Ubuntu Queries by MetalheadGautham
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infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
Easiest way, if you haf GNOME installed: Right click on the .svg file and select Open With > gThumb Imager Viewer. Once the image opens, goto Tools > Convert Format. Select appropriate settings and its doneMetalheadGautham said:
You can even resize your images.
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MetalheadGautham
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abe yaar I wanted to do pbg to svg, not svg to pnginfra_red_dude said:Easiest way, if you haf GNOME installed: Right click on the .svg file and select Open With > gThumb Imager Viewer. Once the image opens, goto Tools > Convert Format. Select appropriate settings and its done
infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
Inkscape and GIMP will do just fine
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MetalheadGautham
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thanks for the bookmarks, but I am not THAT new. I learn fast
and I still did not get any advice on weather I should upgrade from my ubuntu-feisty to ubuntu-gutsy or xubuntu-gutsy. This is the biggest question I have, with only 256MB DDR DRAM and P4 2.66 GHz.
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use xfce manager, xubuntuMetalheadGautham said:thanks for the bookmarks, but I am not THAT new. I learn fast
and I still did not get any advice on weather I should upgrade from my ubuntu-feisty to ubuntu-gutsy or xubuntu-gutsy. This is the biggest question I have, with only 256MB DDR DRAM and P4 2.66 GHz.
mediator
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Practically I've experienced that Ubuntu 7.04 doesn't work smoothly with 256MB RAM. Edgy that I have on Lappy works nicely with 512 MB RAM.MetalheadGautham said:thanks for the bookmarks, but I am not THAT new. I learn fast
and I still did not get any advice on weather I should upgrade from my ubuntu-feisty to ubuntu-gutsy or xubuntu-gutsy. This is the biggest question I have, with only 256MB DDR DRAM and P4 2.66 GHz.
So I guess u shud take a peek on fluxbox. Its kinda geeky!! Also, I've experienced Suse 10/10.2, Fedora 7 to be working nicely with 256 MB RAM. So u may try them also.
Ur processor speed is fine and better than mine. So its no hurdle!! Neways if u feel that u must go with Ubuntu than I suggest u increase the RAM.
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but many people say otherwise. I can do everything in 7.04, ecept playing songs while writing DVDs and using more than two programs while running gDeskletsmediator said:
fluxbox? you mean the one in Dyne:Bolic? A complete no-no as of now, unless I try to learn it for a week
How the hell can SuSE 10.2 work nicely in 256 mb ram when it even refuses to boot live in my comp, asking for doubling my ram?
fedora 7? I thought ubuntu is faster than fedora
my processor? P4 = Bull$hit. And to add to my misery I got only reltek onboard soundcard, which can't even run Hydrogen Properly(I get purring noices if I add more than 3 beats in a single point of time). Intel 915G with GMA 900 does not give the best graphics either.
I am growing tiered of trying to extract the maximum out of my PC. But no upgrades for me for another 20 months. I need to try to make this box as productive as possible, all the time making my n00bish friends with 60K windows boxes think I have some kind of a super-duper OS, because I customised Ubuntu to look to kill
mediator
Technomancer
There is a big difference between booting live from CDROM and booting from HDD. U shudn't compare the two.
If u "thought" about fedora like that then u need to confirm it practically. Fedora seemed to be faster than Ubuntu at all times with same hw config. Atleast thats what I experienced.
U must understand that more the system becomes configured for desktop use the more the background processes and scripts will be and hence the slower it will be.
U can give a try to other distroos, Window managers or upgrade RAM. If u r a victim of 'I thought' kinda thoughts then I guess u'll have to wait for 'another 20 months'.
If u "thought" about fedora like that then u need to confirm it practically. Fedora seemed to be faster than Ubuntu at all times with same hw config. Atleast thats what I experienced.
U must understand that more the system becomes configured for desktop use the more the background processes and scripts will be and hence the slower it will be.
