Ok so I downloaded Linux ???

[shadow_man]

Yeah i know that works but want something like Untangle ??
the only thing is i battled for 4 hours last night to get it to work and still nothing ???
and their forums are pretty crappy so yeah stuck looking for a another solution ?

Pay someone to do it - you seriously do not have the know how. This is evident in all of your threads. You will regret it when you cock it up - rather pay someone and attempt to learn from them as they do it. That way it is hands on and you can't go wrong.

Yes - thank god - finally the mods banned him. Was worse than hellothere on steroids.

J

 

[Arador]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux.

Ubuntu is one of the best Distro's if you are new to Linux but as was said here, OpeneSUSE is also good and you can have a look at Mint as well (Mint is a version of Ubuntu with most of the bells and whistles pre-installed.)

As in that article there are some things you should always install to get the best out of the system.

There are many ways you can run Linux. In a Virtual Box, though that wont let it run at it's full potential. I swopped them around, running Ubuntu on my work laptop and XP in the Virtual Machine.

You can also Dual Boot and there are a lot of options regarding this. On my Home PC I have partitioned the drive into 3 parts. The 1st 80GB I loaded XP on for Games. The second 200GB I designated as a bare drive for My Documents and the last 40GB I installed Ubuntu. So when my PC boots up, I can pick Windows to play games or Ubuntu to do everything else with the partition in the middle being shared between the two OS's so both can see My Documents.

Do note that you can play some games on Ubuntu with Wine like Half-Life 2 but some won't play along hence why I was forced to keep an XP partition in case.

Another important thing to note is that you do not have the same 32bit vs 64bit problem that you have with other OS's. ALL Ubuntu packages come in 32bit and 64bit so there is no real reason to install 32bit anymore. And with 64bit you are able to see more than 3.2GB of RAM.

Lastly a great package for monitoring Bandwidth usage is with "vnstat"

Open the terminal and type:
*sudo apt-get install vnstat
*enter your password and when it is installed type:
*vnstat -u -i ppp0
*replace the ppp0 above with whatever your adapter name is. To check, type "ifconfig" and it will list all your network adapters. "eth" means ethernet, "ppp" is modems. 3G modems typically show up as ppp.
* then at anytime, type "vnstat -m" to see your monthly usage.

Top noob tip I can give you, remember that Linux is Case Sensitive. Commands, Foldernames, Filenames, none of those will work if you do not type them in exactly as they should be.

Kind Regards
David

 

[d0b33]

If you want Bling get Kubuntu, it comes with "Bling" out the Box.

 

[swsup97]

Pay someone to do it - you seriously do not have the know how. This is evident in all of your threads. You will regret it when you cock it up - rather pay someone and attempt to learn from them as they do it. That way it is hands on and you can't go wrong.

Yes - thank god - finally the mods banned him. Was worse than hellothere on steroids.

J

What was the reason for banning?

 

[MyWorld]

I also tried going through his last couple of posts, but nothing screams "BAN ME", unless the powers that be deleted some stuff I also have no idea.

 

[Ockie]

I started using linux with Ubuntu. Now using Linux Mint. It is based on Ubuntu so works very very similar...but whats nice is that Flash, Java, Media Playback (including DVD & AVI) included out of the box...no more need to install all different kinds of packages to get it going like in Ubuntu.

If you want nice bling for either ubuntu or Mint then do a google search for "infinity theme ubuntu" and it will give you instructions on how to download them. With the infinity theme there are about 6 other cool themes also. On top of that you can download either the cairo-dock or the avant window navigator. Gives you a Mac OS like dock.