What do you (like to) do on Ubuntu?

[geek_Man]

I was just curious about what the general Ubuntu user does, or likes to do with Ubuntu. If I missed anything you happen to do a lot, go ahead and post it! And please excuse my overuse of parens. Have fun!

[Dragonbite]

Currently I'm using it for general use as a family pc. It's running Edubuntu which the kids have quickly attuned themselves to.

I'm also trying to get my camcorder to hook up to Kino, and I got my iPod updatable via gtkpod, plus there are the pictures scanned in of / created by the kids.

I am looking to fool around with Python, but I have no intention to install Mono and Monodevelop on this system because ( a ) it's slow, and ( b ) it'll unnecessary bloat the system and the primary users are the kids.

When I get a system for myself I'll probably see about some additional programming in Mono (I'm using VB.NET at work).

[geek_Man]

Cool beans! BTW, what is mono?

[eivi]

I started to use ubuntu a week ago, and so far I have been able to do everything I wanted;
Surf the web with Opera (used it for a long time) and got most of the plug-ins to work.
Gmail-notifier for my mails
Chat (Gaim)
Listen to music (using Amarok)
Games (managed to get World of Warcraft working trough wine)
Learning to use the terminal and linux in general, it's fun!

I voted general stuff and games :)

Actually I still haven't logged into my windows partition since I installed Ubuntu.. that's nice :D

[neoflight]

there are a lot of threads where these points are already discussed or discussing.

[geek_Man]

That's neat. I like Amarok alright, I had been looking for an iTunes replacement (Windows convert here, too) and Amarok seemed like a good one. I like the BASH terminal a lot better than the Windows shell. AND what is wine? (yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it's not an emulator) Is it open source?

[insane_alien]

general purpose, multimedia all the usual stuff

now, the interesting bit

i recently set up vmware server and installed windows on it. i've not added any AV or firewall to it and i'm using IE, its soo much fun to watch it die. and it dies quickly. first test with regular surfing it took 2 hours to die. after restoring from a snapshot i done a bit more dubious browsing and it died in only 30 minutes. it was funny. then i got bored and installed feisty fawn on it which was remarkable more stable under identical conditions even though its a pre-alpha.

[geek_Man]

i recently set up vmware server and installed windows on it. i've not added any AV or firewall to it and i'm using IE, its soo much fun to watch it die. and it dies quickly. first test with regular surfing it took 2 hours to die. after restoring from a snapshot i done a bit more dubious browsing and it died in only 30 minutes. it was funny. then i got bored and installed feisty fawn on it which was remarkable more stable under identical conditions even though its a pre-alpha.

Now THAT is funny!!! That's one way to shoot the breeze!

[LMP900]

I use it for basic things such as web browsing, email, instant messaging, music, and photo organizing. The combination of GNOME + Clearlooks + Bluecurve icons + Beryl make it an absolute joy to use for everyday tasks.

Aside from those basic needs, I also use it to experiment with minor interface modifications, such as removing the minimize and maximize/restore buttons (no longer necessary with the 'scale' feature), as well as trying different menus, docks, icons, themes, colors, fonts, panel positions, item arrangements, widgets/gadgets/desklets, etc.

[lyceum]

My favoret thing to do is install Ubuntu. I love setting up a new system, getting it ready for some new user. I try to get everything woking just they way they will like it so they can jump on and it will work right out of the box. They still learn how to make changes and tweek things, but they don't get as frustrated as they would doing the instal themselves. I use to re-load Windows every 6 months. I find myself re-loading Ubuntu every other month, just to start over. How geeky is that? :D

[Dragonbite]

Cool beans! BTW, what is mono?Mono is an open soruce implementation of .NET. It is sponsored by Novell (should not be that big of a surprise) but they have stressed time and again that Mono does not go against any patents or copyrights or whatever it falls under.


from the Mono (http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page) website
Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix.

[BWF89]

My computer activities in order of most importance:
- Web browsing
- Instant messaging
- Multimedia (mpeg2, wma, avi, mp3)
- BitTorrent
- Burn music CDs
- Play Wolfenstein Enemy Terriory (on my Mac, I haven't got W:ET to work on Linux and nobody'll answer my thread)
- Copy DVDs (on my Mac, PC doesn't have a DVD burner)

[seijuro]

I do a little bit of everything on Ubuntu, Web desgin, digital art, web surfing, occasional docs, occasionally watch movies, play games, hobby programming which is now evolving to I'd like to develop my skills to be of enough use to join a project.

[geek_Man]

I find myself re-loading Ubuntu every other month, just to start over. How geeky is that? :D


Whatever floats your boat.

