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Ubuntu 7.04 is now available.

BlackWolf

You need a swap partition, but in the first screen shot you have it unnecessarily large. I'd keep your swap under 1GB. 512MB is probably sufficient if you have adequate memory.
 
i made a swap and ex3 and then i had a unallocated on left over and i still got an error.
 
If you haven't already, try restarting your system and check to see if the changes to your partition table were applied. If they weren't, attempt to make them again.

If you still have trouble after that, I suggest viewing and requesting help in the ubuntu Installation & Upgrades forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=140
 
I feel bad making this post as I am completely computer-stoopid. After about 3 downloads and 2 burns I finally got an ubuntu disc I could work with.
I booted up on the disc and looked over ubuntu and liked it. I went to install it and Tyrone (that's what I named my ubuntu) said, "sit down and shut up and I will install this thing!" He let me choose the size of the partition and my user name, then he took over. It was installed without my help. I got scared once when I tried to boot up XP and it wouldn't . After about 3 more trys it finally went into XP and no more probs.
I want to thank TRexx and Noelie and the others that have been discussing this while I snuck about invading the forum for top secret ideas. I feel a little geeky.
Thanks guys.:=D: (*8*)
 
/\ feel as geeky as you like. i think it's exciting that people are trying new operating systems out! knoppix is still my first love as ubuntu i can't get to work. ;)
 
^
I had a go with Knoppix the other day but I couldn't even get it to run from the live cd, all I got was the black screen of death halfway through startup.
 
Well, after seeing the above 2 posts I have to consider myself lucky. I really didn't do much to install it. It really just happened.
I think it's clear that all here are much better than I could ever hope to be.
 
fuckbait69 said:
Well, after seeing the above 2 posts I have to consider myself lucky. I really didn't do much to install it. It really just happened.
I think it's clear that all here are much better than I could ever hope to be.
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How complicated Ubuntu is to install really depends a lot on the hardware you are using. Some obscure hardware or hardware by vendors that choose to not release their hardware specifications or release Linux drivers can cause problems. Things can be complicated a bit more if you have other partitions you don't want overwritten by the install for the purpose of booting into more than one OS, as noted in some of the posts above.

Most people installing ubuntu will not have these problems, but there are some systems that have hardware that doesn't yet have good Linux support or that the hardware vendors have chosen to prevent such support from occurring. That's why the Live CD is such a great install mechanism. It allows you to test how your hardware works with the OS prior to installing it so you can anticipate and find workarounds to any problems that may occur.
 
Feisty Fawn is a sexy release-- I just deleted my Windows XP partition for good (and no I'm not going to use Vista). The only OS's I use now are Ubuntu and OSX, and sometimes XP in a VirtualBox virtual machine. BTW if any of you are having hardware trouble it's most likely with ATI, nVidia, or Broadcom (common in Dell computers, hopefully less common soon since Dell said that they will sell Ubuntu computers; Intel and Ralink are the best wireless cards although Ralink's drivers aren't the best, they will be better hopefully in six months, also Intel have the best graphics cards for Ubuntu) because they don't co-operate with free software developers. Rest assured that there are efforts underway to solve that. Top 10 suspend or hibernate problems are due to ATI or nVidia proprietary binary drivers. If you use the free drivers it's all good.

I also found a Mac bar-like menu at the top with GNOME or XFCE (KDE already has one built-in that you can add as an applet to the panel),
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1586951
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If you want it just know that the files you need for Feisty (.debs) are hard to find in that thread b/c it's disorganized, so PM me if you want them.
 
Well, I've continued playing around with Ubuntu for the past couple of days, and I've been using it for browsing the web, playing music and vids, etc. I really like it, but I have encountered a few things that prevent me from making it my primary OS and ditching Windows: ie, I can't get my printer and webcam to work with it, it won't come back from standby mode, and I don't think it's possible to install my music-making programs. Apart from these few things (which I'm sure I could sort out if I put a lot more effort into it) I really like it. Hopefully Ubuntu will continue to improve in the future to the point where I will be able to abandon Windows completeley.
 
*Hoody* said:
Well, I've continued playing around with Ubuntu for the past couple of days, and I've been using it for browsing the web, playing music and vids, etc. I really like it, but I have encountered a few things that prevent me from making it my primary OS and ditching Windows: ie, I can't get my printer and webcam to work with it, it won't come back from standby mode, and I don't think it's possible to install my music-making programs. Apart from these few things (which I'm sure I could sort out if I put a lot more effort into it) I really like it. Hopefully Ubuntu will continue to improve in the future to the point where I will be able to abandon Windows completeley.
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Check out http://openprinting.org for more info on your specific model of printer and whether you can get it to work on linux. It's highly possible your printer can be made to work. Unfortunately though, there are some printers that are Windows only printers and will not work on any other operating system. Beware of OS lock-in like this when purchasing hardware and peripherals.

As far as webcams go, there is support for a great number of cams in the Video4Linux drivers. Though, there are still many, especially older, webcams or those with more obscure chipsets that have no support in Linux.

For more info in getting webcam support check here http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Webcams
 
This is the best video I've seen of Ubuntu w/ Beryl yet, it's really stunning. I just though some of you would like to see it. My graphics card doesn't support the water ripple effect though, sadly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYlQ48XTBhY

This is another that's really nice, with this kind of puzzle effect when you close the windows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIFmsPlBZMM

This one is REALLY cool, you get to see the windows jump from screen to screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HML0iMSafQ

This one has screenlets, like OS X's Dashboard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL33V7v75mY

(ok I'll stop now-- I might have to edit these out to links if they slow down the thread a lot)
 
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