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Ubuntu good or not
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7. June 2006 @ 08:01 |
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Hello there
just ordered some Ubuntu cd off there site thay seen like a good OS as the say its linux for humans lol
oh and what tipe of software dose it use, just want to know the basics of it really
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7. June 2006 @ 20:36 |
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Ubuntu Linux is a great Linux OS for beginners and advanced users alike. For your software question Ubuntu installs lots of *free* software. This software isnt your average "wrote by a college kid for a project" freeware. It includes software such as "The Gimp" an excellent PhotoShop type application. I cant tell you all of the software it has with it without shutting down and booting to Ubuntu but I think I will be using Ubuntu for a long time.
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8. June 2006 @ 20:00 |
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Hey,
I have used Ubuntu for a while now and have enjoyed it fully. It has almost all the programs I need and the current release (Dapper Drake) has excellent hardware support. On a scale of 1 to 10 I give it a 8.99/10, in fact a 9.2 for the new version. :)
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13. June 2006 @ 21:45 |
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I ordered those same disc.... I can hardly wait to try it.... I'm so sick of microsoft I could puke.... (very, very, long story) anyone know of any reading material other than the forums for the total newb to linux? I love Afterdawn more than I love any other site out there and for that reason I'm gonna spare you guys my onslaught of questions till I've read a lil more about about the lil penguin. Just looking for a good foundation. I know each version will vary.... but I would imagine alot of the functions and what not are the same. Just curious.... thanks you all... lovin' afterdawn
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13. June 2006 @ 22:11 |
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14. June 2006 @ 00:35 |
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thanx dolphin2 4 the book advice i need a lil jump start 4 my new os coming
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OzMick
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14. June 2006 @ 01:08 |
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I hope you guys didn't pay for your copies, you can get a copy (or many copies) mailed to you absolutely free to distribute to your friends. Free discs AND free postage. The site (at least used to) encourage that if you were going to order one, you may as well order 10 or 20, as the postage costs them more than the pressed discs do combined.
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14. June 2006 @ 06:35 |
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Yes i am pretty sure they ordered from Ubuntu's site.....Most of the time it is free....but some places overseas might cost money........And also i don't see the point in waiting a month to get a cd to installl Ubuntu(Yes that is how long they take)...Why not just download it and burn it to a CD-R?
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14. June 2006 @ 07:15 |
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yes it was free i got 5 copy to hand out to friends and family
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14. June 2006 @ 10:19 |
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Yes that is where I ordered them and yes, I have a few friends interested as well, so of course I got the biggest package.... Now back to your statement about burning... Thanks to these forums I have mastered the art of DVD burning as far as movies go... But as far as software and ISO I still have alot to learn.. now I did notice you said cd and not dvd (I'll get back to that) but it raised the long since unanswered question of mine of whats a good program to use to write ISO images? I do remember DVD Decryptor had the ability to... but the operator (me*) had no idea how to... now I know I'm way off the subject for this particular thread but could somebody message me with a lil advice? Now back to what you were saying about burning to cd.. I'll definetly give it a shot... the reason I was willing to wait the entire month was I was buying time to figure out a lil more about Linux before I jumped right in. Thanks you all....
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14. June 2006 @ 10:21 |
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LMAO... (just checked the amazon link) yeah I bet that would a great place to start..
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14. June 2006 @ 10:48 |
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It actually is an excellent book. Takes you step-by-step in things you need to know about Linux.
Getting Ubuntu in the mail on CD is a good idea, however, by the time you get it you need to update. Linux updates are more frequent than Microsoft and it's 2nd Tuesday of the month. Linux at times updates daily. Be sure to keep the system updated as it's still a work in progress.
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DMW
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14. June 2006 @ 12:30 |
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The ubuntu and kubuntu forums are fantastic!!
I have asked, what I though to be really stupid questions, but always get a relevant, polite and concise answer.
I have noticed recently that posts seem to be appearing in this Linux forum quite quickly recently, maybe we'll endup with a good Linux knowledgebsae here too :-)
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14. June 2006 @ 12:34 |
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yer DMW im with u on that i think i will need to help with silly O&A lol
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14. June 2006 @ 12:47 |
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LOL, silly Q&A for Linux should be quite easy, I could dig up my posts from other forums, they even seem daft to me now, but questions always do until you know the answer!!
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21. June 2006 @ 21:37 |
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Ubuntu is awesome, best OS available at the moment in my experience.
