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21 Jul 2009, 11:22 am

Just wanted to say thanks to all those who helped me. I gxot Wubi to load Linux, and
the USB tip fixed the problem with logging on. I'm stuck at 800x600, but that's likely
a driver problem (it's also why everythings' on the left...;)

I'll have many questions (who doesn't?...;) but at least I'll give you all a running head start.
thanks again.



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21 Jul 2009, 11:53 am

and back again, through the other PC. Just discovered it doesn't like USB switch boxes, though. Sigh. Just needs a driver (I hope).



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21 Jul 2009, 1:47 pm

Used Linux at a job several years back and absolutely loved it. That computer ran hot for more than a year while I was there and never crashed, never even hiccuped, not once!

On the other hand, I tried the Wubi/Ubuntu OS setup a few weeks ago and found that there are still a lot of software options unavailable for a Linux system - even after ten years - but even worse, when it hangs up, it still doesn't crash, but you can't reboot, either. It's just frozen until you unplug from the wall and start over. Somebody needs to clone the Windows Task Manager into the Ubuntu system. That seemed to be the only serious bug I encountered, but it's a major one.



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21 Jul 2009, 2:37 pm

Welcome to linux pakled.


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21 Jul 2009, 9:48 pm

xWell, I'm deep in teething pains already...;) I was stuck at 800x600 display, but it went and found a driver for the Nvidia Geoforce card I have on the system board (yeah, it's an old one). Now for some reason, it won't scroll (just duplicates the bottom line over and over...;) Page up and down seem to work, but that's what happens sometimes.

BTW - does anybody know which video Ubuntu uses; Gnome, KDE, or something else?



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21 Jul 2009, 10:45 pm

pakled wrote:
BTW - does anybody know which video Ubuntu uses; Gnome, KDE, or something else?


What? Thats a little nonsensical. What do you mean?


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22 Jul 2009, 5:24 pm

the 'Windows' (slap my mouth) environment...;) I think Red Hat uses Gnome, while others use KDE. I don't see anything (yet...but I had to look to find the 'logout' command...it's coming...;) that indicates what it is. Maybe on the Ubuntu site it will say.



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22 Jul 2009, 9:45 pm

pakled wrote:
the 'Windows' (slap my mouth) environment...;) I think Red Hat uses Gnome, while others use KDE. I don't see anything (yet...but I had to look to find the 'logout' command...it's coming...;) that indicates what it is. Maybe on the Ubuntu site it will say.

Ubuntu, by default, uses GNOME. It can use KDE or XFCE, thus becoming Kubuntu or Xubuntu, respectively. There are also options to install alternate GUI environments such as LXDE, Blackbox, Fluxbox, OpenBox, IceWM, etc ad nauseam.


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23 Jul 2009, 2:18 pm

Thankx, that's what I wanted to know.



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23 Jul 2009, 2:28 pm

Willard wrote:
Used Linux at a job several years back and absolutely loved it. That computer ran hot for more than a year while I was there and never crashed, never even hiccuped, not once!

On the other hand, I tried the Wubi/Ubuntu OS setup a few weeks ago and found that there are still a lot of software options unavailable for a Linux system - even after ten years - but even worse, when it hangs up, it still doesn't crash, but you can't reboot, either. It's just frozen until you unplug from the wall and start over. Somebody needs to clone the Windows Task Manager into the Ubuntu system. That seemed to be the only serious bug I encountered, but it's a major one.


Try using real linux partitions for linux; NTFS must be torture for Ubuntu. There IS a task manager built-in, it's System > Administration > System Monitor. I would add it to the top panel, but if worst comes to worse, you could always Ctrl-Alt-F1, log in & pull a "DISPLAY=:0 gnome-system-monitor"

Another thing you should take note of is Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, which will restart X on most linux systems. Since Ubuntu 9.04 they have disabled this for the ret*ds, so you'll have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf & set "dontzap" to "true"...



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26 Jul 2009, 11:59 am

Willard wrote:
Used Linux at a job several years back and absolutely loved it. That computer ran hot for more than a year while I was there and never crashed, never even hiccuped, not once!


Linux is a nice system, indeed.

Willard wrote:
On the other hand, I tried the Wubi/Ubuntu OS setup a few weeks ago and found that there are still a lot of software options unavailable for a Linux system - even after ten years - but even worse, when it hangs up, it still doesn't crash, but you can't reboot, either. It's just frozen until you unplug from the wall and start over. Somebody needs to clone the Windows Task Manager into the Ubuntu system. That seemed to be the only serious bug I encountered, but it's a major one.


Were you able to go to the text consoles? :-/
( by pressing ctrl + alt + f1 )


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27 Jul 2009, 3:38 pm

I thought I saw in here recently that the keyboard combo had been disabled; there was a fix to re-enable it, tho.

Or, instead of unplugging it, hold down the power key for 10-15 sec.