Been scared of Linux? Give Ubuntu 8.04 a try!

[Vypurr]

I have been a big Linux fan for some time now, and recently I started using Ubuntu because it was just so easy and required no thinking for the most part.

If you don't know what Ubuntu is, here is the quick and dirty description. It is a free linux based operating system which is just as powerful as Windows/OSX but totally free. It comes with a photoshop equivalent, an office package, and a ton of other free software already installed.

You can even try it without installing it. Simply download the install file/cd (700mb ISO) and burn it to a disc. Reset your computer with the disc in, and click boot from live CD. This is very handy for working on Windows PCs that have decided not to boot anymore. You can burn all of the files to a DVD or transfer them, and reformat and not lose anything.

It is completely customizable and can be made to look however you want it to. I currently am running a very clean theme that is so easy to use.

It will also make almost any computer usable again if Windows has decided that the computer is too slow. By that I mean, if you are sick of waiting 10 minutes to boot up, and then another 3 minutes to open Firefox just to get on the web...Try Ubuntu 8.04, it will drastically increase the speed of your computer, and you will never look back.

The software is easy to use, and you do not need to know any code at all to use it. Here is a quick screen shot of mine to show how nice it looks, and a quick video showing the power of some software on it such as Compiz which will make a pompous mac prick ashamed that they paid so much for their "cool, Mac-only" features.

My desktop:

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9273/screenshottx4.png

Move the mouse to the top right corner to show all open windows:

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2740/screenshot1ad4.png

3D Desktop (have 2+ separate desktops...useful for web development)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w

[SvicksTc]

thats sick, im running fedora core 7 on my PS3 and love that, i think im going to switch to this since i only know a little with code, but i dont know if i can run such a new verizon of that on my PS3

[OMGz Turbo]

so i can still run this even with windows xp as my main os??

[Scapegoat]

yeah, I'm seriously considering ubuntu as my OS... been seriously thinking about reformatting my current PC as well... got a lot of crap to back up though so I'm kinda holding off...

[OMGz Turbo]

Okay....well if i get this to work and it works flawlessly....i will use it...

[Scapegoat]

Okay....well if i get this to work and it works flawlessly....i will use it...

no OS works flawlessy, not linux, not mac, not windows

[OMGz Turbo]

no OS works flawlessy, not linux, not mac, not windows

Correction. If i can get it to work on my pc than i will run it...i found some instructions to run dual OS' so im trying this first.

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/virtualbox

[nuzzlenut]

Ubuntu dual boot is sweet. I run BackTrack myself. It's a version of Slax.

[SvicksTc]

does anyone know if i can run this on my PS3 im going to give it a try as it is downloading now and use the same process i used to Install Fedora Core

[Jeffros Spec V]

What types of programs are compatable with this?

[Honest_Bob]

What types of programs are compatable with this?

Your going to need a whole new set of software, but this time 90% of the good stuff is free. :devil:

[OMGz Turbo]

hey will how did u get the icons at the bottom like that

[Jeffros Spec V]

Your going to need a whole new set of software, but this time 90% of the good stuff is free. :devil:

How would I go about viewing photos that say I have saved on a thumb drive?

Or word documents, does that all have to get switched/converted?

[Vypurr]

It comes with software to read all of those types! Just try the live CD. It lets you use the OS without installing it to see if you like it.

Justin - The bar at the bottom is an extension called AWN(Avant Window Navigator). To get it, go to System>Preferences>Synaptic Package Manager and search for "Avant". Once it loads, right click on "Avant-Window-Navigator" and click "Mark for Installation" and click yes to a couple of menus. It will then appear under system>Preferences as AWN Manager. If it works right for you, and you want it to load every time you start it, just go to System>Preferences>Sessions click "Add" an put this as the command "avant-window-navigator".

[OMGz Turbo]

****ing right. will you are the ****!!!

BTW WINDOWS GUYS!!!!= My brother in law is a IT tech i asked him to help me install it on my computer. He gave me a website google" wubi installer" it installers ubuntu and it gives you the option when your computer boots to load windows or ubuntu its GREAT!

[Vypurr]

The WUBI installer is now part of Ubuntu 8.04. You should be able to download and burn the CD from their site and then put it into your drive and load it within Windows also!

[lagos]

****ing right. will you are the ****!!!

BTW WINDOWS GUYS!!!!= My brother in law is a IT tech i asked him to help me install it on my computer. He gave me a website google" wubi installer" it installers ubuntu and it gives you the option when your computer boots to load windows or ubuntu its GREAT!

wubi is included in the latest ubuntu. Just put the cd in the drive and it will let you install it inside of windows.The HUGE benefit is that you dont have to partition your hard drive, so if you decide you want to uninstall ubuntu, you just do it right inside of widows and your system is not affected at all.

I've been using ubuntu for about a year now. Its great. You can learn a lot from it and there are no viruses/spyware/etc.. to worry about.

[Scapegoat]

don't say there are none.

Thats as bad as saying there are none for the mac OS... they are out there, you are not 100% safe. But you are 99% safe ;)

[lagos]

don't say there are none.

Thats as bad as saying there are none for the mac OS... they are out there, you are not 100% safe. But you are 99% safe ;)

Compared to windows, its crazy secure, and not even a target. Most hackers use linux, and spend their time helping to make it better, while wiring viruses to make windows worse.

