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[ShadowLink64]

Well, I finally got my Linux installation working exactly the way I want it to. During my previous experiences with installing Linux, I often found that it couldn't do the job that my Windows installation used to do. Now, I seem to have everything working the way I want it to.



Distribution: Kubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) using the Wubi Installer
Model: Toshiba Satellite A100-TA9
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 (1.83 GHz)
Memory: 2.00 GB DDR2 RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 (128 MB) - Dual-Screen Setup
HDD Capacity: 160 GB Internal + 250 GB External

The computer I bought two years ago so it's fairly average in today's standards. I also have Crossover Pro installed in case I want to install some popular Windows applications.

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Discuss your bad or good experiences with replacing your undesirable Windows installation with a Linux one.

['B']

For the love of God, why KDE?!

[ShadowLink64]

For the love of God, why KDE?!

I like it better than Gnome for some reason.... it's never given me problems.

[Cory]

I personally can't stand KDE. I <3 me some Gnome, but meh to personal preference.

I've tried Ubuntu several times but always end up going back to windows. =/ Vista runs a lot smoother on my machine and it's nice having everything I want in software easily obtainable. ( all though there was a few software that I miss like Music Brainz )

[ShadowLink64]

I've tried Ubuntu several times but always end up going back to windows. =/ Vista runs a lot smoother on my machine and it's nice having everything I want in software easily obtainable. ( all though there was a few software that I miss like Music Brainz )

Yeah. I have to admit, it took me a very long time to get used to using alternatives and now that I don't really do much gaming, Linux seems to be more compatible with my lifestyle. The things that were keeping me from using Linux were my printer drivers (which I just got working), and a few of my games (that I have figured out how to play now).

I love how fast it is to install things in Linux and I also love the seemingly infinite amount of console commands that do amazing things. It's all personal preference.

[Cory]

Yeah. I have to admit, it took me a very long time to get used to using alternatives and now that I don't really do much gaming, Linux seems to be more compatible with my lifestyle. The things that were keeping me from using Linux were my printer drivers (which I just got working), and a few of my games (that I have figured out how to play now).

I love how fast it is to install things in Linux and I also love the seemingly infinite amount of console commands that do amazing things. It's all personal preference.

See it wasn't even finding alternatives and such that was so much the problem. It's more that suddenly programs would just stop working, crash, freeze and just completely go crazy. Sure windows does it every once in a while, but it's easy to end just one program in windows. When you try to end most of Ubuntu's software I had to reboot. =/

[ShadowLink64]

See it wasn't even finding alternatives and such that was so much the problem. It's more that suddenly programs would just stop working, crash, freeze and just completely go crazy. Sure windows does it every once in a while, but it's easy to end just one program in windows. When you try to end most of Ubuntu's software I had to reboot. =/

Ah, that sucks. I haven't had any more problems with my setup so far.

[dolphinbomb]

IMO, now that you have everything working right (and subsequently know how to get it all set up right now) you should go ahead and install it w/o using Wubi. You're sacrificing a lot of hard disk performance that way.

Also, why are you still using Feisty? Not criticizing, just curious.

[ShadowLink64]

IMO, now that you have everything working right (and subsequently know how to get it all set up right now) you should go ahead and install it w/o using Wubi. You're sacrificing a lot of hard disk performance that way.

Also, why are you still using Feisty? Not criticizing, just curious.

Feisty seems to support all of my hardware with no problems, and I don't want to upgrade to Hardy until it's been used for a while by other people. Why fix something that isn't broke?

And well.... I don't want to resize partitions or anything while I still have windows installed (I'm keeping it there just in case I really need windows for something) so I'll keep Wubi for the time being. I'm not noticing any performance issues so I'll worry about that when the time comes. I know the option is there.

[Fatal]

Feisty seems to support all of my hardware with no problems, and I don't want to upgrade to Hardy until it's been used for a while by other people. Why fix something that isn't broke?

Feisty was very broke IMO lol. It supports my hardware much better now on Hardy than Feisty. Hardy has been the first usable Linux OS for me. Big improvement

Edited by Fatal, 17 June 2008 - 02:21 PM.

[Cyo]

ya fesity fuckd my comp up too, noting was compatable
then dled the next 1 and it was much better

[Joey]

Don't worry SL, I love KDE .

Slackware with KDE = pro.

I also see you're using pidgin D:

Wine pretty much makes Linux better, because you can't run Linux programs on Windows, so why not use Windows programs on Linux!

[dolphinbomb]

Don't worry SL, I love KDE .

Slackware with KDE = pro.

I also see you're using pidgin D:

Wine pretty much makes Linux better, because you can't run Linux programs on Windows, so why not use Windows programs on Linux!

Pidgin blows, but it's better than nothing

And Linux progs in Windows is possible, it's called Cygwin. It's admittedly buggy as shit, though, and I don't believe it's been seriously updated in a very long time.

[Joey]

Pidgin blows, but it's better than nothing

And Linux progs in Windows is possible, it's called Cygwin. It's admittedly buggy as shit, though, and I don't believe it's been seriously updated in a very long time.

I know, but like you said, it's very buggy, and probably an abandoned project.

[Vegas]

Offtopic but where'd you get that background?

[ShadowLink64]

Offtopic but where'd you get that background?

I have no idea... it seems to me that I searched google for "abstract wallpapers" and ran into it.

[Twilight]

EWWW kubuntu is gay. run ubuntu!

[ShadowLink64]

EWWW kubuntu is gay. run ubuntu!

Nah, I think I'll keep kubuntu installed. Thanks anyways.