 |
|
02-27-2009
|
#41 (permalink)
|
|
Thinking
|
Not Ranked
:
+0 / -0
0 score
Re: Finally switched to linux... what now?
Quote:
Originally Posted by freeztar
A few questions though...
Is it possible to move the top bar (applications etc) down to the bottom?
|
Right click on the top bar in an open space, choose properties and it will allow you assign Top Bottom Left Right. among a few other things. |
|
|
03-02-2009
|
#42 (permalink)
|
|
M.C. Grillmeister
Sponsor |
|
Not Ranked
:
+0 / -0
0 score
Re: Finally switched to linux... what now?
Thanks Gyps! 
I finally reformatted, repartitioned, and reinstalled XP and Ubuntu. After working out a few kinks in Ubuntu (wireless card RTL8187B working for five minutes at a time and lack of video), I can finally say: All systems go!
Linux makes some things seem magical. Like this:
Printer setup in XP: Download latest drivers (200MB), install software (~10minutes), deny multiple popups from HP, configure startup to omit HP services, reboot
Printer setup in Ubuntu: Plug in printer, wait 5 seconds, ready to go 
Now I just have to learn the ins and outs of terminal language and I'll be quite happy.
Linux rocks!
----------------
Hypography Science Forums Moderator
---
"There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan
"We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie
|
|
|
|
03-02-2009
|
#43 (permalink)
|
|
Dedicated Smart-ass
Location:
Just before 0xAA55
|
Not Ranked
:
+0 / -0
0 score
Re: Finally switched to linux... what now?
yes contrary to somewhat unpopular in linux world and popular in microsoft world belief, linux actually supports much more hardware then windows, by the nature of the drivers, they are written for chipsets, not particular cards, thus by the latest counts, linux runs on more hardware then netbsd (and that says a lot). Only problem is that it most of the time does not support latest most hardware, and it generally does not support a lot of one-off nics, like some randome revision of some chipsets, but for nics, ndis to the rescue, you can use the ndis wrapper with windows drivers in linux for any networking hardware 
----------------
Microsoft, the leader in using innovative tactics to promote irksome experience, coupled with antiquated technology that's held together by a pyramid of makeshift afterthoughts.
Apple, the leader in using irksome tactics to promote innovative experience, coupled with an antiquated core that's enhanced by state-of-the-art afterthoughts.
Linux, the leader in not using any tactics to promote user-defined experience, coupled with state-of-the-art core enhanced by innovative afterthoughts.
 |
|
|
|
03-02-2009
|
#44 (permalink)
|
|
M.C. Grillmeister
Sponsor |
|
Not Ranked
:
+0 / -0
0 score
Re: Finally switched to linux... what now?
Quote:
Originally Posted by alexander
for nics, ndis to the rescue, you can use the ndis wrapper with windows drivers in linux for any networking hardware |
Well, I guess I've read enough of those people that hate to think of using ndis, to not use it.
I found a thread on ubuntuforums that suggested tweaking the nic down to 5.5M and that seems to have worked. At this point, I'm of the mindset of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
----------------
Hypography Science Forums Moderator
---
"There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan
"We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie
|
|
|
|
03-02-2009
|
#45 (permalink)
|
|
Resident Diabolist
Location:
Geneva-Bern-Zürich, Switzerland;Oslo,Norway
|
Not Ranked
:
+0 / -0
0 score
Re: Finally switched to linux... what now?
grats for the wireless though, freez, I never managed to get it run on my fedora back at home, even though the network was seen...
----------------
Administrator
A COUNTRY WITHOUT AN ARMY IS LIKE A FISH WITHOUT A BIKE!!!
I don't believe in god, but I do believe in what others call utopies.
|
|
|
|
03-03-2009
|
#46 (permalink)
|
|
M.C. Grillmeister
Sponsor |
|
Not Ranked
:
+0 / -0
0 score
Re: Finally switched to linux... what now?
Quote:
Originally Posted by sanctus
grats for the wireless though, freez, I never managed to get it run on my fedora back at home, even though the network was seen...
|
Thanks Sanctus, it was definitely an historic moment for me.
I had to use 'sudo apt-get' many times and blindly follow advice I found online. Apparently, the hack I'm using right now is meant as a temporary workaround. Some users complained about this, but my thoroughput has not suffered at all! The video problem was much bigger and took me hours to solve. After trying everything and installing all kinds of codecs/progs/etc it turned out that as soon as I turned off desktop effects, video worked fine. 
----------------
Hypography Science Forums Moderator
---
"There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan
"We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie
|
|
|
|
03-03-2009
|
#47 (permalink)
|
|
Dedicated Smart-ass
Location:
Just before 0xAA55
|
Not Ranked
:
+0 / -0
0 score
Re: Finally switched to linux... what now?
was it an error associated with xv and current display?
----------------
Microsoft, the leader in using innovative tactics to promote irksome experience, coupled with antiquated technology that's held together by a pyramid of makeshift afterthoughts.
Apple, the leader in using irksome tactics to promote innovative experience, coupled with an antiquated core that's enhanced by state-of-the-art afterthoughts.
Linux, the leader in not using any tactics to promote user-defined experience, coupled with state-of-the-art core enhanced by innovative afterthoughts.
|
|
|
|
03-03-2009
|
#48 (permalink)
|
|
Bury, then water
|
Not Ranked
:
+0 / -0
0 score
Re: Finally switched to linux... what now?
Quote:
Originally Posted by theblackalchemist
SO i finally switched to ubuntu.
i am wondering what all stuff i can install (freeware / open source) so that i can tell my friends having vista how great is ubuntu 
seriously.
what all cool stuff can be done?, i need everything basic and advanced.
from sexy things to more sexy things...
THX
TBA |
Go to System>Preferences>Appearance (I think) and max out the eye candy--wobbly windows and transparency (basically compiz fusion I guess.)
Then enable the other repositories and get the codecs. Scroll down for the right version.
[all variants] Comprehensive Multimedia & Video Howto - Ubuntu Forums |
|
|
|
03-03-2009
|
#49 (permalink)
|
|
Dedicated Smart-ass
Location:
Just before 0xAA55
|
Not Ranked
:
+0 / -0
0 score
Re: Finally switched to linux... what now?
it depends on the hardware... and drivers, compiz will only run on hardware with native 3d accel... mind you it runs 5 million times better and more efficiently then aero or aqua (win and mac respectively), but needs native 3d accel supported, meaning proprietary nvidia or ati drivers, and some intel cards
----------------
Microsoft, the leader in using innovative tactics to promote irksome experience, coupled with antiquated technology that's held together by a pyramid of makeshift afterthoughts.
Apple, the leader in using irksome tactics to promote innovative experience, coupled with an antiquated core that's enhanced by state-of-the-art afterthoughts.
Linux, the leader in not using any tactics to promote user-defined experience, coupled with state-of-the-art core enhanced by innovative afterthoughts.
|
|
|
|
03-04-2009
|
#50 (permalink)
|
|
M.C. Grillmeister
Sponsor |
|
Not Ranked
:
+0 / -0
0 score
Re: Finally switched to linux... what now?
Quote:
Originally Posted by alexander
was it an error associated with xv and current display?
|
No. I tried switching the output driver in VLC and it didn't fix anything. The only thing that made it work was turning off desktop effects. I think the problem is because my vid card (ATI Radeon x1270) is not registering in Ubu. I had a popup telling me that updated drivers were available, but when I click to download it, it just stalls at 0%. I'm hoping that it will be natively supported in future versions of Ubu.
----------------
Hypography Science Forums Moderator
---
"There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan
"We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
|
» Advertisement |
|
|
|
