Migrating to Ubuntu - Advice?

[Bismuth]

...Or not getting my 5.1 sound to work properly (this was a while ago and things are probably different)...

This gave me a bit of a headache as well, not sure how it is on newer distros, as I am only using a 2.1 setup now due to space constraints, which works fine.

It appears that the majority recommend Linux Mint for a new user, and I do agree with them. However, I started with Ubuntu (8.04 or something), and haven't had much to complain about. Then again, got Gnome working when I was still dabbling with FreeBSD in 1999-2000 during my first explorations of non-Windows OSes, so Ubuntu was, and still is, a breeze, comparatively speaking. Still have the odd nightmare about sorting out dependency issues with FreeBSD!.

But yeah, if you do post any questions on any Linux form, be it Mint, Ubuntu or whatever, make sure that you have done some research yourself beforehand, otherwise you will just get blasted.

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[Ockie]

As a fairly inexperienced Linux user myself I still run into the odd usability problem. Like creating a file then having no permissions to edit the file later. .

sudo nautilus

This will open a new nautilus window and then you go to the file or folder and right click....select properties and then change the permissions. Viola!

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

sudo nautilus

This will open a new nautilus window and then you go to the file or folder and right click....select properties and then change the permissions. Viola!

Maybe not the best command to give to a linux newbie :erm:

Rather use a command:

sudo chown youruser:yourgroup yourfile

 

[Bobbin]

Schweet. OC just gave me more powa!!! I must use this responsibility wisely

 

[Bismuth]

Schweet. OC just gave me more powa!!! I must use this responsibility wisely

Lol, sudo doesn't do coffee, but does do sandwiches, apparently:

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[digitool]

Thanks

Sup guys girls and everything inbetween...

Your advice and concerns have been great.

I ended up doing a dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04.

So far everything runs fine and it takes a little getting used too but other than that I am satisfied with this installation. I am not sure why I didn't make the change earlier.

I never anticipated Ubuntu to be like windows. I wanted to familiarize myself with another OS and quite frankly windows just didn't satisfy me enough. I quite like the challenge of something new and I think at the core of it, my knowledge is never satisfied in only understanding one thing. After I have worked on Ubuntu for a couple months I will most likely move onto a tougher distribution (?). Then I guess I will start learning some programming languages.
I chose Ubuntu on the grounds that it was one of first alternate OS's I was encouraged to learn in high school but I didn't have the time to sit down and reconfigure the entire home PC for the whole family. Having my own PC now, I can afford to do such things.

Anyway, I just want to say thanks for the advice and concerns and I have taken everything into account.

High fives all round...

 

[ponder]

After I have worked on Ubuntu for a couple months I will most likely move onto a tougher distribution (?). Then I guess I will start learning some programming languages.

11.10 will be out next month.

If you want to move on to something else later on I can highly recommend Arch.

 

[Ou grote]

Sup guys girls and everything inbetween...

Your advice and concerns have been great.

I ended up doing a dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04.

So far everything runs fine and it takes a little getting used too but other than that I am satisfied with this installation. I am not sure why I didn't make the change earlier.

I never anticipated Ubuntu to be like windows. I wanted to familiarize myself with another OS and quite frankly windows just didn't satisfy me enough. I quite like the challenge of something new and I think at the core of it, my knowledge is never satisfied in only understanding one thing. After I have worked on Ubuntu for a couple months I will most likely move onto a tougher distribution (?). Then I guess I will start learning some programming languages.
I chose Ubuntu on the grounds that it was one of first alternate OS's I was encouraged to learn in high school but I didn't have the time to sit down and reconfigure the entire home PC for the whole family. Having my own PC now, I can afford to do such things.

Anyway, I just want to say thanks for the advice and concerns and I have taken everything into account.

High fives all round...

I've just started to download it myself.
25 minutes to go....

 

[digitool]

11.10 will be out next month.

If you want to move on to something else later on I can highly recommend Arch.

Thanks brah, I will take a look into that.

 

[digitool]

I've just started to download it myself.
25 minutes to go....

Goodluck yo.

 

[AstroTurf]

spare pare of undies for when you kak yourself after noticing what you have been missing

 

[Ou grote]

Goodluck yo.

Using it now.

So far it looks like a combo between OSX Tiger and Windows 7.

Need drivers...

 

[kingrob]

Support for Intel onboard graphics has been top notch for a while now (think there were some issues pre-karmic). Same for onboard audio you find on most integrated mobo's. Never had any trouble with either of these.

Nowadays you can download Linux drivers for Intel graphics directly from Intel's web site.

 

[BigAl-sa]

sudo nautilus

This will open a new nautilus window and then you go to the file or folder and right click....select properties and then change the permissions. Viola!

much easier to install the nautilus-gksu extension. right-clicking then gives you the option to open nautilus in su mode (just remember to reboot after you install it, as this is a fairly low-level change to nautilus).