Linux for your taste (sorry Naw :D) (32 Viewers)

[Sheik Yerbouti]

k, so i installed Ubuntu 7.10 and downloaded the alternate cd and tried to upgrade, but then i got some error about the O package havin some error...

i tried to run the text mode installer, but it cudnt read a file... a bloody JPG file...

so i tried getting Kubuntu 8.04 alt. cd and ran the checksum verify thingie and all that, and even THAT cudnt run the text mode installer!

finally i installed Kubuntu 7.10, and upgraded successfully, even though i got msgs of Adept crashing! lol

not i gotta download and install KDE4 core packages!



all i gotta say is one word.... FINALLY!

 

Buy on AliExpress.com

[Martin]

All I can say is... I've been there myself.

 

[JCK]

I am somehow satisfied with Hardy but I am very disappointed at FF. It is really ugly under Ubunutu distributions.

 

[Martin]

Yeah, it's like a visual downgrade, both in rendering and gui.

 

[JCK]

I'm going to give Flock another try, it is good but a bit of a memory hog.

 

[gray]

Does anyone know how to bring up the Profile Manager in Firefox b3? I want to continue sharing my Firefox profile that's located on my Windows partition.

 

[Marko]

Yes, I've tried a couple of the OSx86 builds, but it wasn't worth the hassle. Apple supports a narrow spectrum of devices and they only provide drivers for those, so a PC user is typically stuck having his video card and network card unsupported. Which is really lame.

I never envisioned actually using it long term, only wanted to check it out.

I'm using Kalyway 10.5.2 for some time and it works like a charm!:jvefan: Only piece of hardware that I've added is ethernet PCI card because onboard wasn't supported.

 

[Martin]

Does anyone know how to bring up the Profile Manager in Firefox b3? I want to continue sharing my Firefox profile that's located on my Windows partition.

It used to be "firefox -ProfileManager". "firefox --help" shows all the switches.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

maybe not the appropriate thread, but i got a new PC...

just bought a Intel C2D E6750 2.66gHz processor, Intel DG33FB mobo, 2gb ram, and a Smsung 19" widescreen TFT monitor. problem is that with the onboard graphics chip, i cant get my native resolution of 1440x900. i installed the driver intel provided for this issue, but it never works... im currently pestering Intel tech support to fix my issue! India tech support centers are so fuckin' useless! :faq1:

 

[Martin]

Congrats on the new gear, Dheeraj!

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

i need a GPU... i cant stand 1280x1024 on a bloody widescreen monitor!!!

thanx anyways!

 

[Zé Tahir]

maybe not the appropriate thread, but i got a new PC...

just bought a Intel C2D E6750 2.66gHz processor, Intel DG33FB mobo, 2gb ram, and a Smsung 19" widescreen TFT monitor. problem is that with the onboard graphics chip, i cant get my native resolution of 1440x900. i installed the driver intel provided for this issue, but it never works... im currently pestering Intel tech support to fix my issue! India tech support centers are so fuckin' useless! :faq1:

Now you know how we feel

 

[Eddy]

just bought a Intel C2D E6750 2.66gHz processor, Intel DG33FB mobo, 2gb ram, and a Smsung 19" widescreen TFT monitor

E6750 ? Why didnt you get a QuadCore instead ? Q6600 is piss cheap nowadays

i need a GPU

thanx anyways!

Which one you looking to buy ?

 

[gray]

btw thanks M, that worked. The downside of Linux's case sensitivity

 

[Martin]

btw thanks M, that worked. The downside of Linux's case sensitivity

Those pesky uppercase letters, ASCII should just have had 26 characters eh

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Now you know how we feel

i was talking about centers who provide support for Indians, not Americans... but yeah, we're quite a pain in the ass too!

E6750 ? Why didnt you get a QuadCore instead ? Q6600 is piss cheap nowadays

it aint piss cheap here mate! besides, i blew almost all teh money i had on this PC... anything more and i cudnt have afforded it!

Which one you looking to buy ?

nVidia 8600GT. i thought of getting 8800GT, but it's quite expensive here too. but i think 8600 is good enough. it's about $115 i think....

 

[Eddy]

it aint piss cheap here mate! besides, i blew almost all teh money i had on this PC... anything more and i cudnt have afforded it!

Damn, you should have bought it from Dubai then

nVidia 8600GT. i thought of getting 8800GT, but it's quite expensive here too. but i think 8600 is good enough. it's about $115 i think....

Hmm, ok but watch out, I heard 8600 is pretty crap depending on what games you play.

 

[V]

I stumbled upon an article, saying Xp will now be delivered with OLPC and this was the picture attached.

 

[Martin]

I'm not sure they can deliver that, vlat, the OLPC has a pretty modest video card..

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Damn, you should have bought it from Dubai then





Hmm, ok but watch out, I heard 8600 is pretty crap depending on what games you play.

naah... i didnt have all that time to do it. i had a week off from work, and just decided to do it...

do u know any nVidia chipset around the same price range as 8600 that has no major issues?