those things that needs a bit of work in Linux to get running if it's not already supported.
2. The. Beeping. It terrifies me so much. And when I try to turn it off, Terminator says that I don't have the permissions to do that XP
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Start whatever you need from terminal using sudo (sudo runs the command with root privileges). Then kill it from there. Or Google is your friend; you can change almost anything on a Linux system with a little Googling.
 
Well, the beeping stopped, that's definitely a good thing. I'll keep working on trying to get the WLAN up though. Ugh, it's a real pain. I'll see if I can get that model number for you in a bit. All I know about the driver at the moment is that it is Broadcom 8.02 b/g WLAN but I don't think that'll help much.

EDIT: Here's what I got, Twocows:
rachel@rachel-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0
PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0
PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce 6150 Go] (rev a2)
00:09.0
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0
ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1
SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.3
Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51
PMU (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51
USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1
USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51
USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0
IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
00:0e.0
IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1)
00:10.0
PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51
PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1
Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0
Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:18.0
Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1
Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Address Map
00:18.2
Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Miscellaneous Control
03:00.0
Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)
07:05.0
FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
07:05.1
SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro
Host Adapter (rev 22)
07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
07:05.3
System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
07:05.4
System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)

rachel@rachel-laptop:~$
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I don't know if I got the spacing quite right, but I bolded the part with my WLAN on it.
 
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Charon the Ferryman said:
Well, the beeping stopped, that's definitely a good thing. I'll keep working on trying to get the WLAN up though. Ugh, it's a real pain. I'll see if I can get that model number for you in a bit. All I know about the driver at the moment is that it is Broadcom 8.02 b/g WLAN but I don't think that'll help much.

EDIT: Here's what I got, Twocows:

I don't know if I got the spacing quite right, but I bolded the part with my WLAN on it.
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I'll help you in private message, I don't want to clog up the thread.
 
Ubuntu is meant for small, crappy computers, so if your computer is good it will boot up very fast. Even on those bad computers it boots up pretty fast. It takes Ubuntu 15 seconds to boot up on my computer. :3

The recommended requirements are:
-8 GB HDD
-385 MB Ram
-700 MHz (x86)
-VGA @ 1024x768
 
Ctep said:
-8 GB HDD
-385 MB Ram
-700 MHz (x86)
-VGA @ 1024x768
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lololol I could run this on my computer from 1995 XD

I might just do it to run a couple killer commands. The computer's good as dead now anyhow XD

Speaking of commands, I think the way the Linux commands are formulated is a much better system than the Command prompt.
 
Charon the Ferryman said:
lololol I could run this on my computer from 1995 XD

I might just do it to run a couple killer commands. The computer's good as dead now anyhow XD

Speaking of commands, I think the way the Linux commands are formulated is a much better system than the Command prompt.
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xD Awesome. >:3 Evil scientist.

I couldn't agree more, they are easier to use and remember.
 
Charon the Ferryman said:
lololol I could run this on my computer from 1995 XD

I might just do it to run a couple killer commands. The computer's good as dead now anyhow XD

Speaking of commands, I think the way the Linux commands are formulated is a much better system than the Command prompt.
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If you want to run a Ubuntu variant on an old computer like that, go with Xubuntu. XFCE is far more lightweight than GNOME, and it should run better on your computer.
 
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twocows said:
If you want to run a Ubuntu variant on an old computer like that, go with Xubuntu. XFCE is far more lightweight than GNOME, and it should run better on your computer.
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I'm going to support that suggestion. I've used it on an older computer (granted, not too old.) And found it run quite well.

Anyone know what Fluxbuntu is like? It seems quite different, although I'm quite happy with Gnome, atm.
 
Archer said:
I'm going to support that suggestion. I've used it on an older computer (granted, not too old.) And found it run quite well.

Anyone know what Fluxbuntu is like? It seems quite different, although I'm quite happy with Gnome, atm.
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Haven't heard of it, but I regularly use fluxbox on a few installations and love it. I might check it out, so thanks for bringing it up.
 
I installed Xubuntu to try it out, and I hit the wrong thing and I accidently installed over my Ubuntu. D: So I got Xubuntu up and running and I really did not like it, I could not do some things I really liked in Ubuntu for some reason. So, I had to get rid of Xubuntu and re-install Ubuntu then get all my settings back. It was not exicting. D:
 
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