[KStrawn]

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

Downloaders and installers, please explain your experience.

[lexon]

KStrawn, on 27 September 2009 - 08:44 PM, said:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

Downloaders and installers, please explain your experience.

I did some research first and then bought a $200.00 Linux Lindows 4.0 configured PC from Walmart 12-2003. I was very new to Linux then and am not a software type. I am only a PC user. From then on, only used Linux to download an Linux ISO and burn a CD or DVD. No burn issues. I have a bad habit of following instructions.
Have never and will never attempt a download or burn a Linux OS using Windows. I eventually converted a W98 PC Linux. I have a life so I do not need Windows for running games.

Since then, I now have a very stable and secure Operating System.

Prevented a lot of heartburn since then. Pain is nature's way of telling you, you are doing something wrong, I learned many years ago. I learned back then after many hours of forum reading to never attempt dual boot.
When I bought a new Acer laptop with Vista Basic on it, after three or four hours of fighting with Vista, I converted the laptop to Mint 7. Both of us are very happy now.
Your mileage may vary.

lex

[KStrawn]

lexon, on 01 October 2009 - 11:56 AM, said:

KStrawn, on 27 September 2009 - 08:44 PM, said:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

Downloaders and installers, please explain your experience.

Have never and will never attempt a download or burn a Linux OS using Windows. I eventually converted a W98 PC Linux. I have a life so I do not need Windows for running games.

In Windows 7, the new Windows Disc Image burner makes it very easy.



Windows 7 will, therefore, make it much easier for users to migrate to Linux, IMHO.

[garywilson]

thanks dude.. i will download it

[lexon]

garywilson, on 25 November 2009 - 01:34 AM, said:

thanks dude.. i will download it

That is certainly an improvement with Windows 7.

After you download and burn a 9.10 ISO, try Mint 7 also and compare to 9.10. Mint is based on Ubuntu.
I use removable hard drives so I slipped in a spare drive and am comparing 9.10 with Mint 8.
I am doing that right now with Mint 8 RC1 and Ubuntu 9.10. Though Mint 8 is in RC1 stage, it is running quite well for me.
I use to have a drive with only Windows on it but found no further need for Windows so I wiped the Windows and put a Linux distro on the drive.

http://releases.ubuntu.com/karmic/

http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

lex

[KStrawn]

lexon, on 25 November 2009 - 08:32 PM, said:

garywilson, on 25 November 2009 - 01:34 AM, said:

thanks dude.. i will download it

That is certainly an improvement with Windows 7.

After you download and burn a 9.10 ISO, try Mint 7 also and compare to 9.10. Mint is based on Ubuntu.
I use removable hard drives so I slipped in a spare drive and am comparing 9.10 with Mint 8.
I am doing that right now with Mint 8 RC1 and Ubuntu 9.10. Though Mint 8 is in RC1 stage, it is running quite well for me.
I use to have a drive with only Windows on it but found no further need for Windows so I wiped the Windows and put a Linux distro on the drive.

http://releases.ubuntu.com/karmic/

http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

lex

Lex, I tried Mint, and my issue is that under the hood it is no different than Ubuntu. Same everything, except the UI, which I in fact was able to customize to look almost exactly like Ubuntu except for the color. Even the desktop environment is the same: The Mint UI is nothing more than GNOME with an added menu (The Mint menu). I was able to bring the second panel and menu bar (which is still there) back, and also deleted the Mint menu. The result was strikingly similar to Ubuntu.

[waldojim]

KStrawn, on 27 November 2009 - 09:29 PM, said:

Lex, I tried Mint, and my issue is that under the hood it is no different than Ubuntu. Same everything, except the UI, which I in fact was able to customize to look almost exactly like Ubuntu except for the color. Even the desktop environment is the same: The Mint UI is nothing more than GNOME with an added menu (The Mint menu). I was able to bring the second panel and menu bar (which is still there) back, and also deleted the Mint menu. The result was strikingly similar to Ubuntu.

Yep, is IS ubuntu. Not to say they don't do good things for people, making the UI more familiar, adding in codecs (well - they used to) to make life easier, etc.

It is too bad they are removing what made it special though...

[Shellack]

KStrawn, on 27 November 2009 - 09:29 PM, said:

Lex, I tried Mint, and my issue is that under the hood it is no different than Ubuntu. Same everything, except the UI, which I in fact was able to customize to look almost exactly like Ubuntu except for the color. Even the desktop environment is the same: The Mint UI is nothing more than GNOME with an added menu (The Mint menu). I was able to bring the second panel and menu bar (which is still there) back, and also deleted the Mint menu. The result was strikingly similar to Ubuntu.

If your looking for something different my suggestion would be to try an alternative desktop manager like LXDE, FluxBox, BlackBox, OpenBox, XFCE or the Awesome window manager.

Depending on what distribution you opt to go with will oft depict what default desktop your going to end up with, KDE & Compiz suck up a lot of your overall speed with the intensive graphics and extra special effects from all that compositing.

So if you want something different you have to try something different... However doing that can be painful as sometimes people have everything tweaked just the way they want it.

Just for the record every Linux box is the same under the hood, they all use the Open-Source software repository so you will find no radical difference between any of the distributions.

The only radical change is when you come across a Desktop manager you've never seen before and are left asking yourself, how did he do that!?!

Want your Linux to look like a Mac? Thats the GDM - Gnome Desktop Manager and Enlightenment E17 or Docker. The only thing missing is apples proprietary Cocoa with which to run the applications.



See http://box-look.org/

This post has been edited by Shellack: 06 January 2010 - 07:39 AM

[Htos1]

lexon, on 01 October 2009 - 11:56 AM, said:

KStrawn, on 27 September 2009 - 08:44 PM, said:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

Downloaders and installers, please explain your experience.

I did some research first and then bought a $200.00 Linux Lindows 4.0 configured PC from Walmart 12-2003. I was very new to Linux then and am not a software type. I am only a PC user. From then on, only used Linux to download an Linux ISO and burn a CD or DVD. No burn issues. I have a bad habit of following instructions.
Have never and will never attempt a download or burn a Linux OS using Windows. I eventually converted a W98 PC Linux. I have a life so I do not need Windows for running games.

Since then, I now have a very stable and secure Operating System.

Prevented a lot of heartburn since then. Pain is nature's way of telling you, you are doing something wrong, I learned many years ago. I learned back then after many hours of forum reading to never attempt dual boot.
When I bought a new Acer laptop with Vista Basic on it, after three or four hours of fighting with Vista, I converted the laptop to Mint 7. Both of us are very happy now.
Your mileage may vary.

lex

Every box I own(>20)have multi-boot hdd's,and multiple hdds.Some are linux/windows combos.Windows issues are 90% hardware related and only 10% of the other stuff.Win7 has turned out to be all it was hyped about.I'm looking forward to working with 64bit linux distros.

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[ethan1066]

thanks dude..i have downloaded it..yet i have not installed it as i am looking to install it in vmware...i have window xp in my computer and the linux red hat in the vmware ....i want to confirm that can i install it in the vmware...as i have to remove first the previous version of the red hat....only then i wil install it...helpl me....