Which Version

[doubledragon5]

Of Linux do you prefer. I'm thinking of downloading one with 64bit support, and installing it on a external 200gig hd and want to give it a try. Any suggestion Thanks..

[Force Flow]

ubuntu is starting to grow on me. The next release is due out in late october.

[doubledragon5]

I downloaded it and had all kinds of issues. First I dsiabled it's boot loader so I could go into windows or ubuntu. But I had a few errors and had to do a master boot fix in order to access windows, tried it again and still had error messages. I ended up do a wipe of both drivers then tried to install ubuntu.. That worked, but my question is how in the world do you get drivers for say the mb, my wireless linksys WUSB300N to get on line.. I had hard time and can't seem to get on line period. So I reinstalled windows and figured I ask question here on how to do a proper install, and get the needed drivers for my system..

[Force Flow]

List of supported hardware: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport

[doubledragon5]

I have another question. I still can't get it to recognize my wireless wusb300n adapter. It does says that they network adapter is disable, I assume the one on the mb. So how do you enable it, so it can run my wireless usb.. Or is it considered two different things? Either way I can't get on the net.

[Force Flow]

If you checked the supported hardware list, there was some info. But no, it's not supported out of the box.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi.../LinksysWUSB11

[doubledragon5]

Thanks again FF, I guess I just forget about going lunix of any kind..

[Force Flow]

USB wireless NICs are iffy to begin with...I wouldn't blame it on linux

[doubledragon5]

Originally Posted by Force Flow USB wireless NICs are iffy to begin with...I wouldn't blame it on linux

While this my be true, you would think that will all the yrs, people have been developing this as a alternative to windows. That they would have by now developed a system that supports just about all hardware types.. Just a side not, I found and installed PClinuxOS and had no issue with the software finding and getting me connected on line.. It even found my printer that the other 3 I have tried was unable to do..

[cmillar6]

PCLinuxOS is my distro of choice. If you ever have problems with wireless drivers in Linux there is a program called ndiswrapper that will allow you to use your windows driver.

[Lespaul20]

You might benefit from downloading VirtualBox and loading several types until you find the one you like.

[doubledragon5]

Originally Posted by Lespaul20 You might benefit from downloading VirtualBox and loading several types until you find the one you like.

Thanks, I will try that for sure. I have downloaded a bunch and tried each from the live cd when available.. I'm been looking for one that will more support my current hardware listed in my sig..

[ConLog]

I have UBUNTU 9.04 NETBOOK REMIX installed on my netbook and it is absolutely fantastic. Well laid out and a sheer joy to use - unlike Windows XP on the other partition which runs very slow with the Intel Atom processor.

Ubuntu 8.04 on my desktop.

[doubledragon5]

here is the thing I have a problem with ubuntu, I tried it again, and made sure it was partitioned right. Once again it screwed up my windows boot loader and could not boot into anything.. I did however have good luck setting up the others I have been testing, Kubuntu, mandriva, pclunix, each while still being able to boot into windows.. It night be that I have a bad download possible, would you think it is better to try 8.04 or just try and re download 9.04?

[Force Flow]

Originally Posted by doubledragon5 While this my be true, you would think that will all the yrs, people have been developing this as a alternative to windows. That they would have by now developed a system that supports just about all hardware types.. Just a side not, I found and installed PClinuxOS and had no issue with the software finding and getting me connected on line.. It even found my printer that the other 3 I have tried was unable to do..

Even with windows, you run into trouble. Like I said, it's not a linux-only thing.



As for the download, you can check the MD5 hash on the ISO. Should be quicker than re-downloading it. If it's corrupted or incomplete, the hash of your copy will not match the "official" hash value for the ISO.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes


When you install ubuntu, it will install the grub boot loader. From there, you should have the option of either booting into ubuntu or booting to windows (or jumping to the windows boot selection if you have more than one Windows OS installed)

Now, I have done the boot loader thing myself in a while, so I'm not exactly sure what the step-by-step process is. Though, it should've been fairly intuitive.

Either way, after installing ubuntu and you're starting up the PC, to enter grub when it does its 3-2-1 countdown, just hit esc, and you'll be brought to the grub options.

[doubledragon5]

Just found my distro of choice. I installed open suse 11.2 ya it is RC release. Set up was easier than any one I have tried.. With a little google I found out how to set up my network and get on line.. I switched my wireless adapter to a WMP54G V 4.1. I took if from my daughters machine, and gave her my WUSB300N.. Now to play with this for a while and get myself familiar with how it all works...

[Tin]

Just remember DD5...Linux isnt Windows, so dont treat it as such, then your Linux experience will be enjoyable. Theyre 2 completely different animals.

[doubledragon5]

Originally Posted by Tin Just remember DD5...Linux isnt Windows, so dont treat it as such, then your Linux experience will be enjoyable. Theyre 2 completely different animals.

Thanks tin finding that out everytime I start it....

[digitalfreedom64]

I see that you got the WMP54G V 4.1 to work on OpenSuse. If you would like to try out the WUSB300N you could check out ndiswrapper. Below are instructions for opensuse and ubuntu.

http://en.opensuse.org/Ndiswrapper

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...er/Ndiswrapper