[lagos]

Here is my current desktop...
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lagos3sgte/Ubuntu/Screenshotresized.jpg

A few of my old themes...
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lagos3sgte/Ubuntu/hardy.png

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lagos3sgte/Ubuntu/Screenshot3.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lagos3sgte/Ubuntu/Screenshot2.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lagos3sgte/Ubuntu/Screenshot4.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lagos3sgte/Ubuntu/Screenshot5.jpg



Vista running INSIDE of linux..
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lagos3sgte/Ubuntu/Screenshot1.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lagos3sgte/Ubuntu/LinuxVista.jpg

[italianblaze]

How hard would dual booting with vista 64bit be?

[lagos]

How hard would dual booting with vista 64bit be?

All you do is download the ISO, and burn it to cd. Stick the cd in your drive (while in windows) and tell it to install INSIDE of windows. It will install it onto the ntfs partition and when you reboot you'll be able to choose what OS to run. Its super simple.

[italianblaze]

You gota be ****tin me lagos
its really that easy??/

*runs and grabs ubuntu cd**

[lagos]

Yep, as long as your running ubuntu 8.04.
And if you decided you dont like it, just go to widows add/remove programs and you'll see an option there to uninstall ubuntu. It totally removes it from your drive and puts everything back how it was. No partitions to mess with or anything like that.
Now you see why some of us are so into this os! :)

[OMGz Turbo]

Why do you guys keep saying install from the CD....go to the website i listed you dont use the cd...

[Vypurr]

Because it's easier to download the CD and always use that. It's also faster usually.

[Jeffros Spec V]

I'm please to announce that I am making this post via a Linux environment. I've absolutely had it with Windows and Office 07 and all that bull****.

I've never new that Linux was a operating system until the other day and I'm already on the internet and have my AIM up and running.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

On a sidenote I downloaded a 1.1mb program called Mubi or something like that that did the entire install for me.

And I was also able to find this sweet waller paper

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e382/Jeffro1122/Screenshot.png

[BeautifullyBlued]

Augh, I cringe at the word linux, ubuntu, redhat, whatever...don't ask.

[Jeffros Spec V]

Augh, I cringe at the word linux, ubuntu, redhat, whatever...don't ask.

Why do you cringe? Ok I asked.

[BeautifullyBlued]

Why do you cringe? Ok I asked.

lol because my ex boyfriend was alllllllllllll about that stuff and he put it on my computer and i had no clue what i was doing.

[Vypurr]

Jeff, now right click on all your contacts on your buddylist and rename to their real names so you can keep track of them!

[Jeffros Spec V]

Jeff, now right click on all your contacts on your buddylist and rename to their real names so you can keep track of them!

Will sending PM.

[OMGz Turbo]

Ya i gave the alias last night it was pretty cool.

Jeff, you mean Wubi? lol

[Jeffros Spec V]

Ya i gave the alias last night it was pretty cool.

Jeff, you mean Wubi? lol

Yeah Wubi would be it and I forgot that it was discussed on page one of this thread ahahah


Sidenote......if I'm in Windows universe and select restart will that give me the option to boot in Linux or do I have to turn it off and back on?

[drew]

i dual boot ubuntu and XP. vista and VPC on my work laptop for 98 & xp

[Jeffros Spec V]

i dual boot ubuntu and XP. vista and VPC on my work laptop for 98 & xp


My questions is...if I'm running windows and I choose the restart option....will my computer automatically reboot windows or come back and give me the option to select windows/linux?


Or do I have to turnt he computer off and while its booting select?

[italianblaze]

dude after i install it inside windows it wont let me fully install it once in ubuntu it brings me to the partition section of the install and nothing shows up at all
what do i do???

[drew]

My questions is...if I'm running windows and I choose the restart option....will my computer automatically reboot windows or come back and give me the option to select windows/linux?


Or do I have to turnt he computer off and while its booting select?

yeah when you have multiple OS's you'll get to a menu that will let you select which one to boot

[cburwell]

My questions is...if I'm running windows and I choose the restart option....will my computer automatically reboot windows or come back and give me the option to select windows/linux?


Or do I have to turnt he computer off and while its booting select?

Restarting, restarts the entire computer (not just the OS)> The bootloader will give you the option of which OS you want to boot. After so many seconds it will boot the default OS (usually Windows).

It's pretty cool to hear about the installation option for version 8, that should save a lot of headaches for many people.

[Jeffros Spec V]

Restarting, restarts the entire computer (not just the OS)> The bootloader will give you the option of which OS you want to boot. After so many seconds it will boot the default OS (usually Windows).

It's pretty cool to hear about the installation option for version 8, that should save a lot of headaches for many people.


OK maybe that's what I was missing. I tried restarting a few times this morning but while i was getting ready and windows kept booting. I guess I was just missing the prompt.

[cburwell]

OK maybe that's what I was missing. I tried restarting a few times this morning but while i was getting ready and windows kept booting. I guess I was just missing the prompt.

It's easy to miss, especially if your monitor goes into sleep mode and then has to come back on during the restart. By the time the picture displays the boot loader has already defaulted to Windows.

When your computer restarts try hitting the down arrow key every few seconds. Sometimes this will stop the timer on the boot loader.

[italianblaze]

dude after i install it inside windows it wont let me fully install it once in ubuntu it brings me to the partition section of the install and nothing shows up at all
what do i do???

anyone?

[Jeffros Spec V]

anyone?

I installed this on my work computer and it went VERY quickly.

When I installed in on my laptop it got hung on this same section. I didn't touch it for about 20 minutes and then it finished the installation.

I say give it some time.