jlc Posted September 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Who knows, maybe this one will take the cake for you. If you have any questions, just ask. There are several of use here that are familar with Debian distros and the differnet commands you can use if you don't find enough in faq or debian doc's www.google.com/linux <----best place on the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Ok cool. Well so far it didn't reconize my keyboard, so I'll do some searching and try later when I get home from school. Or if you might know why just say so :P -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Well I changed my mind, I think that I might install WinXP , to get my mother used to computers. Then I will Install Arch. The only thing that I don't know about is the boot loader, since I didn't install a boot loader when I installed Arch, I don't know what extra steps are going to be needed. So if it just works like mdk that picks up the partitions on it own then I will be good to go. -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted September 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 NO, afaik, arch isn't going to pickup your drives for the bootloader so you will have to do that by hand, just open another thread or check the arch forums when you get to that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 (edited) Just to give some idea about this distro. Like I said earlier when I first installed ubuntu picked up my Atheros wireless card. Well I just finally got around to updating to the 2.6.8-smp kernel. I rebooted into the new kernel and I didn't have a wireless connection. So I went back and booted into the old kernel. Did a "wajig search madwifi" It came back with a list of "restricted kernel blah blah". One of them was for the matching smp kernel I just upgrade too. So I installed it. I then rebooted into the new smp kernel and bam I had wireless back. No messing around. IT JUST WORKED!!!! I am really liking this distro. /me steps off soapbox. FX Edit: Oh yea it also fixed the nVidia driver install also. Here is the exact pagckage i installed to get the wireless and nVidia drivers upgraded to the new kernel. linux-restricted-modules-2.6.8.1-3-686-smp Edited October 2, 2004 by FX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 btw, I Installed Arch and now I'm dual-booting with windows, the only thing right now is x.org. But I can eventually fix that some how.... I hope... -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 /me thinks real hard, oh wait this is about ubuntu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 Hmmmm.....I may give Ubuntu a try, though it's using Gnome. So many people can't get it wrong.....off to download Iso! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 Hmmmm.....I may give Ubuntu a try, though it's using Gnome. So many people can't get it wrong.....off to download Iso! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ahh.....we're getting to ya, eh? UBUNTU! UBUNTU! UBUNTU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 AI you can install KDE if you want to. Just "wajig install kde". Get the repos for your /etc/apt/sources.list that Cybr posted and within about 5 to 10 mins. depending on your connection you'll have KDE. Only problem I've notice with kde is if I my ac line on my laptop isn't plugged in it will kick me back to the log in a couple of times before it actually take hold and finally loads. Outside of that it runs fine. FX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 Okay, thanks :)....but I think I'll try first with Gnome and give it a wholehearted chance. .:=The AI Dude=:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Another one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 (edited) It's really nice! Smooth and a heck faster. I'm impressed! The 'Computer' bar is a great Idea! How is Xorg working with Ubuntu, I read somewhere that Ubuntu uses Xfree86 heavy modified? Or should I wait for an update? Edited October 3, 2004 by Artificial Intelligence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 From reading some of the Developer stuff, my guess would be you will see xorg in a unstable/devel branch for Horay in November. They said they were going try and push it in Warty, but had to many problems, since it is an important part of a desktop they want to make sure to get it correct :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 http://gnomesupport.org/forums/viewtopic.p...7883&highlight= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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