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Old 01-31-2008, 02:49 AM   #1
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So I Installed Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 Yesterday

I finally had enough of wanting to use some linux commandline stuff and not being able to, so I took a secondary PC and dual booted it, hooked up through my KVM.

I can't believe how insanely easy it's been. I tried it about a year ago and couldn't do a simple thing like change my desktop resolution to 1920x1200, so I gave up instantly.. I didn't want to learn THAT bad.. I should be able to do simple things!

So I gave it another chance yesterday, and WOW.. MAJOR improvements for noobs like me!!

I've installed all the things I could find that I want so far, without using any commands other than apt-get. The package manager is easy as shit, the computer admin stuff same.. Network was hooked up right from bootup, and I had 1920x1200 instantly too this time.

I'm really impressed so far, so much so that I'm starting to learn to fuck around with it, learn the file system structure, understand where stuff goes, how to configure programs, and getting familiar with bash/shell/terminals.

I saw a Ruby thing I thought I could use today.. What would I have to do (as a complete non-programmer) to use a Ruby or Python script? Use the package manager, install Ruby or Python, and copy and paste the script I wanted from the website... Then run it.. heh. Could it be simpler? You really just have to follow some instructions step by step, and the normal shit you shouldn't NEED to have any instructions for are now single-steps, single-commands.

Thoroughly impressed.. Now I'm thinking I should get a better PC to run it on, although it runs really smoothly on my Athlon XP 2500+ with a gig of ram.. I tried XGL/Compwiz or whatever today, and that slowed it down considerably, so I just disabled it.. That was the first weird thing I had to do, was disable it.. no option I could find, you have to make a directory then a file called "disable" (text with nothing in it) in a specific location and it stopped it on next login.

I'm really starting to see the allure... We must have 10-15 unix machines we use for business (freebsd mostly) but I don't do any of that shit.. But I feel like with Ubuntu I can get a lot more familiar without being entirely bored.
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Old 01-31-2008, 08:07 AM   #2
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I can't write all that and get no responses, someone post a disgusting picture or something at least...
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Old 01-31-2008, 08:14 AM   #3
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Old 01-31-2008, 08:15 AM   #4
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I've tried ubuntu several times and it just doesn't like my machine.
Fedora, however, does work quite nicely, complete with Compiz Fusion.
I haven't used Windows in quite some time now, and am quite happy to never look back.
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Old 01-31-2008, 08:20 AM   #5
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welcome to the wonderful world of linux.
plenty of linux forums on the net if you need help and irc channels.
enjoy!
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Old 01-31-2008, 08:22 AM   #6
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i just love ubuntu
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Old 01-31-2008, 08:25 AM   #7
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I tried the live CD the other day for something and it ran like a charm. Not sure I'm ready for a full install yet, but it's getting close!
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Old 01-31-2008, 08:37 AM   #8
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I tried the live CD the other day for something and it ran like a charm. Not sure I'm ready for a full install yet, but it's getting close!
with most distros you can duel boot linux and winblows
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Old 01-31-2008, 08:41 AM   #9
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I installed Automatix first thing in my ubuntu machine. It's a cool little tool http://www.getautomatix.com/
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Old 01-31-2008, 01:15 PM   #10
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now time to get this..

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lawkc3jH3ws

I have it installed.. but don't use linux much.. ( dual boot)
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Old 01-31-2008, 11:29 PM   #11
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automatix was nice, but didn't have a slew of stuff either.. I grabbed what looked interesting..

Now SYNAPTIC on the other hand.. oh my.
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