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| Thread ID: 117513 | 2011-04-22 04:48:00 | Installing Ubuntu 10.10 alongside Windows 7 on laptop. | goodiesguy (15316) | Press F1 |
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| 1196383 | 2011-04-22 07:06:00 | Its ok, it after installing updates, it automactically found the driver.Oh good - I assumed you'd already done this :D. Now all i have to do is figure out how to install stuff.Take a look here (help.ubuntu.com) and here (www.psychocats.net). If you've never installed software on Linux before, you're in for a pleasant surprise - as a rule, it's *much* easier than on Windows. |
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| 1196384 | 2011-04-22 09:44:00 | Upgrading to 11.04 any good? | PC builder (15482) | ||
| 1196385 | 2011-04-24 05:43:00 | I bought the PC & Tech Authority May 2011 issue from Pak n Save on Saturday. There is a Feature in it called 'Ubuntu: a Complete Guide'. The magazine costs $9.95 and you could find this article quite useful. There are 10 pages dedicated to Ubuntu. Well worth the price I think. |
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| 1196386 | 2011-04-24 07:08:00 | Installing stuff - that's done via the command prompt and is (sadly) very different to installing programs under Windows (but don't panic, it can be done by n00bs such as myself who doesn't use Ubuntu as much as I'd like.) First, there's the Ubuntu Software Centre; this is your first stop for anything. This is just like installing in Windows, but you search for software and it finds its "dependencies" (programs it relies on to work) that you don't have. It then downloads them. The second, more intimidating approach, is to use the shell. You navigate to the folder with the installation stuff (and usually a readme - called this for a very good reason) and usually run a script called shell.sh (once again, read the readme.) It'll check for dependencies etc. and the other stuff you have to do (really not all that difficult) will be in the program's readme. Good luck! :) | mookster1 (15854) | ||
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