fr0stbound Posted August 14, 2007 CID Share Posted August 14, 2007 i am planning to switch to ubuntu from windows xp. i would really appreciate some feedback about features, ideas, issues, advice, stories, anecdotes, even violent reactions about ubuntu. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 14, 2007 CID Share Posted August 14, 2007 Be prepared to struggle a little bit at the start.. But once you get the hang of installing software and the command line moving from Windows to Linux is a great thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 14, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 14, 2007 what do i have to struggle with? im sure i can overcome it,aslong as its not a monster or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 14, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 14, 2007 i also read about this kubuntu. how is it different to ubuntu? which is better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjageek Posted August 14, 2007 CID Share Posted August 14, 2007 May not hurt to leave xp on the harddrive, install lynix to another partition. Dual boot them til you get the hang of lynix and more used to it. Just a idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 14, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 14, 2007 thanks ninjageek, that's exactly what im planning to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted August 14, 2007 CID Share Posted August 14, 2007 I have been running Ubuntu for about a month. My biggest problem so far is installing software programs, but I have not had much time to mess with it to figure out how to get it to install the software. I get a lot of my added programs for the Synaptic Package Manager that come package in Ubuntu. You can run Ubuntu off the install disk with out installing anything in the computer if you just want to see what it looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 14, 2007 CID Share Posted August 14, 2007 you may also want to look into other linux distros such as suse with KDE instead of gnome on ubuntu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 you may also want to look into other linux distros such as suse with KDE instead of gnome on ubuntu that's also what i'm thinking about. anyway, what's the difference between gnome and kde? and which do you think is better? i thought ubuntu is the most user friendly of the distros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 15, 2007 CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 that's also what i'm thinking about. anyway, what's the difference between gnome and kde? and which do you think is better? i thought ubuntu is the most user friendly of the distros. KDE looks very much like windows, gnome looks like OS X. I personally like KDE because gnome isnt really done all that well and i feel like its much easier to use. Ive had alot of people tell me ubuntu is very easy to use, but i just don't see it. I personally think suse is the best and easiest to use. With suse you get YaST which is like a crazy windows control panel you can do just about anything in there with out the command line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 oh, ok. i'll do some research on suse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 sorry for double posting, but i just remembered that my isp can't give connection to 2 different OSs at the same time, so i can't use dual boot method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 15, 2007 CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 sorry for double posting, but i just remembered that my isp can't give connection to 2 different OSs at the same time, so i can't use dual boot method. your only going to be booted into one at each time. also if you wanted you could download paralles workstation and run linux in there as a VM to check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbuster2007 Posted August 15, 2007 CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 i guess Smartbro can. If it recognizes the same Lan card used on 2 operating systems then there would be no problem. You can try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 ok. so on with the dual boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 15, 2007 CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 i also read about this kubuntu. how is it different to ubuntu? which is better? The KDE Version is Kubuntu.. I personally prefer KDE to gnome.. No real reason just do.. I have used Ubuntu on several occasions, but it seems that the default installation includes just about everything under the sun. So if you want a fairly light system this is not the way to go.. But if you are just starting it is a great starting distro. As far as SuSE goes.. The learning curve is a little higher because not everything is done for you right out of the box.. It takes some time to get your machine up and running how you want it. But it really does, minus 10.1, have a great package management system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 yeah, suse seems to be a lot more complicated. and i have also finished downloading the ubuntu installer, so i think i'll try it out for a while. i am also downloading open suse installer now. i think linux has got me hooked, and also starting to get sick of bill's brain child. what do you think is the most light distro that is good for beginners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 15, 2007 CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 The best distro for beginner has to be Ubuntu.. It this the closest to a full operating system out of the box.. For the lightest version http://www.xubuntu.org/ Xubuntu is pretty good.. I ran that a few times just to see what it was like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 thanks, now switching to xubuntu. i also read about this alternate installer cd that doesn't have the graphic interface. what does that mean? does it have less features? thanks for putting up with me and my curiosity/noobness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 15, 2007 CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 If it doesn't have a graphical interface it means that it is command line only.. If it is the installer there is a graphical interface it is just text instead of pretty pictures.. if it is the actual system then command line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 15, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 15, 2007 oh,found it out. it features text based or oem installation. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 18, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 18, 2007 i finally installed xubuntu in another partition in my hd. thanks for all those who helped me, specially Swimmer, your lynux guides were a lot of help. i think this will be my main os for now, im loving its appearance and interface. looks like all of my hardware came out all right, just a couple of special keys not working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbuster2007 Posted August 18, 2007 CID Share Posted August 18, 2007 i finally installed xubuntu in another partition in my hd. thanks for all those who helped me, specially Swimmer, your lynux guides were a lot of help. i think this will be my main os for now, im loving its appearance and interface. looks like all of my hardware came out all right, just a couple of special keys not working. do the hardwares work properly? like the video card and sound card,? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted August 18, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 18, 2007 yes they do. just a couple of special keys like the email key and power saving. i also can't seem to disable my touch pad, im much more used to using my usb mouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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