Anyone tried Ubuntu?

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Anyone tried this OS? What is your opinion.
 
I use Ubuntu daily. It's a great OS for those who would like a bit more control over their system and are willing to put in some effort to get things just the way they like them. It's also a good starter distribution for those looking to learn more about Linux.
 
I had a very good laugh at the title of the topic. I do apologize, it is not directed at you Marco, but at this stage it is the most popular Linux distro by a long shot, and asking that question is like asking a racing driver if he has ever driven a fast car.

You will find some very knowledgeable people regarding Ubuntu on here, so shoot with the questions!

Just for the record, I tried Ubuntu/Kubuntu and hate it. But that is a story for another time.
:D
 
MyWorld said:
I had a very good laugh at the title of the topic. I do apologize, it is not directed at you Marco, but at this stage it is the most popular Linux distro by a long shot, and asking that question is like asking a racing driver if he has ever driven a fast car.
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lol +1
 
i find ubuntu very nice...

Had very few problems with it...

I have used two different versions of ubuntu, Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu server :)
 
marco said:
Anyone tried this OS? What is your opinion.
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Yeah, I've tried it a bit. :D

I think that Ubuntu especially has helped get more people's attention, and let them see that there is a viable alternative to M$. 8.10 is great, can't wait to see what 9.04 brings us.

B
 
Installed it last weekend. Trying to learn how to use it and setup everything. Its not easy, but worth trying out for yourself.
 
Peder said:
most drivers as long as you are not going to install it on a "abnormal" system...

take the CD ( and do a test run) you can select it not to install but just test it on your pc and see how you like it?
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Will it work on the Quad
 
You know I just had to enter this thread to see who would actually ask a question like that lol.
We give them away at our store :)
 
I might have tried it in the past.. :D

Using mainly Mandriva 2009.0, suse11.1 (KDE3.5 cause 4 sucks ass) and yeas.. wait for it... Windows 7
 
I'm gonna hijack and try to get some more info out of you Linux okes concerning KDE.

Is KDE a distro or just something that makes your desktop look pretty.

Reading their site just confussed me and I don't know if you need a Linux distro and then KDE to compliment it.
KDE looks really good and I may want to give it a bash.
I think I read something on the KDE site that Fedora can accompany KDE?

Like I said :confused: :o
 
Shake&Bake said:
I'm gonna hijack and try to get some more info out of you Linux okes concerning KDE.

Is KDE a distro or just something that makes your desktop look pretty.

Reading their site just confussed me and I don't know if you need a Linux distro and then KDE to compliment it.
KDE looks really good and I may want to give it a bash.
I think I read something on the KDE site that Fedora can accompany KDE?

Like I said :confused: :o
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KDE is the window manager, the layer that controls the look of the desktop and windows. Like most things in linux, you have plenty of options for window managers - Gnome, KDE, and a host of others.

Most of the popular distros come with the option to install KDE or Gnome (or some of the others), or multiple window managers - in that case you choose which manager you want to use for that session at login.

Fedora, AFAIK, uses gnome as the default window manager, but if you download the DVD, KDE will be on there and you could choose to install only KDE when you install the OS. I don't immediately see any KDE only downloads on the fedora downloads page.

For a KDE only distro, try kubuntu or this mandriva.
 
KDE is a desktop environment. The relevant hierarchy is something like the following.

Linux is the operating system, consisting of the kernel and related services. The computer is usable with only the operating system. Many people prefer a graphical view for productivity applications, and also because it looks nicer (and is less intimidating). Thus, you got the X window system (most modern linux distributions use Xorg for this). Now, this isn't particularly pretty. So KDE, Gnome and company were developed. They are desktop environments that, by default, use specific window managers, window decorators, etc, and run on top of X.
 
KDE is the window manager
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I'm not going to get technical here since it can get confusing, but for the record KDE and Gnome are desktop environments (DE) and they are the only two.

The difference between a window manager and a desktop environment is that that a DE is a complete solution, it comes with everything, music player, video player, office solutions, etc.

All the other window managers are not stand alone (XFCE, Fluxbos, E17, Openbox, etc.) Take XFCE, it will be useless without some Gnome apps. and libs. Same goes for every other single WM out there.

So to answer you question. Linux is only the kernel and you will most probably never tinker with it till you are adept with Linux. I doubt most of the Linux contributors on here ever compiled their own kernels. This is the part that you rarely mess with if you are a beginner and average user. This is like the command prompt or Dos in Windows.

KDE and Gnome is the stuff you need to get work done in Linux, play games and watch movies, etc. It is a complete solution and you should be sorted for everything Linux by installing a complete KDE or Gnome environment, but usually this has already been taken care of by the distro of your choice. During the installation of say SuSE, Fedora, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS and a host of others, you can choose between KDE or Gnome.

Other distros like Ubuntu comes with only Gnome during installation with the option to add KDE later.
I think you get the idea now, basically all you need to do is choose which one you like, KDE or Gnome, and use it. Later on you can then experiment with minimal solutions like XFCE (pretty) and Fluxbox (l337).

I'm heavily biased towards KDE, I do not like Gnome and their "everyone is stupid" attitude at all, so I use KDE exclusively.

The best way to learn will be by grabbing say PCLinuxOS (my favourite for beginners) and playing with it. In the download section you will find places to download from in SA.
 
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Dark agent said:
Will it work on the Quad
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I have a Quad core Q9300, Nvidia 9600GT, Asus xonar, haupauge TV Tuner and p5Q mobo.. everything is supported 100%, I even have the temperature applet to display the temps of each core and GPU, the only thing I do is install the latest nvidia drivers manually but this is optional since there is a panel to enable the trusted drivers for noobs.

@ the OP... I started using Ubuntu about 6 months ago and have since converted, it's a pleasure to work on Ubuntu for me but if you decide to install it make sure all your hardware is supported or you'll en up spending hours trying to fix something that is not supported.

MyWorld said:
I'm heavily biased towards KDE, I do not like Gnome and their "everyone is stupid" attitude at all, so I use KDE exclusively.
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I was the same but switched to gnome.. so did Linus the inventor of Linux ;)

KDE4 is not fully polished yet... for me.
 
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I am using Ubuntu 8.04 amd64 - desktop, for my kids I installed 8.10 32 bit. Somebody wants to know about quad, had contract where Lenovo Intel quad was used - naturally that was Ubuntu 8.04 amd64 server, used for Postgres DB and Apache.
If you want to know what Windows user without Linux experience can do on Ubuntu here it is:

- Browse web, read mail, use chat, read/write different documents including MS Office documents
- Play audio and video, you may need to install codecs packages from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu. If that is most important for you install 32 bit Ubuntu, not all codecses are available for 64 bit Ubunty - MSS2 wont work and WMV3 works.
- Do programming including .NET
- Play Linux games, I find Glest and Warzone 2100 interesting.
 
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