I might be of some help here. I've refurbished a few laptops in my day, and have found the most inexpensive place to get the original restore disks is from the manufacturer, if they don't have it,...
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I might be of some help here. I've refurbished a few laptops in my day, and have found the most inexpensive place to get the original restore disks is from the manufacturer, if they don't have it,...
Also, you don't need to use the extra application to mount the .ISO image. Unnecessary step. Just point Virtual box to the .ISO file and it will do the rest.
Youtube is a great resource as well. You can find tutorial videos for just about every level of expertise. Everything from changing your desktop wallpaper to installing Arch.
Solved it myself..right clicked in the notification tray and clicked "Never show again." Simple enough.
I tried and failed to install Netflix from the PPA, it failed due to a bug, the Firefoxsetup.exe it downloads is corrupt. Still waiting for an answer on launchpad on how to get it to install...
You use the advanced options in the installer, when you install the first OS, make /home a separate partition. When you install the second OS, do the same thing, but point your /home to the one that...
You could install MATE on what you have. I spent last weekend playing with a distro called Ultimate Edition LTS version 3.4, it's based on Precise, but with a newer kernel. After you run the updates...
I've owned 2 of these machines, but it's been 5 or 6 years ago. Almost positive it has a Broadcom in it.
the process you're describing sounds like wubi, which is a windows installer. It doesn't create a partition, the install program runs in Windows. It creates a huge file, and treats it like a drive....
the process you're describing sounds like wubi, which is a windows installer. It doesn't create a partition, the install program runs in Windows. It creates a huge file, and treats it like a drive....
there was indeed a kit released that transformed a PS2 into a working computer running Red Hat Linux with the Windowmaker desktop. The kit came with a hard drive, network adapter, VGA adapter to...
It's not exact, but Xubuntu can themed up pretty close, using avant window navigator (in the repos) for the dock, and Slingshot menu for a pretty good imitation of Launchpad....
Windows will nuke the boot loader, GRUB, but it should leave your Ubuntu install intact. What will happen is it will boot straight into Windows like it did before you installed Ubuntu. All you need...
Not sure which of the two dongles you're using, the Ovation MC760 is plug and play with Ubuntu, it has been since Ubuntu 8.10 came out. Make sure you have usb-modeswitch installed. It's usually...
most of them have moved over to LibreOffice, which is a fork of OpenOffice. They are almost identical.
The latest build of Bohdi is built on 12.04 LTS with the 3.2 kernel.
I think he meant dual-booting with Windows.
I put my vote in for Bohdi. Either that or Lubuntu. Bohdi is a lot prettier and more fun to use.
I'm jumping in this thread late in the game, but Bob, have you considered Linux Mint 13 with the MATE desktop? It is, for all intents and purposes, Gnome 2. You can also install MATE on Ubuntu 12.04,...
Intel drivers are built into the kernel. They are installed "out of the box." Only Nvidia and ATI have proprietary drivers. If you have an Intel GPU, there's nothing else to do after the initial...
I've never had any luck with the post-release driver in jockey. If you want the latest ATI driver, your best bet is to install it manually from AMD's website. Just make sure you purge out the one...
Try clicking one Edit/Software Sources when Software Center is open, then in the "download from" dialog, choose "other." Then in the next dialog that omes up, choose "select best server, and click...
You should have been given the option to go from 10.04 to 12.04. The upgrade path between LTS versions is a direct one. I don't recommed it though. Every time I'veran a dist-upgrade it's panned out...
I have a good suggestion as well. The Enlightenment E17 window manager. You can install it on your current system and log into it. It takes a little tweaking to customize it to your liking, but once...
If everything's working well, go with what you have.
Personally, I'd learn Fedora, although there's no reason you can't dual boot Ubuntu as well. I know at my nephew's University, the engineering department is running Red Hat, you're going to find a...