davenport80
April 27th, 2009, 07:49 AM
Hello group,
Quick question. I loaded Ubuntu 8.10 on my computer and now my roomate is jealous and wants to give it a try because he is sick of the spyware on Windows.
He is using a Dell laptop with a Logitech MX500 wireless keyboard and mouse. When we loaded the live CD of 8.10 neither the mouse or the keyboard worked. I was able to find a way to make it work on-line but before he dives in with a full install he wants to try it first.
So my question is.... Is it possible to load up a live CD with the correct drivers for his keyboard & mouse? Also see is it possible to see if Office 2007 will work correctly? Without installing a full distro? He needs these two things before he can switch.
I wanted to him to do the dual boot with Wubi or ubuntu.exe, but the CD-ROM (only while he is in Windows) doesn't work correctly.
Thanks for any help that you can provide!
Quick question. I loaded Ubuntu 8.10 on my computer and now my roomate is jealous and wants to give it a try because he is sick of the spyware on Windows.
He is using a Dell laptop with a Logitech MX500 wireless keyboard and mouse. When we loaded the live CD of 8.10 neither the mouse or the keyboard worked. I was able to find a way to make it work on-line but before he dives in with a full install he wants to try it first.
So my question is.... Is it possible to load up a live CD with the correct drivers for his keyboard & mouse? Also see is it possible to see if Office 2007 will work correctly? Without installing a full distro? He needs these two things before he can switch.
I wanted to him to do the dual boot with Wubi or ubuntu.exe, but the CD-ROM (only while he is in Windows) doesn't work correctly.
Thanks for any help that you can provide!