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jlauro on 10 January 2010

Don't bother with dual booting. Get 8GB of ram in your machine and eihter run Windows in a virtual machine under linux, or run Linux in a virtual machine under Windows. Rebooting is too much of a pain.



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MRFENIX on 10 January 2010

My first linux was slackware, propably around 1997 or so. Nowadays I prefer Win7 over the likes of ubuntu. Linux has lost what was so good about it.



Vectorferret on 10 January 2010

I've been an on and off Linux user since 2003 when I first installed Fedora Core 1. I mostly use Ubuntu now for simplicity even though I prefer Fedora's more bleeding edge style. I use Fedora at school since that is what is on the labs there. Laptop is exclusively Linux, desktop has Windows installed for gaming (which I am actually on right now).



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SubiyaCryolite on 10 January 2010

My machine dual boots Ubuntu 9.04 and Win XP. I spend 80% of my time in ubuntu, I only use Windows to play games, everything else is done in ubuntu.



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SnesTea on 11 January 2010
chenguo4 said:

So what about you guys? I know there's like Soleron with his "pm me about Ubuntu" sig; who else?

HIS NAME IS Game_boy!!!! IT'S Game_boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cries*

 

I used to use Ubuntu. But I wasn't very adept with it.



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chenguo4 on 12 January 2010
Scruff7 said:
I use Ubuntu. Installed it on an old laptop to give it a whole new lease of life. I love it.

I also have a XP Desktop which i tried to install Ubuntu on through a partition, but couldn't get the display to work - I use a 29inch HD TV as a monitor. Shame, it would be awesome.

Any ideas on how i can get it to work? Nvidia Gforce 6600 and 29inch HD display.

 

System -> Preferences -> Nvidia settings manager? If you're using the nvidia driver an option in there should let you add a 2nd monitor.

Otherwise, System -> Preferences -> Display should handle it.




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abcdario on 13 January 2010

Hey, is there a way for Ubuntu 9.10 to identify the Huawei HSDPA USB Modem E226 as a modem instead of a CD-Rom drive as it appears on Windows(for installing the drivers) ?

Ubuntu 9.04 didnt have this problem, but Ubuntu 9.10 has it, i dont know how to solve :(



Scruff7 on 14 January 2010
chenguo4 said:
Scruff7 said:
I use Ubuntu. Installed it on an old laptop to give it a whole new lease of life. I love it.

I also have a XP Desktop which i tried to install Ubuntu on through a partition, but couldn't get the display to work - I use a 29inch HD TV as a monitor. Shame, it would be awesome.

Any ideas on how i can get it to work? Nvidia Gforce 6600 and 29inch HD display.

 

System -> Preferences -> Nvidia settings manager? If you're using the nvidia driver an option in there should let you add a 2nd monitor.

Otherwise, System -> Preferences -> Display should handle it.

Problem is, its the only display. I'll have to borrow a monitor from someone.



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Vectorferret on 14 January 2010
Scruff7 said:
chenguo4 said:
Scruff7 said:
I use Ubuntu. Installed it on an old laptop to give it a whole new lease of life. I love it.

I also have a XP Desktop which i tried to install Ubuntu on through a partition, but couldn't get the display to work - I use a 29inch HD TV as a monitor. Shame, it would be awesome.

Any ideas on how i can get it to work? Nvidia Gforce 6600 and 29inch HD display.

 

System -> Preferences -> Nvidia settings manager? If you're using the nvidia driver an option in there should let you add a 2nd monitor.

Otherwise, System -> Preferences -> Display should handle it.

Problem is, its the only display. I'll have to borrow a monitor from someone.

Try booting into a command line only to see if that displays. It would mean editing your xorg.conf manually though if you can't get a GUI.



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rendo on 14 January 2010

I've been using Ubuntu since 2004. I love it. I've loved how much it's progressed, and I love that it's not Windows. I can still play games, through Wine, I run my MUD off it, a webserver, I do daily back ups of my code with a cronjob and it's not Windows. Did I mention it's not Windows? Because it isn't.

I'm also with Soleron. If all you do is play facebook, e-mail, surf the internet, youtube, Linux is perfect for you. Once you start needing specific programs/tools it becomes increasingly harder to NOT use Windows, but I refuse to go back regardless, I will always find a way or just go without. :D