First steps to Linux/Ubuntu

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firewall

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I am essentially a Linux n0ob and have been thinking of getting a Linux distribution and trying it out to see for myself how good it is. Just saw the Ubuntu 5.10 cds yesterday at a shop and bought 'em for 'bout $2.

I will be installing it today and will post any problems that come up over here.

Wish me luck!

Any advice/help will be appreciated!
 
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daniel49

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good luck...installation is easy ... if you have a winmodem or anything wireless you will probably have problems with that but all in all its a good distro.
Just different if you are used to windows.
 
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drag

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If it's a external modem were you connect to it from your ethernet port then it should work no problem. Internal DSL modems are more difficult.
 
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firewall

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I have Athlon 64 3200+ CPU. Should I get the 64 bit version of ubuntu 5.10?
 
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firewall

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I installed it. The partitioner and the grub installer were crap. A little more info on the Linux file systems and the reminder for setting the boot HD in the BIOS to the one where you installed the distribution would have helped me a lot and saved a lot of time. Plenty of devices are labeled as 'unknown devices' and the filing methods are very different from how Windows works.
 
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firewall

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Originally posted by: drag
Na stick with 32bit for now. If you feel comfortable with it you can upgrade to 64bit later. With 64bit you'll have trouble with some things like macromedia flash.

The USB makes it more complicated...
This is suppose to work with Ubuntu Hoary:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-76529.html

Looks like some people were having trouble with it in Breezy though:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-76529.html

Sorry, I wish I could help you more.
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Thanks for the links. I have been trying to wrestle with installing and understanding Ubuntu all day and am too tired now to bother more with it. I will look into these links later. Thanks for them again!
 
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Seeruk

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www.ubuntuguide.org for all those gazillions of little apps and tweaks you need to install and fanny around with post-install.

And a lot of stuff (particularly your speedtouch modem) should be covered off somewhere in their forums. Ask for help there... but NEVER EVER mention how much easier it was in Windows.... they are very sensitive people who don't like to hear it ;)
 
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The partitioner and the grub installer were crap. A little more info on the Linux file systems and the reminder for setting the boot HD in the BIOS to the one where you installed the distribution would have helped me a lot and saved a lot of time.
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Then file a wishlist bug report, I doubt Ubuntu devs scour random forums looking for complaints.
 
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firewall

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Originally posted by: Nothinman
The partitioner and the grub installer were crap. A little more info on the Linux file systems and the reminder for setting the boot HD in the BIOS to the one where you installed the distribution would have helped me a lot and saved a lot of time.
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Then file a wishlist bug report, I doubt Ubuntu devs scour random forums looking for complaints.
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Hmmm.. link?
 
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Nothinman

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sudo just lets you run commands as root without the root password or having a root shell open all of the time.
 
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Seeruk

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Putting sudo before a command means 'do this action as a superuser'

It's a half-way house between the windows 'do anything you want no matter how damaging it may be' and a typical linux way of making you actually log in as a superuser in order to do anything 'serious'

Basically a gentle prompt that means 'Yes I absolutely do want to do this even though I may screw up my system if I don't know what I am doing'

 
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firewall

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It was only $2....... no big deal....

I came to know about the free ordering later........

 
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Seeruk

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Originally posted by: LoKe
You paid for the CDs? O_O You can order them directly from Ubuntu for free. I have 300. -_-
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Or just download them.... takes 12 minutes :)
 
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Robor

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I've been using Ubuntu and WinXP Pro for about a month now in a dual booting laptop. I'm very impressed with Ubuntu. Is it perfect? No. Is WinXP Pro perfect? No. The difference is Ubuntu is free, more secure, and doesn't suffer from viruses, trojans, and malware. To be honest, the only time I booted my laptop into WinXP was to apply that recent security patch.

By the way, if you want to make your Ubuntu install experience a lot easier look for a program called 'Automatix'. It almost makes an Ubuntu install too easy! ;)
 
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firewall

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I have got another problem. I want the default booting option in the GRUB to be WinXP for my family. Nobody else uses Ubuntu and I would like to change the default selection from Ubuntu to WinXP. How do I go about doing that?
 
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nweaver

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sudo vi /boot/grub/grub.conf (i think) and change the default option (it starts at zero)
 
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