Any Linux Users?

[Rhetoric Camel]

I'm a n00b Linux user... about to update my Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04. Last night I got my two monitors working but the one on the right was the main one and I wanted the one on the left to be the main one and I couldn't figure it out, and fooling around with the xorg.conf further than the tutorial made me screw things up so I had to fix it and I didn't really end up getting anywhere. I did finally make the internet work on Ubuntu so that was the main issue.

If I can get Autodesk Maya, Adobe CS3, Shaiya (game), cool edit pro, and a few other things to work in Linux, I'd probably never use windows on my machine ever again.

 

[Caesarea]

Don't think I count really but last year bought an Acer Aspire One with Linpus Linux on it. Managed to find a Linux blog which showed me how to get Skype and a better Program Manager, however Linux as such remains a closed book to me. It is extremely fast and reliable for internet and basic use at conferences and weighs almost nothing. The ideal travelling netbook.
As you say, no virus pbs and no update hassles.

C.

 

[Rhetoric Camel]

Yay, got the main screen to be the left screen instead of my right screen, probably going to F it all up right now when I update to the newer version of Ubuntu. If anything it's fun to screw around with

 

[SLDS181]

Oh, and I'm a KDE kind of guy.... they just get it, imho. Gnome, imho, has more of a mac mentality.... make it easier by taking away options. For KDE, its easy based on layout, but all the advanced capabilities are there to play with.

Not to mention the underlying design (the software, not the themes in this reference) behind KDE 4.... stunning.

 

[Xenogy]

I'm running Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 on my Macbook and Windows 7 RC that I stripped down in Sun Virtual Box. Somthing happened to the monitor on my Macbook over a year ago. If I load Mac OSX or Windows the LCD will not work but with any Linux distro it works just fine. So thats when I got into Linux. Only problem I have with Ubuntu is an occasional generic wireless driver issue not authenticating right away, or on very rare occasions wireless not even turning on with a fresh boot. With Kubuntu (KDE 4) wireless was constantly a pain. I think there is a problem with the new KDE 4 wireless GUI. KDE4 looks great but went to Ubuntu since it's alot more stable and quicker. I really want to play around with Puppy Linux one of these days. An OS that loads directly to RAM sounds appealing and should be quick!

 

[gashin]

Easy Peasy is a distro specifically made for EEE PC netbooks (though some people with other netbooks use it). Its really just Ubuntu with all the necessary drivers inistalled and with a default 'netbook' oriented GUI. I don't think it'll work that well on your comp - you should try slackware as it doesn't install bloat unless you want it to but it has a higher learning curve. Also, upgrade your ram! It makes a huge difference in how fast linux will run.

Will 'easy peasy' work on an old pc with only something like 64 meg memory and a 40 gig hard drive? the latest versions of ubuntu won't.

 

[gashin]

Wow you're crazy - I wouldn't get anything done with so many OS's to play with!

Several servers running NETBSD(not linux, but *Nix anyway)(up to 5 OSes under VMWare with some form of nix as the host OS), some Red Hat, a couple of CD burning stations running Ubuntu, several more flavors running under VMWare for testing, etc. So.......yea.

Dan

 

[SlimXero]

Running Xubuntu 8.10 on a P3 651mhz w/ 192mb o' ram. Runs a little slow, but does what I need. Just need to figure out to install something to play MP3's with no net connection (Ethernet card was pulled from this lappy before I got it).

 

[DanF]

Wow you're crazy - I wouldn't get anything done with so many OS's to play with!

Well, I'm a software developer and also manage all of our office servers. We handle all of our own web servers, email servers, FTP, VPN for telecommuting, accounting, CVS, product licensing, dedicated database servers/warehousing etc. etc.

Its really not that bad. Thats one of the beauties of running *Nix, once its set up correctly, maintenance can be very minimal. Hardware failures are more common than software problems.

Dan

 

[surbitonPete]

Easy Peasy is a distro specifically made for EEE PC netbooks (though some people with other netbooks use it). Its really just Ubuntu with all the necessary drivers inistalled and with a default 'netbook' oriented GUI. I don't think it'll work that well on your comp - you should try slackware as it doesn't install bloat unless you want it to but it has a higher learning curve. Also, upgrade your ram! It makes a huge difference in how fast linux will run.

Thanks for the reply Gashin. I did look into getting some more Ram but because it's such an old PC the type of Ram modules it needs are now very expensive to buy. I don't use the PC any more and I was just wondering if it could be utilized as some sort of media centre for photo's and music.

 

[SLDS181]

With Kubuntu (KDE 4) wireless was constantly a pain. I think there is a problem with the new KDE 4 wireless GUI. KDE4 looks great but went to Ubuntu since it's alot more stable and quicker.

What problem did you have? I've never had any issue with wireless and KDE, which is why I ask....

 

[HaploVoss]

OpenSuSe server for my home office here, got Ubuntu 8.10 on the workstations, Linux Mint on laptop, Puppy Linux on the netbook, and QNX on the tablet. I also like to fiddle around w/ Tiny on my old Dell Axim PDA

Also - Kubuntu is just Ubuntu with KDE rather than Gnome - so ... wireless should not have been an issue with one and not the other. Just an idea... might want to just check settings a bit more.

Take care,
- Hap

 

[Rhetoric Camel]

I can't figure out how to get my surround sound working on Ubuntu 9.04, I tried a few of the suggestions online and none of them work. I have 5.1 surround setup but I'm only getting 2 channels.

 

[HaploVoss]

I can't figure out how to get my surround sound working on Ubuntu 9.04, I tried a few of the suggestions online and none of them work. I have 5.1 surround setup but I'm only getting 2 channels.

Pulse Audio - although not my fave by any means - is as far as I know the only sound system in linux that will actually support 5.1 -> Are you using Pulse Audio? Or are you using ALSA / OSS / Jack ?

 

[Rhetoric Camel]

Pulse Audio - although not my fave by any means - is as far as I know the only sound system in linux that will actually support 5.1 -> Are you using Pulse Audio? Or are you using ALSA / OSS / Jack ?

I finally got it so the surround works and my keyboard controls the audio, seems odd the setup but I'm not going to argue with what works

Sound Preferences: Everything is set to Autodetect except Sound Capture, which I have set up as Audio-Technica ? AT2020 USB USB Audio (ALSA) and under Default Mixers the device is set to Playback: CA0106 - CA0106 (PulseAudio Mixer)
Volume Control: CA0106 (Alsa mixer)

 

[HaploVoss]

Looks just right to me - especially if it works -
Glad you got it going!