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| Thread ID: 109078 | 2010-04-23 08:19:00 | Going to Linux; Ubunta studio | artfulish (8685) | Press F1 |
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| 879295 | 2010-04-24 21:45:00 | Okay, no worries, trade me to the rescue yet again and I am now waiting for a coupla copies of DVD's and CD's of Linux stuff from Massey University for the paltry sum of ten bucks. Search under Gigapak at trademe for all your Linux needs.... | artfulish (8685) | ||
| 879296 | 2010-04-24 22:33:00 | Then I did a search about driver backup and got a freeware program called driver magician lite... all done. | artfulish (8685) | ||
| 879297 | 2010-04-24 22:54:00 | Drivers that work in Windows do not work in Linux. The Linux kernel already has drivers built in to handle nearly all hardware. The Ubuntu Studio .iso will have to be burnt to a DVD. (and it is only an installer not a 'live DVD') I recommend you start with Linux Mint, or PCLinuxOS. both of these are CD sized and 'newbee' friendly. (and being live CDs, will confirm your hardware is compatible with Linux) Or if you want a small, fast OS, Puppy Linux is good (but requires a bit more fiddling to get installed) |
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| 879298 | 2010-04-24 23:41:00 | According to Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) you can also use a USB flash drive for the DVD iso | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 879299 | 2010-04-24 23:52:00 | If you are just learning about Linux etc, don't get Ubuntu Studio. It will be full of stuff you don't need, and the stuff you will want isn't there or is set up really badly. Standard Ubuntu will be much better for you. None of us were trying to be nasty, I just think nobody has heard the idea that 2x 32Bit CPU = 1x 64-Bit CPU before... so it seemed a bit funny. Don't worry about asking questions, that is what the forum is for. Yes some answers aren't useful sometimes, but we're not paid to give anyone perfectly accurate answers either ;) Linux comes with just about all the drivers you need for your hardware. If it needs certain proprietary drivers it downloads them itself. IF your devices use drivers which it doesn't have for whatever reason, this can be a little tricky to fix - but this usually doesn't happen. And like KarameaDave said, the drivers from Windows won't work on Linux (there are some exceptions though such as using NDISWrapper for loading Windows WiFi card drivers...) but Linux does not natively support Windows drivers. What distribution of Linux did you buy from TradeMe? |
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