Niddy moving to Ubuntu

[Never-In-Doubt]

Re: The Youtube Game

Being thick here, how do I load it after I wipe the HDD? I mean, I would need to load an OS prior to downloading and installing surely? lol, sorry am not good at this sort of thing as I am windows only (trained)!

Do I burn the download as an ISO file or bootable partition or something?

I'll move these posts to a new thread yea?

[Riz]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

Easiest thing is to burn the iso as a bootable CD.

Then boot from that as a live session .ie. running the OS from the CD/DVD

Doing that, you can check the thing works under linux. Most things will, but some drivers like wireless can be a problem in some cases.

Then, if things seem OK , you install.

Installing should be as simple as selecting the CD at start-up.

You then partition the disk to give you "root" (system) partition and a "home" (user files) partition. I always do that as if I have to re-intall the OS for some odd reason, then I can do that without wiping the whole disk.

[Never-In-Doubt]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

^^^ Thanks mate

Gulp! I best do this when you're online one day me thinks - just in case

[philnicandamy]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

you'll be fine!

(i've been a kubunto user for a little while now...taking steps to upgrade to something else in the next few weeks)

...like the media player rizzle!

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

Niddy shakes his head in disbelief that you lot have time for this nonsense

Is Ubuntu up the Zambezi?

That's to stop Marlin finding you, right?

[jen_br]

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We have used Ubuntu in this household for ages, all systems have it and windows loaded... and pending on what we are doing is what OS we run.

I love it!

[helmsman]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

We have used Ubuntu in this household for ages, all systems have it and windows loaded... and pending on what we are doing is what OS we run.

I love it!

I thought Niddy had had enough and was thinking of emigrating.

[IF]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

I thought Niddy had had enough and was thinking of emigrating.

Me too helmsman!!

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

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I thought Niddy had had enough and was thinking of emigrating.

Me too helmsman!!

I'm saying nowt.

[Riz]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

I still have Vista on one of these 2 laptops, but rarely ever use it. Just k/ubuntu 99.9 % of the time.

If I do want to use Windows programs there are a couple of options.

There is WineHQ - Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X in which some programs work very well. Others less well.

Or you can run Windows entire in a Virtual Machine with Oracle VM VirtualBox

[Riz]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

you'll be fine!

(i've been a kubunto user for a little while now...taking steps to upgrade to something else in the next few weeks)

...like the media player rizzle!

Like what Phil?

[Bricktop]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

You can run vlc player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html on Linux.

That beast plays practically everything and is free

[Riz]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

You can run vlc player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html on Linux.

That beast plays practically everything and is free

Indeed it does. I use Clementine for music, and VLC mostly for video.

Audacious is also a good music player if you want something with a "simpler" GUI.

Install Audacious 3.3 In Ubuntu 12.04 [PPA] ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog

[jen_br]

Re: Niddy moving to Ubuntu

I have to use sandbox a bit so thats why I stay windows more..

[Riz]

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Just installing dual Win7/Ubuntu boot on brand new laptop.

Always a little nerve wracking.

Sitting watching it install hoping for the best.

(restore disks at the ready in case it goes t**s up)