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| Thread ID: 124911 | 2012-05-27 03:40:00 | Which ubuntu version to choose? | forrest44 (754) | Press F1 |
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| 1277683 | 2012-06-01 09:05:00 | If he's only used to Windows then I would suggest anything that does NOT have Unity! KDE for example, looks much more like Windows. Linux uses a different filesystem to Windows, which Windows cannot read. That is probably why your Windows couldn't read the drive last time. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1277684 | 2012-06-01 09:21:00 | It's not quite like it used to be, as once (I used to run desktop linuxes a few years ago) I could tweak xorg.conf and I was away. But these new versions don't seem to have xorg.conf? Googling it I find I'm not on my own here and there are fixes. Just something to be aware of? You can still make an xorg.conf for any tweaks or if the automagic way isn't playing nice. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1277685 | 2012-06-01 10:27:00 | ..... Some people are perfectly happy with Linux and only do basic things,..... Now probably you did not mean this - but this sort of reads that Linux will only do "basic things". It is more capable doing many "things" than MS Windows is - but maybe you mean it is not good at running Windows software? |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1277686 | 2012-06-02 05:26:00 | I think that's proxmox-related rather than anything else. I've got a multi-monitor setup, literally just plug the cable in to the back of my laptop and it picked up the other monitor. It was then dead easy to change it from "clone" to "extend desktop" in Mint! Menu --> System Tools --> System Settings --> Displays Selection of resolutions and more :) proxmox related. It was. I upped the memory and changed display to vmware compatible (from VGA standard) and it's away. Currently using 1440x900 (1600x900 would be nice, but I guess we can't have everything:crying) Lots and lots of resolution choices now. Funny thing, though, I tried the same fix with a Debian Desktop vm and appear to have hosed it :lol::lol: All good practice for bigger and better things, perhaps. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1277687 | 2012-06-02 11:31:00 | I am using the old LTS 10.04 and after a bit of research am about to upgrade to 12.04. From the research and playing I have done on a virtual machine, I think that the default Unity desktop is now ready for use. I would go with 12.04. Spent a few hours getting my data from a 80G drive to a new 1TB drive and getting Ubuntu 12.04 installed/configured. Unity does take a bit of getting used to despite having played with it in a virtual machine for a while. Things are done differently - e.g. like add shortcuts to folders in Nautilus like you used to by drag and drop. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1277688 | 2012-06-02 12:04:00 | Unity does take a bit of getting used to Why would you want to get used to it? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1277689 | 2012-06-02 21:14:00 | Spent a few hours getting my data from a 80G drive to a new 1TB drive and getting Ubuntu 12.04 installed/configured. Unity does take a bit of getting used to despite having played with it in a virtual machine for a while. Things are done differently - e.g. like add shortcuts to folders in Nautilus like you used to by drag and drop. I'm downloading it now and I'll give it a "whirl". The screenshots look a bit different. No one talks much about kde anymore. I did quite like it. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1277690 | 2012-06-02 22:38:00 | I'm downloading it now and I'll give it a "whirl". The screenshots look a bit different. No one talks much about kde anymore. I did quite like it. Ubuntu 12.04 does not like vmware compatible for display, can't get any better than 1024x768. Aside from that it looks kinda compelling. Here's a screen shot of Linuxmint12 on my windows desktop Attached file: linuxmint_desktop.JPG (www.imagef1.net.nz) (514 KB) |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1277691 | 2012-06-03 03:29:00 | I am trying Ubuntu-Studio 12.04, impressive speed with the built in Firefox11 using the live disk. What do I use to open and MSWord.doc? |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1277692 | 2012-06-03 03:43:00 | Why would you want to get used to it? I agree ... it seems people either love Unity or hate it. I'm in the latter camp myself. On a larger desktop (22" widescreen) the unified taskbar/panel/app menu is a pain if you've got a small application in a window at the bottom right. You can't move the panel to the bottom which I'm more comfortable with either. I just don't like the restrictions on what you can do to customise the look of the desktop in the newer Ubuntu and it just seems to me to be more suited to a smaller screen. Just my :2cents: I find Kubuntu with the KDE plasma desktop environment much more to my taste. My current desktop: |
Rod J (451) | ||
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