Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)


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Anyone tried dual booting with Windows? Last time I had Ubuntu dual booting I had major problems

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I've tried it and it works!! But, you need to partition your hard drive first with empty partitions for it to be easy when installing Ubuntu.

I placed an order for CDs a few days ago, I can't wait to receive the new distrobution. I'm about to place an order on NewEgg for a hardware-controlled modem (not a winmodem) so I can finally get online with Linux. I loved what I seen of 4.10, though my experience with it was cut at the roots from not being able to get online; that will change by the time I get 5.04 in my hands :)

being someone that casually tests linux distros every few months, in the hopes of finding something that could pull me away from windows, i must say that ubuntu is the most promising distro that i've seen in a looooooooooong time.

it's the only distro i've found that supported my dell wifi card out-of-the-box and the clean, efficient layout of it all (ie, not flooding me with a ton of links - who needs 6 different pdf viewers? thank god someone finally cut out all the junk) left a very, very good impression in my mind.

i'll definitely be paying more attention to this in the future.

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I agree I've been duel booting the RC of this and XP for awhile. If they made a native linux version of World of Warcraft I'd switch completely.

This is weird... What's going on with the ShipIt?

1/1/1 gives me "a disproportionately large number of AMD64 and/or PowerPC CDs." error!

I had to order 2/1/1... Sigh, how sad.  :p

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Read the proportions again. Make it 10/5/5..or something like that.

I'm a complete Linux n00b, but this looks like a lot of fun :)

Is there a version that has both KDE and Gnome and allows me to switch between the two, so I can see which suits me the best?

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just install the normal non-kde version and than add KDE via APT-GET

I just gave the LiveCD a try, and I must say that I am very impressed with this distro. I tried Warty back in December on my laptop (Compaq 3210CA) with limited success. The keyboard didn't work properly, the touchpad wasn't being detected, the video kept cutting in and out, the sound didn't work, and I couldn't for the life of me get my wireless internet working (eventually I got it with the NDISWrapper). I knew in advance that Linux and Laptops don't always agree, so it didn't really come as a shock to me.

I just tried the LiveCD, and I must say that in just 4 months, a distro that barely worked on my system is now working perfectly. All of my hardware with the exception of the modem (a crappy-ass Winmodem that I don't use) and the wireless internet were instantly detected and configured perfectly. I haven't encountered a single problem, the distro is running perfectly. It even has the Samba service running and configured by default, so I was browsing the music folders on my computer and giving them a test. I was going to wait for the new version of Libranet to be released (also Debian based), but I think I just found the distro that I'm going to use from now on.

Its companies like Ubuntu who are really bridging the gap between the Linux business market and the home consumer. I haven't really gotten into Linux before, and I think that this will be the distro that I'll be using for a long time. Its Open Source companies like this that need our support so that Linux can survive and flourish in the home market. I for one am going to support this distro, just like I've done in the past to Mandrake and Libranet.

installed etc no problem, first time on linux and its gd. But seriously how the hell do i install something lol, downloaded opera for it but hwo do u install it, apt-get? can someone please help me i wanna no how 2 use it and maybe switch but dunno how :s

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im on it now and ben using it since hoary release. i had had troubles with every other distro (including the previous ubuntu) but this one has it all sorted out only two problems. I can seem to mount my sata ntfs storage drive (with all my mp3s and movies and photos) and i occasionly get very wierd display corruption (funny colours grpahics from websites all green or inverted colours etc. and this goes on till i cant read anything and have to sign in and out. if you guys got a solution please pm me.

other than that however i am very impressed at the ease this set up my fairly modern comp (amd64 3200 939 and pci-e 660gt).

Guys I am very new to Linux... I decided to go with this distro. I do have some questions.. a lot of the software that I use on my Window's machine has a linux version.. but I can't get them to work.. like AIM.. .. what are these programs made for?? Is there any way to get a list of compatibal apps??? Or is this distro too much to start out with?

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