Open Source

[gary4gar]

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I googled "restricted-drivers-manager" , but still am in doubt .
Will the Ubuntu CD contain the latest ATI drivers or is there any Ubuntu maintained database from which we get ATI drivers.

Also how to find out if Ubuntu will work with my ATI x1250 onboard grfx

See linux is growing day by day, the Support on hardware is improving.
now also you don't edit the config file xorg.conf manually, there is a GUI tools available for it in Ubuntu 7.10.
In simple words "it will work"

Try learning more about Ubuntu in General
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(Linux_distribution)

 

[avikchaks]

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^^ Can Ubuntu start unfinished torrent files which were started originally in windows ?

I don't mean to rebuke , I'm genuinely asking

 

[QwertyManiac]

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avikchaks - Downloads are OS independent heh, of course you can.

 

[avikchaks]

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Thanx , now I can do R & D to setup compiz and finish downloading GG at the same time

 

[Gigacore]

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^ what R&D will you do with Compiz-Fusion?

you will just gonna use it

 

[azzu]

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^^ let's hope he cum up with sum kool tut's
and help the Open source NOOBIE"S

 

[Gigacore]

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Oh yeah... thats nice we are waiting for that... post the tut

 

[avikchaks]

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Lol .
Im trying to get Compiz fusion to run .. I need some urgent tuts' meself .
Has anybody here managed to get Compiz fusion and Emerald to run on an ATI onboard x1250 Grfx card ?

 

[QwertyManiac]

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You'd need the restricted drivers (Installed via the Manager, or Envy anything)

And then you need to install xsever-xgl in case the effects button says "No Composite Extension Found"

 

[avikchaks]

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Thanx for the advice .

When i try to install xserver-sgl using command: sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl
It replies:
xserver-xgl is already the newest version.
I also have the ATI restricted drivers installed , And have composite "1" enabled in Xorg.conf .

When trying to enable desktop effects , it simply says"Desktop effects could not be enabled " , which is possibly as informative as if it said "SCHMUCK".

 

[azzu]

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iam not seeing My windows drives in MINt
how do mount drives

 

[Gigacore]

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^ you mean the NTFS drives?

 

[azzu]

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yes fat32 drives

 

[quantum]

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i ll suggest ubuntu the community support is excellent i learned all about linux which i needed in a week

 

[avikchaks]

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Btw , I just installed Ubuntu GG , previosuly was using Feisty .Everything works fine right out of the box .. I was able to get 1440 x 900 resolution while using the Live cd itself .

I have a question .

I have installed compiz fusion and emerald on Gutsy amd64.
I download "compiz" themes for emerald from [SIZE=-1]www.gnome-look.org

These are not working . Are there different themes for compiz and compiz -fusion ? Should the compiz themes for emerald work when only compiz fusion is installed ?

Plz advise .

[/SIZE]

 

[Dark Star]

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^^ You have to use emerald to get those working

sudo apt-get install emerald

 

[avikchaks]

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Thanx . Yes I have emerald installed

 

[contactpraven2001]

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for u it is mint

 

[avikchaks]

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Everything working . Will post in " post your desktop section theme " ..time for some modding ..
Btw , anybody wanting to use X1200 series cards ( mine is X1250) for compiz fusion, go download the latest ATI drivers for linux from AMD site . After that I needed no xgl .. nothing no modding with Xorg . Native resolution is automatically selected and i get to use compiz .

for u it is mint

Mint I think just has codecs . Rest nothing extra as compared to Ubuntu AFAIK

 

[faraaz]

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Ubuntu...cuz it r0x0rs my b0x0rs...