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22. June 2006 @ 02:53 |
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It won't be saying that once you see all the security holes it has... It's a bloody nightmare.
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22. June 2006 @ 21:06 |
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So true..And the missing bits, things that just refuse to run for no identifiable reason..etc.
It's a nice introduction but please do make sure you address the main security issue by changing all user and root passwords immediately after install before going online. I ran with it for about 3 weeks.
it's nice and easy, very windoze like until you want to do something a little off the beaten track. Then it's a pain in the .....
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22. June 2006 @ 23:25 |
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Whats your opinion of openSuSE 10.1?
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22. June 2006 @ 23:31 |
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Too much stuff bundled with it. And KDE...eeewwww! Don't like the "packaged" Linux distros myself. Same goes for Redhat..Too much junk, and not enough choice. SuSE looks nice but it's way to resource heavy for me.
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23. June 2006 @ 05:21 |
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really I'd like to learn how to build from the ground up but thats kinda like my 11 year old trying to learn quantum physics for now.... I dont doubt she has the ability, but it would take some hard work and determination, hopefully with enough reading I'll get it... just looking around and gathering opinions and seeing what works for everyone else... trying to at least cover fifty pages a day but with two toddlers and a step daughter reading can be quite hard @ times.. lol but I am trying as many distributions as possible but I'm taking my time and trying to learn each one as I go..
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OzMick
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23. June 2006 @ 05:34 |
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If you REALLY want to learn a bit about the internals, have a look around for the Linux From Scratch "distro". It isn't really something aimed at being a daily use system unless you are a tool, but it will give you a crash course in a lot of the deep fundamentals of Linux. At the very least, reading over the ebook will teach a thing or two.
You could also try Gentoo. Portage is great for installing packages, and emerge is painless for keeping your system up to date. You'll still learn a lot installing and configuring, and you'll probably want to use some prebuilt packages to just save time (unless you like seeing hour upon hour of gcc output or are an absolute ricer), but it puts you right in the drivers seat. The documentation is still an informative read again, even if you don't install it.
Of course, both are probably overkill for the average user, but probably aren't so bad to try installing once just for the experience.
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23. June 2006 @ 11:06 |
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Jan, i personally love OpenSuSE, as it's nice and simple in daily use, not to mention dumping the sh*tty KDE for GNOME is as easy as changing the options...
It IS a bit resource heavy, but i don't mind that, and the ability to use rpm's (and having the YaST installer)to install programs makes it a lot easier in use for all the people who are new to Linux/Unix.
Cause let's be honest, compiling a program can be a daunting task for anyone who's just dropped winblows for their first Linux flavor...
Not to mention that you can remove anything from the install menu, so you could in theory just install the kernell and build it from scratch.
I prefer standard Debian *with some extra programs packed into the installer for ease* for all my Pro uses as network auditting, vulnerabillity tests and pen. testing, but for my daily use as a desktop system i'll stick with OpenSuSE *and soon maybe corporate SuSE, since my boss is getting me a legal copy*.
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23. June 2006 @ 11:17 |
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Yeah.. I'd love to use SuSE but it just doesn't get on with my hardware. I like lean and mean Debian.
A link for Skitzy http://www.linuxfromscratch.org I built my own for a 486 from there.
I think actually the best way to find out which distro you prefer is to download a heap of live cd's of every flavour you can find and give each one a go for a week each.. Then review your findings and go with the one that you like best.
The rest of us have all kinds of strange issues and prejudices depending on what we do..
I really like Slackware 10 with Gnome. but that's for the brave, I'm using it as a learning platform because there isn't that much support apart from the forums, and it's a lot more DIY than the others.
Just one thing puzzles me a little. Are you ordering cd's from them because of a slow internet connection.. Every kind of Linux can be downloaded free with no wait. Including Redhat, through the Fedora project.. Apart from Linspire (or whatever they call it these days)
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24. June 2006 @ 00:28 |
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nah' I've been downloading and burning... even dug out an old dvd rom for that crusty fucker today... lol makes things a lil faster.. as far as connection were high speed.... the problem is I really only have one workhorse and its fully capable of almost anything... the rest are sheep that have long since lost the herd (but I do have a herd) and there even losing there wool in other words basic junk right from the auction (gov deals)*pallets of pc's for like $80 bucks.... it's insane.. thats why I'm having so much fun with project... trying to make that junk my treasure is all...
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