Hooray for Ubuntu!

SuSE was wonderful I'd take it over ubuntu.

 

I have one of the very fist imacs (circa 1998) and I have been trying to install ubuntu on it to revive, to give it a more interesting operating system than OS 9.1. I have had no success, I think it might be from the new hard drive I installed it was 7200 rpm I think I need to install 5400 rpm. Another problem with my imac, once I turn it on and I have to pull tyhe plug to turn it off. But it is encouraging to hear others success in installing ubuntu.

 

Good luck with that. I find that the major problems always seem to centre around the video card.

 

wow. first of all, this thread has gone pretty far.

secondly, thats^ not true.

Kubuntu = KDE + Gnome, Enlightenment, XFCE, etc.

Ubuntu = Gnome + KDE, Enlightenment, Xfce, etc.

Xubuntu = XFCE + Gnome, KDE, Enlightenment, etc.

My point is, that you can install any desktop on any form of Linux. I have an Ubuntu system that runs KDE and other desktops. and you can even combine the desktop libraries to obtain your own customized desktop.

for example: i run Gnome with enlightenment, KDE, and Compiz libraries for my Xgl inteface. that means i get the best of 4 worlds.

 

I'm running Ubuntu 6.06 on a Dell OptiPlex GX1 and it seems to run just fine. I had trouble with my soundcard at first but I went to the ubuntu forum and found the fix. It may be a driver problem. If you install modconf from the community repositories you can easily load any kernel drivers you may need expecailly if you got an older machine. I also installed Sysinfo and System Inforation(hardinfo). Also if you install menu-xdg and then type sudo update-menus in a terminal window it will list programs in the menu that may not otherwise get listed. Sysinfo and the hardinfo program give a more detailed listing of what drivers are needed for a particular device I found than Hal. Thats just my experience which doesn't amount to a hill of beans but it allowed me to get my sound and video hardware running.

I am a grandma who only started even doing email a few years back. My friend in Florida gave me a box of computer parts 3 Debian disks and said "build" "install" and then left me to figure things out. He told me to buy the Linux Cookbook and study. He came back three months later and I was up and running. I ordered some Linux CD's off a website and there was a Ubuntu CD in there. I've been a Ubuntu fan ever since. So is he. Now I don't have to bug him so much if I run into a problem. Most of my Linux questions are answered online. He gives out Ubuntu CD's now to all his new converts. If you are new to Linux Ubuntu is definitely easier than a lot of distros and the support is just great. I still like the simplicity of a Ude desktop for most things and Xfce. Which I got by the way. Yeah, it has its downside. Some of the programs I like aren't supported anymore. But every OS and distro has its downside. But I will keep using Ubuntu until I turn into a full fledged geek. Sure beats Windows hands down.

Love and Peace, Cricket

 

I'm getting Kubuntu when I get my new laptop. I like KDE better than Gnome, Much easier.

 

A lot of people like to use /etc/hosts to block annoying domains and popups and stuff, but DO NOT DO THIS IN UBUNTU. If you edit that file, you will never be able to repair your install and will have to reinstall totally from scratch. Yes it sucks to an extreme.

 

yeah, i would suggest leaving /etc/hosts alone unless you enable the root account.

besides, there are better things to do. besides, i only get one website that has a pop-up: ebuamsworld.com . no worries

 

I just installed XUBUNTU 6.10 and it runs even better. Santa was nice and gave me a DVD writer. So, I burned a disk and it works great. Only I can't be as lazy as there are fewer gui's for tweaks. But that is of course why I installed it. Fewer goodies=better performance. Back to the command line! For an older system I highly recommend it. I installed 6.06 on my son's box as 6.10 doesn't like his video card. His Dell is a bit older than this one. Whatever flavor or distro of Linux you use you just gotta Love your Linux. Tux rules and Butterflies drool.

Peace and happy computing, Cricketlind

 

using the hosts as a blocker is for more reasons than blocking popups -
you can basically block alll traffic to and from a domain that collects statistics etc
its a very effective way to also stop blogs from tracking you and posing advertising at you via websense etc

 

Once you've made any change to /etc/hosts, enabling the root account and fixing both /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname does nothing to fix the problem. Apparently there is no known solution- at least no one on the Ubuntu forums can offer me a solution that works. I've spent entire days working on it. I should reinstall the OS, but have about 60 gigs of rare audio and no medium for backup. But eventually I'll just have to trash it all and try another distro.

 

doesnt sound good. how did you enable the root account? and you will be glad to here this: Ubuntu defaults to creating a partition specifically for '/home' so that you can reinstall onto the '/' partition as many times as you want without touching your personal files. you can save you 60 gigs of audio. just create a thread here if you want more info on keeping your partition because i have done it a few times.

and if you want to switch distro's, Fedora Core 6 is awsome on any Pentium 4 equivelent. get the new Xgl and compiz. Suse 10.1+ is great but getting media codecs working is difficult. That is the only problem with it. in my Fedora core 6 i can play any type of video, audio, flash 9, or anything else.

 

Wow, I get the kewlest and kindest help here. Thanks, if you can point me to something already in existence that would be great... I'll hunt around online before asking you to type it out. I thought I created only a single partition that uses the entire physical drive, but maybe not... and thank you!