Comments on: Switch Now!! Friggin Amazin Kubuntu!!! http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu Kuwait Life, Lifestyle, Classifieds, Jobs & Reviews | ChillNite.com Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SmoothTony http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-60758 SmoothTony Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:24:21 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu#comment-60758 That's great work you've done. I've been a linux fan for quite sometime. I'd 1st worked on Ubuntu about a year back. I loved its ease of use. Performance bets windows xp any day. I'd downloaded edubuntu (ubuntu with an Education twist in it) - the PPC version. Hoping to get an old g3 400mhz imac (all-in-one) and install it with edubuntu for my kids to use and learn. Of course, I'm not into the techs of linux but learn & discover things through forums and various information off the net. Congratualtions once again... I was hoping Linux get spread in Kuwait and windows becomes a thing of the past...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('60758','SmoothTony'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('60758','SmoothTony','That\'s great work you\'ve done.\nI\'ve been a linux fan for quite sometime. I\'d 1st worked on Ubuntu about a year back. I loved its ease of use. Performance bets windows xp any day.\nI\'d downloaded edubuntu (ubuntu with an Education twist in it) - the PPC version. Hoping to get an old g3 400mhz imac (all-in-one) and install it with edubuntu for my kids to use and learn.\nOf course, I\'m not into the techs of linux but learn & discover things through forums and various information off the net.\nCongratualtions once again... I was hoping Linux get spread in Kuwait and windows becomes a thing of the past...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> That’s great work you’ve done.
I’ve been a linux fan for quite sometime. I’d 1st worked on Ubuntu about a year back. I loved its ease of use. Performance bets windows xp any day.
I’d downloaded edubuntu (ubuntu with an Education twist in it) – the PPC version. Hoping to get an old g3 400mhz imac (all-in-one) and install it with edubuntu for my kids to use and learn.
Of course, I’m not into the techs of linux but learn & discover things through forums and various information off the net.
Congratualtions once again… I was hoping Linux get spread in Kuwait and windows becomes a thing of the past…
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]]> By: zeecu http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-60757 zeecu Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:57:50 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu#comment-60757 also, try XGL + Beryl. Amazing eye candy, and in my case it's more stable than Compiz, altho I'm not so sure how it'd perform on a 915. Works fantastically here on a Geforce 6600.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('60757','zeecu'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('60757','zeecu','also, try XGL + Beryl. Amazing eye candy, and in my case it\'s more stable than Compiz, altho I\'m not so sure how it\'d perform on a 915. Works fantastically here on a Geforce 6600.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> also, try XGL + Beryl. Amazing eye candy, and in my case it’s more stable than Compiz, altho I’m not so sure how it’d perform on a 915. Works fantastically here on a Geforce 6600.
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]]> By: zeecu http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-60756 zeecu Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:56:09 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu#comment-60756 I've got both XP SP2 and Ubuntu. Dual booting seems pointless right now because I haven't booted into XP for a month now ever since I perfected the ubuntu installation. Hardware, especially stuff like wireless usb dongles and in your case the wataniya aircard can be tough to crack, but there's always google and other people who faced the same installation problems. Only thing keeping me from deleting XP altogether is Steam. It 'works' using wine but not as fast and/or stable. If only they released a native linux version... In any case, enjoy!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('60756','zeecu'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('60756','zeecu','I\'ve got both XP SP2 and Ubuntu. Dual booting seems pointless right now because I haven\'t booted into XP for a month now ever since I perfected the ubuntu installation. Hardware, especially stuff like wireless usb dongles and in your case the wataniya aircard can be tough to crack, but there\'s always google and other people who faced the same installation problems.\n\nOnly thing keeping me from deleting XP altogether is Steam. It \'works\' using wine but not as fast and\/or stable. If only they released a native linux version...\n\n\nIn any case, enjoy!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’ve got both XP SP2 and Ubuntu. Dual booting seems pointless right now because I haven’t booted into XP for a month now ever since I perfected the ubuntu installation. Hardware, especially stuff like wireless usb dongles and in your case the wataniya aircard can be tough to crack, but there’s always google and other people who faced the same installation problems.

Only thing keeping me from deleting XP altogether is Steam. It ‘works’ using wine but not as fast and/or stable. If only they released a native linux version…

In any case, enjoy!

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]]> By: MacaholiQ8 http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-60755 MacaholiQ8 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:20:23 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu#comment-60755 Sounds cool. Been thinking of converting to Fedora red hat on my windows xp laptop but I've been stalling since OS X does everything pretty well. Maybe I'd skip fedora and try kubuntu instead. :thumbs up:<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('60755','MacaholiQ8'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('60755','MacaholiQ8','Sounds cool.\n\nBeen thinking of converting to Fedora red hat on my windows xp laptop but I\'ve been stalling since OS X does everything pretty well. Maybe I\'d skip fedora and try kubuntu instead. :thumbs up:'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Sounds cool.

Been thinking of converting to Fedora red hat on my windows xp laptop but I’ve been stalling since OS X does everything pretty well. Maybe I’d skip fedora and try kubuntu instead. :thumbs up:

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]]> By: DA http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-60754 DA Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:33:27 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu#comment-60754 Dagger: My laptop has Intel915 chipset, so I had to download 915resolution package. And a tweak had to be added in my xorg.conf to allow the display for 1280x800. Also had to add 915resolution initialization in my startup scripts.Check my Kubuntu page from the menu above for details. Click here for instructions <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.chillnite.com/kubuntu-guides/using-915resolution-with-kubuntu/" rel="nofollow"> Using 915resolution with Kubuntu</a></strong><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('60754','DA'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('60754','DA','Dagger: My laptop has Intel915 chipset, so I had to download 915resolution package. And a tweak had to be added in my xorg.conf to allow the display for 1280x800. Also had to add 915resolution initialization in my startup scripts.Check my Kubuntu page from the menu above for details.\n\nClick here for instructions <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chillnite.com\/kubuntu-guides\/using-915resolution-with-kubuntu\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Using 915resolution with Kubuntu<\/a><\/strong>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Dagger: My laptop has Intel915 chipset, so I had to download 915resolution package. And a tweak had to be added in my xorg.conf to allow the display for 1280×800. Also had to add 915resolution initialization in my startup scripts.Check my Kubuntu page from the menu above for details.

Click here for instructions Using 915resolution with Kubuntu

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]]> By: The Dagger http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-60753 The Dagger Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:03:19 +0000 http://www.chillnite.com/switch-now-friggin-amazin-kubuntu#comment-60753 You said: “I faced initially was with display 1280×800 but there is a nifty app which solved that issue.” What is that nifty app that you used? I am uisng Ubuntu, and everything works great except that I can’t change the screen rsolution (maybe because I am using an older Dell latitude test machine I found in the office). By the way, have you tried Xubuntu? It’s a lighter version of Ubuntu designed for older machines. It is really fast.
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