your other alternative if u dont wanna reinstall XP is get some disk partitioner or manager to create another partition from inside your XP .. then install ubuntu into that new partition .. this is all assuming u have enuff HD space for both OS

finally, managa to install this stuff in my laptop.
thanx for the suggestion.
im using the above method, partitioning using paragon partition manager.

got to play around this stuff first.
lots of things to do, plugins, compiz all dat stuff

may i know what's ubuntu??is it a bt downloading machine??

lol..its an operating system..like windows, Macintosh, there is linux ( an open source operating system (free) ). Ubuntu is one of linux's distro which is quite user friendly...

i think it is possible to strip every thing, just leave the network and bittorrent deamon running. along with the essential stuff.

hello all....i am a total noobie when it comes to linux...i managed to install kubuntu 7.10 on my lappie..it looks really cool!

but at the moment it is running on 800x600 res in safe graphics mode.

so my question; how do i get to install all the drivers for my lappie in order to get the best from gutsy gibbon?

my lappie spec:
amd turion tl-56 1.8ghz
512ram ddr2
nvidia geforce 7000m n nforce 610 chipset
sata hdd
atheros wireless

can anyone help me out or at least point me in the right direction (links, keywords to search on google etc)

tq

in Linux, drivers are installed automagically with the concept of "just works". not like Windows where you have to hunt for drivers. but you have to install restricted drivers yourself

go to System Settings > Advanced tab > Restricted Drivers

those components that are not in use need to be installed, just tick in the box and the restricted drivers will be installed, you need to do this in Administrator mode, just click the button on the bottom right

Boy, you Ubuntu users get it easy. I've spent an hour trying to get Compiz working on my X86_64/Debian/Nvidia setup..

Yo...
you can use Gparted tu resize the partition. Resize at the end of the partition, very easy. The Ubuntu installer already equip with gparted.

That's pretty hardcore.

anyhow, XINE or GSTREAMER better?

I watch cantonese drama in rmvb, play Axxos in avi/divx, watch virals in 3gp/wmv

Can't hear a thing while playing 3gp file while other formats work flawlessly.

Another question, when u guys login to hotmail.com

Can you access the full version or the classic version?

I'm stuck in classic version. the web page said it supported Firefox 1.5 but im already using 2.0



*fixed the problem above by changing [Gutsy] to [Firefox] in [general.useragent.vendor] in [about:config] in Firefox.

Apparently, Ubuntu developers badged their own name into the Firefox built in this release.

And umm..some of my favorite plugin for Pidgin. Shows what playing in your media player

http://code.google.com/p/musictracker/

If lazy compile then download from

http://www.getdeb.net/search.php?keywords=musictracker

This post has been edited by syyang85: Oct 31 2007, 09:19 PM

ubuntu's gutsy gibbons give me a hell of a headache to get my X3100 chipset running in full 3D. Apparently the gutsy gibbons is giving us hp compaq lappy users a hell of a time.

i just started trying ubuntu 7.10 and its always hang. maybe about after 15mins, it will hang suddenly, no matter browsing, updating, tweaking setting... randonly.

system hardware:
amd64 3200+
ddr667 512mb
ati radeon x550
IDE hdd, 1 partition for ubuntu

both 64bit n 32bit gives me the same prob

That's a pretty good spec.
i wonder whats the problem.

word in the ubuntu forums is that the gutsy gibbons isnt that good a release yet. Do look up on the fix for laptop hard disks. Ubuntu reads the hard disk unnecessarily and increases the something something count which is not good.

i am having very laggy probs with 7.10 too .. opening and closing progs is very jerky and slow .. the compiz effects are oso extremely jerky
but disabling IPv6 has sort of solved slow connectivity prob ..

currently desktop has been leaving me shadows .. eg. when i open a window and then close that window .. a shadow or outline of that window remains on screen .. sometimes it goes away by itself sometimes it doesnt ...

another thing is the wireless .. sometimes its all perfect when i startup .. sometimes it did not even detect the wireless .. hahahahaaaa .. so i have to reboot .. sometimes more than once in order to detect my wireless .. but once its connected it stable ..

my spec .. BenQ S41
c2d 1.8
ddr2 2gb
8600M GS 256mb gfx

dual boot with MS windows

my spec pentium d 3.2ghz
nvidia 5600 128mb
ddr2 3gb
1 partition for windows and 1 partition for ubuntu.

Running fine with no problem at all, as for wireless dont use the network-manager that comes with gutsy, but install WICD instead, it can manage my wireless network better as should I say that the stock network-manager can't even connect to wpa encrypted AP, and doesn't support static IP.

I am now currently installing Ubuntu from a live CD, browsing while it is installing. Hope GRUB works fine with my existing XP.

WICD works great ... thanks !!!

but still the shadow/outline prob persists ... as well as the laggy problems ...
i guess i will just have to wait for the revised/new version april next year .. hahahahaa

Well I guess I should stick with 7.04 for now huh ?

damn...i almost got cut off from my OSes while installing.
For some reason when i tried to boot it after installing it,it says the partitions doesn't exist ?

went into windows and wiped out all partitions and try it again,then the stupid Grub boots from my 1st HDD which windows is installed,due to the deleted linux partition in the second HDD,it refuses to boot!

gotta try it again today

and whats the 512mb swap for? and is there any changes in GRUB that came with 7.10? like they changed the places where they are installed?

Last time,GRUB boots from my 1st HDD,but as mentioned above,all configuration files are stored within the 2nd HDD.