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Topic Started: Oct 20 2009, 10:40 PM (572 Views)
Unpleasant_Assailant	Oct 20 2009, 10:40 PM Post #1
Chief Global Moderator Posts: 4,701 Group: Global Moderator Member #194 Joined: January 12, 2008	Seeing as I have found we have a few users running Linux I sought it fit to have a discussion thread for it! I personally can't wait for Ubuntu 9.10! A student group at my university called Unix Users Group is gonna have a launch party next Friday!



ninja_lord666	Oct 20 2009, 10:42 PM Post #2
Level 21 Wizard Posts: 1,120 Group: Member Member #235 Joined: February 5, 2008	Yeah, it looks exciting. Although, I'd rather work be done with Wine. I would find that immeasurably more useful.



Nilloc James	Oct 21 2009, 12:50 AM Post #3
IT Posts: 1,935 Group: Member Member #471 Joined: November 10, 2008	I'm thinking of switching to linux, would unbuntu be a good choice for us less knowlagable computor users?
	“To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.” I conquer TESFU Quote: "But I feel fine." Quote: "That's usually the first symptom." Mikey Valentine's forum


Unpleasant_Assailant	Oct 21 2009, 01:14 AM Post #4
Chief Global Moderator Posts: 4,701 Group: Global Moderator Member #194 Joined: January 12, 2008	Nilloc James Oct 21 2009, 12:50 AM I'm thinking of switching to linux, would unbuntu be a good choice for us less knowlagable computor users? Yes, Ubuntu is one of the more user-friendly linux distros. @Ninja- It would be nice, but you can't really blame Ubuntu for that.



ninja_lord666	Oct 21 2009, 09:44 AM Post #5
Level 21 Wizard Posts: 1,120 Group: Member Member #235 Joined: February 5, 2008	Yeah, I know. I just really want better Wine.



Unpleasant_Assailant	Oct 21 2009, 12:43 PM Post #6
Chief Global Moderator Posts: 4,701 Group: Global Moderator Member #194 Joined: January 12, 2008	ninja_lord666 Oct 21 2009, 09:44 AM Yeah, I know. I just really want better Wine. As do I.



Aila	Oct 21 2009, 03:51 PM Post #7
Slaughterfish Posts: 142 Group: Member Member #483 Joined: January 1, 2009	I second the Ubuntu for "less knowledgeable " computer users, I'm not exactly a computer pro myself and found it a lot easier than SuSe for example (started off with SuSe). It has more graphical interfaces and you don't have to rely on the command line so much any more (for basic use anyway..). Yeh the issue with Wine.. it seems for some people some programs work, and for some people they don't, and I always seemed to fall in the last category In the end I only got a couple of old games running. I don't use it any more, just Windows for gaming (and other programs such as Corel) now. What music player do you guys use?



ninja_lord666	Oct 21 2009, 04:04 PM Post #8
Level 21 Wizard Posts: 1,120 Group: Member Member #235 Joined: February 5, 2008	Aila Oct 21 2009, 03:51 PM What music player do you guys use? I use Totem Movie Player.



milk_is_white	Oct 21 2009, 04:08 PM Post #9
The Milkman Posts: 4,634 Group: Member Member #41 Joined: December 5, 2007	Rythmbox.
	I have 20600.0000000001 KP


Unpleasant_Assailant	Oct 21 2009, 09:49 PM Post #10
Chief Global Moderator Posts: 4,701 Group: Global Moderator Member #194 Joined: January 12, 2008	I also use Rhythmbox.



Marcion	Oct 21 2009, 10:52 PM Post #11
Mudlobster Posts: 15 Group: Member Member #557 Joined: October 21, 2009	I've been thinking of dual-booting Ubuntu on my Vista laptop. Question: could Ubuntu in that set-up access the files from vista?



ninja_lord666	Oct 21 2009, 10:59 PM Post #12
Level 21 Wizard Posts: 1,120 Group: Member Member #235 Joined: February 5, 2008	No. Your files will be on Vista. If you want them on Ubuntu, You'll need to copy the files to some sort of external device then put them onto Ubuntu.



milk_is_white	Oct 21 2009, 11:02 PM Post #13
The Milkman Posts: 4,634 Group: Member Member #41 Joined: December 5, 2007	I can access my C:/ drive from Ubuntu.
	I have 20600.0000000001 KP


ninja_lord666	Oct 21 2009, 11:04 PM Post #14
Level 21 Wizard Posts: 1,120 Group: Member Member #235 Joined: February 5, 2008	milk_is_white Oct 21 2009, 11:02 PM I can access my C:/ drive from Ubuntu. That would be the part of the C drive partitioned out to Ubuntu which is separate from the part of the C drive partitioned out to Vista.



milk_is_white	Oct 21 2009, 11:07 PM Post #15
The Milkman Posts: 4,634 Group: Member Member #41 Joined: December 5, 2007	Nope, all my windows files are on there.
	I have 20600.0000000001 KP


Unpleasant_Assailant	Oct 21 2009, 11:27 PM Post #16
Chief Global Moderator Posts: 4,701 Group: Global Moderator Member #194 Joined: January 12, 2008	Yeah I know with XP I can access my windows stuff through Ubuntu....



Marcion	Oct 22 2009, 01:01 AM Post #17
Mudlobster Posts: 15 Group: Member Member #557 Joined: October 21, 2009	Hmm... This seeming confliction is very reassuring. Well, worse comes to worse I supose I'll just have to move some files with my flashdrive.



Unpleasant_Assailant	Oct 22 2009, 03:44 PM Post #18
Chief Global Moderator Posts: 4,701 Group: Global Moderator Member #194 Joined: January 12, 2008	If you're gonna get it, I would wait a week and let 9.10 come out first.



Aila	Oct 23 2009, 03:46 PM Post #19
Slaughterfish Posts: 142 Group: Member Member #483 Joined: January 1, 2009	I use Rhythmbox too.. took me an age to find a player that would work with a Last.fm updater plugin AND the music plugin for aMSN. But then aMSN broke so it was practically all fer nothing. I can access my entire C: drive from Linux - I guess you have to set that up somehow during partitioning. I'm not sure though.



ninja_lord666	Oct 23 2009, 05:20 PM Post #20
Level 21 Wizard Posts: 1,120 Group: Member Member #235 Joined: February 5, 2008	How did it take you so long to find Rhythmbox? It comes pre-installed on Ubuntu...



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