Ubuntu

[MrRiplEy[H]]

No, I gave up. Just booting into windows is far easier and more average user friendly.  I don't think Ubuntu will ever be a mainstream operating system. The majority of the people just want to turn on their pc and have it work. Not look through online manuals and forums to figure out how to download and install the correct drivers for their equipment. Like I said I would love to use it and tinker with it, but I just cant see the end payoff for all of the time invested just to get it running close to how windows runs out of the box. 

Well Ubuntu will install all necessary drivers automatically in 99% of the cases. Which one was missing for you?

[SilverZ06]

Well Ubuntu will install all necessary drivers automatically in 99% of the cases. Which one was missing for you?

video card

[Skuzzy]

Linux, typically, lags behind on new hardware, as compared to Microsoft, but, like Microsoft, there is usually a default driver for most of the absolutely needed things.

ATI is very bad about updating drivers for Linux.  The two guys at NVidia, who do the drivers on their own, seem to keep those drivers up to date much better.

Odd.  NVidia has no official support for Linux, but ATI does.  Yet, NVidia does a better job than ATI.

[SilverZ06]

another issue I had/am wondering about. Is linux (ubuntu in my case) more cpu intensive than windows? I ask because during my time playing with it this weekend on my laptop, my laptop got pretty hot and I could audibly hear the cooling fans come on high. This almost never occurs in windows. And yes my laptop was on a hard flat surface as always, never in my lap.

[SilverZ06]

Ok I am going to try it one more time. Downloading Kubuntu now. dont know the difference but what the hell. its an easy uninstall if I cant figure it out again.

[WWhiskey]

Ok I am going to try it one more time. Downloading Kubuntu now. dont know the difference but what the hell. its an easy uninstall if I cant figure it out again.

what do you wish to do with it once you have it?
 i only ask because I didn't notice if you said before,  It is important to know what you want out of it, what your ability is , and what you have now that already does that same thing as well as , if ubuntu will do it better, the same ,, or worse if at all.

[SilverZ06]

what do you wish to do with it once you have it?
 i only ask because I didn't notice if you said before,  It is important to know what you want out of it, what your ability is , and what you have now that already does that same thing as well as , if ubuntu will do it better, the same ,, or worse if at all.

I have no idea, I just want to play around with it and see what it is all about. My ability is very low, probably better than your average person with a pc but not a pc programmer by anymeans. I know just enough to get into trouble without knowing enough to get out of said trouble 

[Skuzzy]

I am pretty sure Linux does not have the power management of Windows, so your laptop is going to run full blast, all the time.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

video card

If you have an nvidia or ATI card Ubuntu will offer you a proprietary driver installation. You're not to download anything from any website. If it doesn't happen automatically you can use the link I sent you to activate the driver manually.

[SilverZ06]

OK, I have reinstalled it on my desktop. I am trying to install the restricted apps/codecs/etc. but I am stuck on this screen:

Screenshot from 2012-12-03 19:32:52 by 06CTS-V, on Flickr

How do I continue? I cant click on ok and there is no where to type ok???

[edog1977]

Hit "Tab" until the o.k. at the bottom of the window is highlighted then hit enter? Or maybe use the arrow keys to highlight the o.k.

[SilverZ06]

Hit "Tab" until the o.k. at the bottom of the window is highlighted then hit enter? Or maybe use the arrow keys to highlight the o.k.

that worked..thanks 

[SilverZ06]

new problem, Wine wont install. It seems to be a common problem but I have yet to find a solution that actually works.  :

john@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 wine : Depends: wine1.5 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
john@ubuntu:~$

[MrRiplEy[H]]

new problem, Wine wont install. It seems to be a common problem but I have yet to find a solution that actually works.  :

Did you try to install wine through the Ubuntu software installer GUI? That should be your main place for installs.

[SilverZ06]

Did you try to install wine through the Ubuntu software installer GUI? That should be your main place for installs.

yes. I've tried both ways and get the same errors. And tried several fixes I've found online but none have worked. That is on my desktop. I m gonna try it on my laptop today.