Thread: I tried ubuntu for the fisrt time

Quote: Originally Posted by Cloud Tried ubuntu once and didn't like it, perhaps I didn't understand it. I tried to play a movie and it wouldn't work, tried some codec like thing and it wouldn't install, seems I dont have permission to my drive, tried some dos type screen or sumn and was able to create a folder but dont know the commands to extract the codec files from that end so gave up. Synaptic,...

Quote: Originally Posted by ramesh This should help: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/dvd/current/ n e idea where i can find the torrent?

Quote: Originally Posted by Ropy I was thinking of putting windows 7 on my notebook and install ubuntu as an application but, I'm gonna try it the other way around ths time. Hopefully I don't encounter too much driver problems. Are you serious ? Running windows seven in a virtualised environment ? Let me know how that works.

Ok, this is what i´m going to do, i´m going to set only 5 with Linux for the people who wants stability (kids who wants to play online and they don´t care about the graphics, they just want to run the online games well, or maybe the students who goes to make the homework and to print it out) the other 10 pcs will leave them for windows while we all get used to Linux........

Quote: Originally Posted by Cloud Ah zeen, this look like it will come in handy You is one of those that don't read manual don't?

Ok, this is what i´m going to do, i´m going to set only 5 with Linux for the people who wants stability (kids who wants to play online and they don´t care about the graphics, they just want to run the online games well, or maybe the students who goes to make the homework and to print it out) the other 10 pcs will leave them for windows while we all get used to Linux........

Quote: Originally Posted by jamrock I thought so... Perhaps you should try taking a look here: https://help.ubuntu.com/ Some people try to use Ubuntu the same way they use Windows. There are some significant diffferences. Somebody once posted the following on this forum: That was just hilarious. Ah zeen, this look like it will come in handy

Quote: Originally Posted by Westkid Welcome..... u have died and now in heaven lol lol it seems

So thats the only reason ?, i was wondering if there was more to it because i hardly ever here anyone speak of another disto here other than ubuntu

at least the ATI drivers seem to work 9.04 was a nightmare for anyone with an HDxxxx card gone home to go load it on my laptop now