Any linux Gurus?

[James]

Re: Any linux Gurus?

DOS and *nix commands are in no way similar. Ubuntu is probably one of the easiest distros to use. If you are new, grab a few ebooks and find a few ubuntu help guides/forums and bookmark them, make sure you install a GUI and not just command line but you probably got that part. It is only a struggle through if you do not apply yourself, once you learn your way around the system and are starting to get the hang of it, it will allow you to have more control over your system than any windows user.

the commands are completely different, sure... but Im talking about being familiar with going through file systems using commands rather than clicks. Its a different way of thinking, really

and yeah, ubuntu is pretty simplistic once you get working on the GUI...and its a pretty badass one too if you have a good enough graphics card :P

[AllGo'n'Show]

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I spent some time getting to know some linux flavors last year...Drivers are a major issue...and I think if you are a windows user historically and havent used DOS...well forget it, buy a mac


The thing about Ubuntu is that if you know a decent amount of unix/linux it is as good as any other O/S (simplicity-wise)....if not, its a pain in the ass, unless you're willing to struggle through.

DOS and *nix commands are in no way similar. Ubuntu is probably one of the easiest distros to use. If you are new, grab a few ebooks and find a few ubuntu help guides/forums and bookmark them, make sure you install a GUI and not just command line but you probably got that part. It is only a struggle through if you do not apply yourself, once you learn your way around the system and are starting to get the hang of it, it will allow you to have more control over your system than any windows user.

[Bullfrog]

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YES, the antenna is switched on. And I am willing to struggle through with ubuntu, it just seems wierd that wifi all of a sudden stopped working after is was good for about a month. I need wifi.

[James]

Re: Any linux Gurus?

I spent some time getting to know some linux flavors last year...Drivers are a major issue...and I think if you are a windows user historically and havent used DOS...well forget it, buy a mac


The thing about Ubuntu is that if you know a decent amount of unix/linux it is as good as any other O/S (simplicity-wise)....if not, its a pain in the ass, unless you're willing to struggle through.

[LiQuus]

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umm is the antenna turned off.. ?? sorry i have to ask

you'd be surprised how many times that happens to people... i used to charge clients $120/hr to flick a switch

[Vulcan]

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If it is he will never say.....

[R_Ethug]

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umm is the antenna turned off.. ?? sorry i have to ask

[Bullfrog]

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****, i'm not sure about version, but wifi stopped before updates. And like I said it was working before i went roaming. It's an hp laptop about 3 yrs old.

[AllGo'n'Show]

Re: Any linux Gurus?

Normally it is server errors if they wont download. Most of the packages are mirrored on 10-20 servers, if there are continous errors then you can edit the config to change the servers but normally try again in a day or two and they will go through.

Did you just do the updates or did them before and the wifi still doesn't work?
What hardware are you using?
What distro do you have installed?

[Bullfrog]

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I just got like 95 updates but theres a couple that wont download, not sure why...

[AllGo'n'Show]

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Fire up Update Manager and grab all the dependancies and see if there is any updates. I know since I fired my box up I have had to do quite a few updates to get everything working again, including my wireless as well.

[Bullfrog]

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WThe weird thing is that the wireless was working great, as was everything else, until I traveled, after that no go.

[R_Ethug]

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i am knowledgeable lol anyways.. you may need to compile drivers for you nice especially if its a new laptop with a N nic in it kinda deal

as others mentioned check the ubuntu or kubuntu forums.. debian has pretty good support out of the box but depending on the hardware and model it will be the suck..

[Vulcan]

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I have been running Ubuntu on my Dell laptop for the last 2 years....everything works right out of the box on the last two versions of Ubuntu. If you are looking for a good source for tips check out this Ubuntu support site....http://ubuntuforums.org/

[Tuna]

Re: Any linux Gurus?

I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will speak up but depending on what version of ubuntu you have it doesn't support wireless very well (at least not on my machine). Hardy Heron is supposed to be better but the previous version needed you to do some monkeying around in the Terminal.

I upgraded to Hardy but haven't had much luck getting it going yet.