[qalimas]

My favoret thing to do is install Ubuntu. I love setting up a new system, getting it ready for some new user. I try to get everything woking just they way they will like it so they can jump on and it will work right out of the box. They still learn how to make changes and tweek things, but they don't get as frustrated as they would doing the instal themselves. I use to re-load Windows every 6 months. I find myself re-loading Ubuntu every other month, just to start over. How geeky is that? :D

I also confess my love for setting up a fresh (K)ubuntu system :twisted:

[maxamillion]

Cool beans! BTW, what is mono?

http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

[mk04]

Documents (OOo), Internet (FF), and Music (XXMS). I just like customizing Ubuntu to my liking using Beryl. I also use gnome-look.org for wallpaper, icon themes, etc... Since I installed Ubuntu I have even needed to use my Windows partition. I started out using Drapper and upgraded to Edgy. I even got my Zen MicroPhoto to work. Still have to get my Logitech LX7 mouse to have full functionality.

[fuscia]

aside from spending lots of time browsing, the thing i do most is redecorate my desktop (wallpapers, icons, themes, DE/wms, etc.). i also email and listen to music and play an occassional game of mahjongg.

[FuturePilot]

I basically use Ubuntu to surf the web, work on documents, listen to music, watch videos etc, and do some image stuff with Gimp, And I love fooling around with Beryl, such fun:)

[rabid9797]

i use ubuntu for the challenge. one of the primary reasons i got into linux is becuase i had done and conquered every aspect of windows. i had customized all there was to customize, explored every system32 folder for secrets, using the registry to tweak(like hell), etc. i got into ubuntu so i could learn a new system and keep myself from boredom. so i like finding new software, learning how to tweak source files, compiling, configuring etc.

[geek_Man]

What exactly is Beryl? Is it like some decoration-y thing?

[rocknrolf77]

Browsing, chatting, mulitmedia, games and learning/discovering linux. Also trying too learn som web stuff like css, html etc.

Beryl is a 3d accelerated window manager, with a lot of cool effects. Just search youtube for beryl and you will find a lot of videoes. There's also a lot of threads about it. And have a look in the gallery.

[geek_Man]

Beryl is a 3d accelerated window manager, with a lot of cool effects. Just search youtube for beryl and you will find a lot of videoes. There's also a lot of threads about it. And have a look in the gallery.

That's neat. BTW, awesome avatar!

[manmower]

As I moved to another distro for myself I only use Ubuntu in the PC rooms at my uni now, for what falls under "general purpose stuff". The PCs there used to dual boot XP/Red Hat but since this summer they dual boot XP/Dapper. About 99% of people uses Windows though. I try to passively promote Linux use by not rebooting but simply logging out after I'm finished, hoping that the next person will log back into Ubuntu rather than rebooting the machine. :)

[geek_Man]

<snip />I try to passively promote Linux use by not rebooting but simply logging out after I'm finished, hoping that the next person will log back into Ubuntu rather than rebooting the machine. :)

I kinda do that at home.

[ashleycrue]

Ubuntu is my sole OS therefore I use it for everything including uni stuff so I guess general.

[Kernel Sanders]

You forgot to include "look at porn" :p

[geek_Man]

You forgot to include "look at porn" :p

There are some that would consider that to be "wrong"... like me.

[kd7swh]

Cool beans! BTW, what is mono?

Mono is an open source development platform based on the .NET framework.

http://www.mono-project.com/Monkeyguide

[kd7swh]

What exactly is Beryl? Is it like some decoration-y thing?

Beryl is project that adds 3D OpenGL effects to your desktop. It is really shinny!

http://beryl-project.org/

[geek_Man]

Beryl is project that adds 3D OpenGL effects to your desktop. It is really shinny!

http://beryl-project.org/

Is it resource intensive?

[mand0]

I used to reload Windows every 6 months. I find myself reloading Ubuntu every other month, just to start over. How geeky is that? :D

YES! I know exactly what you mean.


I use Ubuntu mostly for browsing the interwebs, music, word/excel, some gaming, chatting, playing with the eye candy (no Geek_Man, beryl isn't too rough on the computer as long as it's somewhat modern) and understanding Linux by breaking it then fixing it again.

[iPower]

watch anime dvds
code html
listen to my mp3 archive
email
chat (aim and irc)
surf the web

+more

[eriqk]

General purpose destktop stuff- browsing, IMing, reading email. Office stuff, watching movies and tv shows.
Art- graphic design (note: I'm not a designer. It just kinda happens). Experimental stuff, databending and the like. Video editing, DVD authoring. Learning Pd and Cecilia. Web stuff, related to the above.
Learning- Linux system administration, coding. Finding out my C++ instruction book is way to old. It would be cool to learn PHP.

Groet, Erik

[Omnios]

I do a lot of different things like play games or spend days playing with gimp to come up with an avatar etc. Currently Im trying to get into some heavy duty web dev and programming though I find I do not like long reads with a crt monitor.

[K.Mandla]

Umm. ... Moderate forums? 8-[

[Kernel Sanders]

There are some that would consider that to be "wrong"... like me.

You find porn "wrong"? :lolflag:

[geek_Man]

Umm. ... Moderate forums? 8-[

Being on the forums all days would be cool.