Very true! I have done away with Windows on my laptop. Just formatted my sda1 to reiserfs.

Reiserfs seems to be faster than ext3, but I noticed a slowdown during startup. Normal?

Apparently Windows will drift 8 hours behind local time and Ubuntu 8 hours in front.

I've set again ubuntu to synchronize with Internet server and reboot Windows. Windows time is normal and only ubuntu time drifted to 8 hours in front.

It didn't actually drift. It is just how the time is intepreted that makes the difference. Windows assumes that your BIOS time is set to local time, e.g. it is 11:15 now. So when you boot your Windows, it will tell you that your time is 11:15am in KL, Singapore (+8) time zone. This is actually not a good way of setting the clock, but like all things Windows they do it anyway regardless whether it is right or wrong.

Ubuntu (or any other OS I know) inteprets the BIOS time in a different way. It assumes that the time set on your BIOS is UTC time. This makes sense if you are a travelling notebook user since the time is always correct wherever you go (UTC time is contant regarless of position). The only thing you change is your time zone to match the time zone you are currently in. The advantage is that all date and time for all applications are correctly recorded as UTC (e.g. e-mails, etc). So you can send/receive messages around the world and the date/time stamp is always correct.

So if you want Ubuntu to show the correct time now, set the BIOS to 03:15. Set your timezone to "Asia/Kuala Lumpur" (which is +8) and you will see the correct local time on Ubuntu. If you wish to see UTC then right click on your date/time display and set the Preferences to show UTC time.

If i'm not mistaken you can set Ubuntu to interpret BIOS time as local time. I remember seeing it during installation of Ubuntu. I can't be bothered to find out how to do it now.

On the other hand you can try to find out if Window can accept UTC time setting on the BIOS. This is make it much easier since both systems now can have the same time.

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Added on January 28, 2008, 12:21 pmAre you on 7.10? If so, then it is a little more sluggish compared to previous versions. You can see some people complaining on the Ubuntu forums already. Too much emphasis on eye-candy and not enough on substance. I don't think the file system has much to do with it.

Anyway I hope they do a good job on 8.04 which is suppose to be an LTS.


This post has been edited by afghan: Jan 28 2008, 12:21 PM

Yeah I am on Gutsy. I realize that things are a little slower compared to Feisty (which was an awesome release). Other than that, EVERYTHING is working great. I am hoping for the same thing on Heron; coz that's the OS I am going to put on my desktop once its released. Sadly I will have to dual boot that desktop as its a gaming rig.

Wow, I will try this, thanks a lot, pal, sure, I will be happy-ing enjoying 6GB RAM at last

guys..i have a problem....my smc usb wi-fi cannot be used in ubuntu...it detects it...connected...but if use mozilla...page not found...any ideas?

Okay, Got my ubuntu working, but after I set my display monitor and all these, xserver refuse to boot up.

/etc/gdm/failsafexserver: Line 47: [: too many arguments
Warning: Failsafe mode was already attempted within 30 seconds
Warning: Falling back to gdm to report the issue

Any solution?

This post has been edited by sakurakinomoto: Jan 29 2008, 02:12 PM

Type this in a terminal and copy-paste the output here.



Aiyo, sad to say that I have never encountered this before BUT I bet you are using an ATI graphic card

Anyway, this might be the solution for you: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=655966

If you cannot understand any part of it, do post back

This post has been edited by tesla_rage: Jan 29 2008, 05:08 PM

Nope, I don't use ATi =D

I use nVidia Quadro 980XGL

But, Anyway, since its the beginning only, I decide to reformat it lolx.

I already install WINE, I like it!

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Added on January 30, 2008, 5:56 pmAnd also, One more question, How to see Memory USAGE (RAM) and amount of it in Ubuntu, can't seems to find it

This post has been edited by sakurakinomoto: Jan 30 2008, 05:56 PM

free,top with m

Huh?

I'm sorry I am really a newbie Open sources software.

I type them in the terminal?

Sorry for epic question >.<

EDIT: And How do I actually type them?

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Added on January 30, 2008, 9:08 pmOne more thing, I get rid of my windows partition, Distro rules my socks

Found it, thanks!

This post has been edited by sakurakinomoto: Jan 30 2008, 10:00 PM

Want something nicer?

New to linux.. I'm using uBuntu 7.10 and just found out that my NIC doesn't support linux I did some googling but there's no linux driver for my NIC. My onboard LAN was fried so right now I'm stuck.. Anyone can give me some suggestions or ideas to have myself connected to the internet?

Can you do this in a terminal and tell us what is the result?

wow...I will try it tomorrow

I really love Ubuntu, I want to convert all my computers to Ubuntu now =X

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Added on January 31, 2008, 11:32 pmI got one more question.

How much RAM can Ubuntu support?

I got 6GB and i think It only regconize 3GB?

This post has been edited by sakurakinomoto: Jan 31 2008, 11:32 PM

I tried 8 GB with Ubuntu 7.1 64bit last month, it can detect up to 3.3 gb only.
I don't know what's wrong.

I tried RHEL with PAE and 8GB is all fine.
Strange issue indeed.

even 64 bit also?

I thought Linux shouldn't have any problem with multi processors + Loads RAM

Ok nevermind I found it. Will tell the results later. Thanks a lot


UPDATE :



This post has been edited by BlueWind: Feb 3 2008, 12:05 PM

the list of cd that i have try:
- ubuntu 5.1
- ubuntu 6.1
- ubuntu 7.1
- xubuntu 7.1

all of them are LiveCD, but the result still the same(restart by it self and did not display boot screen)
when i want to install ubuntu or xubuntu, i unplugged the hardisk that have windows...
i think it may cost from hardware or bios problem...
i try to change different dvd-rom and setup for bios,but still donno what cost the problem.....
i try to install using WMware,but my pc didn't detect boot device...
any clue?i realy want to try ubuntu,coz this sem i'm learning linux and start to enjoy myself using ubuntu in lab...

ubuntu 7.10 has the dhbcbd bug izzit?my wifi can connect...but no data transferred..any other software for linux that can overcome this?

solved by installing using wubi the new version of ubuntu...8.04

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Added on February 4, 2008, 6:04 pmany guide to install ati 3850 driver?

This post has been edited by MangKoK^ayon: Feb 4 2008, 06:04 PM