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Liz:
Pretty much, yeah. I keep finding tutorials but none of them make any sense. I feel silly.
MillionDollar Belt Sander:
http://ubuntuforums.org/
All shall be answered within. I am Epic Plecostomus there.
Ubuntu, once you get it up and running will reward you with the utmost stability under the worst conditions you can throw at it.
If you intend to try Ubuntu DO NOT EVEN ATTEMPT to dual-boot, do one or the other. Either the Ubuntu process will eat your Windows, or Windows will suddenly corrupt your Ubuntu partition. AND BE SURE TO BACK UP EVERYTHING.
I've been running Ubuntu for 18 months now, I'll never go back to Windows full time.... Windows is nice but I can take Ubuntu apart and tweek it at the atomic level. Can't really do that with Windows. I keep XP on the other laptop for the rare program I can't run in WINE.
*shrug* What is right for you? It depends if you want to take the time to build an operating system or if you want a pre-assembled solution. If you aren't really technosavy or have little patients for learning then stick with XP.
That said, the solution to your wireless problem Misconception will be found on the forum. AND they will explain it to you. They are very good at that.
Eternal_Newbie:
--- Quote from: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 09 Apr 2008, 21:06 ---If you intend to try Ubuntu DO NOT EVEN ATTEMPT to dual-boot, do one or the other. Either the Ubuntu process will eat your Windows, or Windows will suddenly corrupt your Ubuntu partition. AND BE SURE TO BACK UP EVERYTHING.
--- End quote ---
I have to disagree, but not about backing up first. Always make backups. I been dual-booting Linux (Slackware) and Windows for 5 years and have had no problems. In fact the only time I had problems was when I tried multi-booting with FreeBSD, but FreeBSD is known to prefer having a disk to itself.
There is one major gotcha though. Linux writes a boot loader (usually GRUB) to the Master Boot Record (MBR) which allows easy dual-booting. If you reinstall Windows, it will overwrite the MBR, so your Linux installation will remain unavailable until you either reinstall Linux or run a repair from the install disk, depending on the Linux distribution you use. This is why you always install Windows first on a dual-boot machine. Vista might also complain a bit about the Linux boot loader, as Vista doesn't like stuff changing the MBR, that can be easily sorted though.
Translated from Geek: Windows can overwrite something that Linux needs so always reinstall Linux after reinstalling Windows.
As for Misconception's problem playing DVD's, thats possibly because Ubuntu dosn't install the software for decoding DVD's (legal issues). The Ubuntu Wiki might help.
PS does anyone else think that the woman in that Novell Linux ad looks like the stoner in the old Apple "Switch" ads.
Liz:
I got movies to play! So that is good, I like that. Now if I can just get my wireless card working I think I will be set with Linux. I'm moving into an apartment in a month that has wireless internet, so I kinda need it going by then. Bleh. We'll see what happens.
trebach:
The easiest thing is to use ndiswrapper, which should be provided in the install. You need to give it the XP network driver for it to work. Depending on the version of Ubuntu you installed, there may be a Windows Wireless drivers tool in System -> Administration to make the process a lot easier.
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