Ubuntu/Linux

Jerry Heath · Post by **Jerry Heath** » 11 Jan 2008 8:26 pm

Anyone ever load this OS and give it a try? I've got it loaded on an older P4 Intel. If you like playing with computers and your feeling like something new give it a try.

Jeff Hyman · Post by **Jeff Hyman** » 25 Jan 2008 9:37 pm

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Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 25 Jan 2008 9:47 pm

I've tried Ubuntu a few times, but found it butt-ugly and lacking Flash, mp3, video and network support. I've had a little better luck with PCLinux and Mandriva.

Jeff Hyman · Post by **Jeff Hyman** » 25 Jan 2008 9:56 pm

Cal,

I've heard similar feedback about Ubunto. Thats why I mentioned some other options. But I'd still use Ubunto over M$.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 25 Jan 2008 10:40 pm

It makes a pretty good web server.

Jerry Heath · Post by **Jerry Heath** » 25 Jan 2008 11:31 pm

I've had this OS installed on an old 2.0 mHz Celeron processor system for about a month. I do have some problems with youtube and that is only because there are issues with the adobe flash plugin for firefox. This is an adobe issue not a Ubuntu issue. Right at this moment I am real happy with the performance of the system. If I were to run this system on a XP SP2 platform it would crawl. So, for right now, I'm doing everything from Ubuntu, and there's not much I need XP for except youtube. I have an XP system completely separate from Ubuntu system, and I find myself spending less and less time on it.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 26 Jan 2008 7:49 am

I hope that members who are using Ubuntu will keep this topic alive. Your workarounds and tricks to get programs to work in that OS will help others who may want to play with Linux, like me.

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 26 Jan 2008 10:27 am

I do have some problems with youtube and that is only because there are issues with the adobe flash plugin for firefox. This is an adobe issue not a Ubunto issue.

Installing the Flash plugin can be easy or hard, depending on what Linux distro you're using, because they have different ways to install stuff. Same deal with audio and other video codecs and plugins. PCLinux played Flash videos in FF with no problem, but Ubuntu, and some other distros I've tried, required some finagling to get Flash to work.

But I still don't have PCLinux connected to my home network like I was able to do with Ubuntu. Each distro has its pros and cons. Luckily, it doesn't cost anything to try them out - just the cost of a blank CD.

Jeff Hyman · Post by **Jeff Hyman** » 28 Jan 2008 1:01 am

b0b,

Is it safe to say you are using Ubunto as your Forum Server?

mickd · Post by **mickd** » 30 Jan 2008 9:48 am

I can vouch for VectorLinux - especially good for low-spec old machines.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 30 Jan 2008 1:24 pm

Jeff Hyman wrote:b0b,

Is it safe to say you are using Ubunto as your Forum Server?

No, I'm using a Mac. But I wouldn't hesitate to use Ubuntu, based on what I've seen of it.

Jerry Heath · Post by **Jerry Heath** » 3 Feb 2008 6:50 am

Well, its been close to a month now with Ubuntu. I've had to do some tweaking to get the system to run like I thought it should. What is really cool with Ubuntu is the community support you get in their forums, it much like the SGF. Everyone seems to jump in and help when someone is having a problem. Other Linux distros may have the type of support, I can only speak for Ubuntu.

Wiz, have you got your Ubuntu system setup yet?

Karlis Abolins · Post by **Karlis Abolins** » 3 Feb 2008 7:10 am

Recently, my father-in-law's hard drive went South. I had a spare hard drive from an older PC so I offered to put it back together. It turned out that he had a "back door" version of Windows on his old hard drive. I didn't feel comfortable doing that for him again so I installed Ubuntu on it. He had to buy a driver license for his modem ($20.00) but otherwise it was free. I had to apply a patch to the modem dialer that was on the web but otherwise it is vanilla, He likes it. He says it is easier to use than his old Windows. It has browser and e-mail for connecting to the outside world (remember how slow it used to be on dial-up? well, it still is). Open Office will open Word documents just fine. His little laserjet printer is fully supported. I think it's great and so does he.

Karlis

Lowell Whitney · Post by **Lowell Whitney** » 17 Apr 2008 7:43 pm

I installed ubuntu on this machine because emachines/gateway wanted 150 bucks to re-validate the original xp os after the mobo and cpu died. MS wouldn't do it because it came with the pc new. The only drawback I've found with ubuntu is installing non linux programs. Their support recommended downloading a program called winehq which supposedly would allow the programs to be installed and run in unbuntu. However, that proved to be a rather complicated process and after several attempts I have given up on it for now. Lowell

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 18 Apr 2008 5:12 am

I've become a little disenchanted with Linux because I can't get wireless working on any of the distros, which makes it worthless on a laptop. I like everything else about it except the Gimp, which sucks big time compared to Photoshop.