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Fantastic! Thanks :) any chance you could share the finished .debs with us? (Or would that be illegal, I'm not really sure)

Start with Ubuntu, definitely, but it might be an idea to give Kubuntu a try as well. Who knows, you might like it better :)

All of them! All that support x86 architectures anyhow. There's no wrong processor for Linux, as long as it's powerful enough to support the distro.

To start, I'd recommend the old favourites -...

I normally just use KTorrent. Works fine for me :P

Yes, well noted. 8.10 will still be officially supported (as in, important updates will still be released for it) until the release of 10.04, in April 2010, so you don't have to do anything until...

Heh, I meant that in more of a "are you in need right now, or just wondering" sort of way. :) But I can't imagine that the restoration DVD would include much that the normal Ubuntu installation CD...

Whoa, slow down. Before you start talking about email, are you properly connected to the Internet on Ubuntu right now, or are you not? Open Firefox on Ubuntu and load a web page to find out.

Photoshop only works perfectly up to CS. CS2 and CS3 work partially (silver rating) and CS4 doesn't work at all.

It's a matter of taste. Yes, you will lose functionality, but you should be able to replicate most of what you do in Photoshop. Gimpshop is not in the repos and there is no Linux download on the...

No, you will need to do a large upgrade when 9.04 rolls round.

This is because it introduces new features and configurations, and to keep the OS constant, routine upgrades for any version don't...

AFAIK there's no such artificial limitation, but it could be that your machine doesn't have enough RAM to support the LiveCD interface. In other words, it can't load enough from the CD at once for...

Just searched - that doesn't appear to be a known image file type. Where did you get it?

Try booting from the DVD - you may need to change your BIOS settings (put the DVD drive first in the boot order).

Out of interest, why do you want to know?

My apologies, I'd completely forgotten. :oops: Link removed from my original post.

The way I sorted out this problem for me, was to find the Launchpad URL of the PPAs that were giving me trouble, for example this:

https://launchpad.net/~do-core/+archive/ppa

Then follow this...

Yes!

First of all, add the repos as shown here.

Then, just run this command:

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

...and with any luck, you should be able to play DVDs just fine. :)

Or you could [LINK REMOVED] run the entire system as root, but this is not without its dangers. Be warned!

Alternatively, add these sources. Then the update manager will take care of the rest :)


deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src...

And you can load Ubuntu onto it :P

Could you find out the brand and model please?

Yes, do it from a LiveCD. And if you copy the *entire* disc, in other words everything on it (including MBR), then yes, it will copy your dual boot setup perfectly.

The problem with Blu-Ray is that there's quite a few different specifications, aka profiles - old/cheap BR players will only support the older ones (1.0/1.1), while new/expensive ones will support up...

Newbie to installing drivers here.

I've added that, but I'm kind of confused as to how to install. Do I just install nvidia-glx-180, and the rest is automagic? Or is there more that I need to do...

Thank you. From the second command I got this:

chris@chris-desktop:~$ locate H-W...

Hate to bump so early, but I need this :S