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It will always be cat-c which he will have to sell on cheaply as well. a "fresh front end" lol
It will be harder to sell on too.
I'm not saying it's a piss poor deal it's just your never really getting something for nothing.
Which do you prefer?
A while ago I used KDE and since installing ubuntu and fedora 9 it's using gnome.
On both ubuntu and fedora gnone has completely fucked up already (i've only had it installed a couple of days) and i've had to yum removegroup "gnome" and reinstall it again. It would not...
Yea fedora seems pretty nice although the yum/software update installer seems a lot slower than ubuntu.
I'm trying to get my bootup quicker now, i've disabled a s**t load of services i'm not using and i've disabled 2 splash screens. Struggling to think what else I can do without going into it...
weirdly enough I could not for the life of me get my wireless working on ubuntu. I tried a method which fucked something up and the desktop would never load.
I've installed Fedora 9 and EVERYTHING is working fine lol. My internet doesn't seem to hang and I can connect wireless and wired.
I did look on the web for my card on ubuntu and followed some guide exactly on disabling the network manager and basically entering the details about my wireless connection into a text file. This did not work, so i'm still a bit stuck. It recognises my connection is there but just looses signal...
ahh i thought my wireless was working ok. it does work but drops signal every 5-10 mins and i have to disconnect and reconnect or restart the computer lol. I tried wired and it works fine and is a lot faster loading pages...
bugger, any advice?
right ive installed ubuntu and loving it so far. So quick compared to anything I've used.
I've managed to get my wireless working.
What apps are a must?
Is photoshop available on linux? what p2p prog and torrent downloader do you use? What plugins do I need for browsers and what music...
Another thing i'm sure i'm going to get a little stuck with is formatting the hdd. Whenever i've done it in the past it's come up with errors saying the drive is in use etc.
I beleive my hdd is partitioned. C: and D:
D as far as i'm aware is just called Recovery which I think is part of...
Ok but won't I need to download stuff to know if it works? i.e - burning software etc?
Or is there an equivalent device manager which shows if a device is not recognised?
RealTek RTL8187 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapater
Marvell Yukon 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Oh and I don't wanna pay for an O/S so I suppose osx is out the Q lol
I'd have to buy a mac though wouldn't I? I didn't think you could just install osx on any old laptop?
Do you know whether ubuntu is pretty plug and play friendly?
I was considering buying a mac because i've used osx before and was quite impressed but I thought I don't really need to. My laptop seems to run ok it's just the bloody o/s.
Is ubuntu plug and play daz? is it worth me noting all my hardware on paper before install as i'd be formatting the...
I've had enough with windows/vista. Consistentally crashing in so many apps and really slow running.
I've used Fedora before but wasn't overly keen.
Which linux distro would you suggest for my laptop?
I use the laptop only for surfing, photo's & the odd mp3 so gui is pretty important...