Help with using Ubuntu 7.04
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infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
@gx
at first place u shud've told as to what u wanna do. if u wanted to run media files out of the box, wanted some proprietory drivers etc... widout the hassles of installing anything, then u made a wrong choice of distro!
as a home user, if u just wanted to get things done then there are more user friendly (for windows users) distros like this one:
Freespire
*freespire.org/
(use the regular version not the oss version)
freespire supports these out of the box:
do try it out and then report back... i doubt if u'll feel the same thing for "home" users after trying it out.
ubuntu doesn't bundle these packages simply coz its against the license. so u had to install a lot of things.... and had difficulty installing it. vaguely comparing ur deed... its like installing Windows 2000 Server and telling that most of the games do not run!!!
there are distros like gentoo which are completely customisable... if u haf a look at those, then u'll feel ubuntu gives more stuff out of the box. its just a matter of choice and requirement. if ubuntu doesn't fit in, then try something else. there's no dearth of linux distros. theres one for everyone!!!
ps: freespire is based on debian. so its much like ubuntu..... tho ubuntu is ubuntu!!! but nevertheless freespire will serve ur purpose. it can even be run as a live cd. so do boot from it in a regular way (not vmware) and give it a try.
at first place u shud've told as to what u wanna do. if u wanted to run media files out of the box, wanted some proprietory drivers etc... widout the hassles of installing anything, then u made a wrong choice of distro!
as a home user, if u just wanted to get things done then there are more user friendly (for windows users) distros like this one:
Freespire
*freespire.org/
(use the regular version not the oss version)
freespire supports these out of the box:
do try it out and then report back... i doubt if u'll feel the same thing for "home" users after trying it out.
ubuntu doesn't bundle these packages simply coz its against the license. so u had to install a lot of things.... and had difficulty installing it. vaguely comparing ur deed... its like installing Windows 2000 Server and telling that most of the games do not run!!!
there are distros like gentoo which are completely customisable... if u haf a look at those, then u'll feel ubuntu gives more stuff out of the box. its just a matter of choice and requirement. if ubuntu doesn't fit in, then try something else. there's no dearth of linux distros. theres one for everyone!!!
ps: freespire is based on debian. so its much like ubuntu.....
tho ubuntu is ubuntu!!! but nevertheless freespire will serve ur purpose. it can even be run as a live cd. so do boot from it in a regular way (not vmware) and give it a try.
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QwertyManiac
Commander in Chief
Yes its a software and not love.gx_saurav said:
I would surely recommend sabayon over freespire anyday.
From what I've heard and seen I doubt if linspire people even work with the community. And their approach to Linux just doesn't feel right as a user, to me.
Sabayon is a quick and easy way to get started with gentoo. And it's not as difficult as you'd believe from the gentoo hype but it requires you to understand a couple of new things.
You only need to understand most of the other things if you gonna do a lot of customisations.
And with binpackages coming soon, the hassle of compiling will be done away with till a huge extent.
And sabayon includes lots of proprietory drivers and codecs out of the box. It also includes some nifty scripts and tools to get started with beryl quite easily.
From what I've heard and seen I doubt if linspire people even work with the community. And their approach to Linux just doesn't feel right as a user, to me.
Sabayon is a quick and easy way to get started with gentoo. And it's not as difficult as you'd believe from the gentoo hype but it requires you to understand a couple of new things.
You only need to understand most of the other things if you gonna do a lot of customisations.
And with binpackages coming soon, the hassle of compiling will be done away with till a huge extent.
And sabayon includes lots of proprietory drivers and codecs out of the box. It also includes some nifty scripts and tools to get started with beryl quite easily.
infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
as i said, theres a linux distro for everyone! try both gx.... no harm in using live cd!
infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
if u want out of the box eye candy you can even try dreamlinux. it is based on debian too.
*www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/download.html
check out the screenshots. its based on XFCE desktop, so is less less resource hugry than kde or gnome. but it doesn't compromise on eye candy!!!
the reason why i did not recommend sabayon is that, it doesn't support any installation package. u'll hafta obtain the source tarball and compile it. since u are predominantly a windows user and wudn't wanna go thru this i didn't suggest u sabayon. otherwise its a great distro!
*www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/download.html
check out the screenshots. its based on XFCE desktop, so is less less resource hugry than kde or gnome. but it doesn't compromise on eye candy!!!
the reason why i did not recommend sabayon is that, it doesn't support any installation package. u'll hafta obtain the source tarball and compile it. since u are predominantly a windows user and wudn't wanna go thru this i didn't suggest u sabayon. otherwise its a great distro!
No you don't have to get the source tarball and compile it on your own. You just have to give emerge command it will download the tarball from gentoo's mirror and compile it for you. And for sissies afraid of a simple CLI command, there's a good GUI frontend in portato.
infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
actually i'm myselft keen on trying gentoo and gentoo based distros..... i'll soon do it... since i've downloaded sabayon 3.3.. was waiting for stabe 3.4.. but its ok... i'll give it a try...
infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
tried dreamlinux... its a cool distro based on debian. very light on resources but doesn't compromise on eye candy! is a mac clone. icons are beautiful, so is the dock. the effects are cool... plus most of the apps are bundled: openoffice, firefox 1.5, xmms, gimp and other standard stuff which u mite need.
guys, give the live cd a shot.....
guys, give the live cd a shot.....
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