U can give a try to other distroos, Window managers or upgrade RAM. If u r a victim of 'I thought' kinda thoughts then I guess u'll have to wait for 'another 20 months'.
praka123
left this forum longback
with kde,u'll feel home 
ie,like Vista's speed 
personal experiance as i too am stuck with my Linux Box 915GV+256MB RAM+p4 2.8Ghz prescott.only "+" is xfx 7300 GT running in pci-eX4 mode
Use customized Xubuntu or try sidux with xfce or the best of the best is build ur system install Gentoo.it will be supposedly the fastest as every pkg is optimized for ur architecture and kernel performance enhancement patches done. <===though u shud be a little geeky to do above
ie,like Vista's speed personal experiance as i too am stuck with my Linux Box 915GV+256MB RAM+p4 2.8Ghz prescott.only "+" is xfx 7300 GT running in pci-eX4 mode Use customized Xubuntu or try sidux with xfce or the best of the best is build ur system install Gentoo.it will be supposedly the fastest as every pkg is optimized for ur architecture and kernel performance enhancement patches done. <===though u shud be a little geeky to do above
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praka123 said:with kde,u'll feel home
Use customized Xubuntu or try sidux with xfce or the best of the best is build ur system install Gentoo.it will be supposedly the fastest as every pkg is optimized for ur architecture and kernel performance enhancement patches done. <===though u shud be a little geeky to do above
Vista? At Home? You are kidding right? I loath the way the window name is printed. I hate the max, min, close keys. I prefer the Gnome Linsta customised with Ubuntu Studio Icons. This looks a bit like vista, but is much better. Look like vista in the sence has black bars. thats the end of the story. And yes, KDE supposedly recomends atleast 768 mb ram for full throttle performance?
I was thinking of publishing my old checklist again from the distro request thread:
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they are the list of distros I have. Do you think I really should try Gentoo? what about its son Sabayon? Has anyone tried them to prove praka123's statement that they run well on old systems?
what do you mean by geeky to do the above?
I was also thinking of compiling ubuntu from source. Is there any software that does this automatically and builds an ISO, so that what ever I install will be fully compatible with my system? Is this feasable?
@praka123: what do YOU use? And how is the performance in your PC?
and what can be said about vector linux? I want to know how good the new 5.8 is. I am waiting for the release of 5.9 standard, which is nearly here(its still RC3) before downloading, so as to give everyone the benifit of my clever use of bandwidth
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new question: can I install Xfce and KDE (xubu and kubu) within ubuntu so that I can choose which to boot with? a small voice in my head tells yes, but how exactly?
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FilledVoid
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On my DVD install I can select both packages KDE and XFCE in the Synaptic menu . I haven't done this personally though cause it tends to bloat up the install. If you look in Synaptic you should see the packages KDE and XFCE4 in there. Im pretty sure it should install all dependencies the Windows Manager needs to change . You might wait for others opinion too .
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MetalheadGautham
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I currently have two Gutsy 7.10 DVDs. One downloaded by me and the other I got from digit. Is there some modified stuff in the Digit version?exx_2000 said:
And by bloating the install, does it mean slow down the system?
I want to upgrade mainly because ALSA and XV give me some troubles in Feisty Fawn.
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FilledVoid
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I seriously doubt it but I haven't even got my copy of Digit so I cant confirm. Multiple Window managers result in installing all those files you are going to need to support it. I asked this question in #Ubuntu and the overall consensus was that it wouldn't slow the system but it would increase the size on disk greatly. Once I get my Digit copy Ill try running it on VirtualBox cause I haven't tried a Linux OS in it yet. You could do the same to confirm its performance.
FOr ALSA you could always try PulseAudio but Im not sure how that turns out as Im scared to try that
. Prakash and gary4gar seems to run it though. So you might want to check with them .
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MetalheadGautham
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heard of PulceAudio alright. But do softwares actually support it? MPlayer, VLC, Xine and company? and is it available for Ubuntu? Or should I shift to Fedora 8?
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