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Which release would I need if I wanted to install it on an Intel based Mac? Billy Gibbons, Fisty Fawn? What is this stuff?
Any Ubuntu guru's online right now?
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I run Dapper under Parallels Desktop. I'm not sure if Boot Camp would boot it, and I'm not really curious enough to try it. Got too much invested in my setup to want to dink with it that way. Parallels is seriously nifty.
The Ubuntu naming convention is odd because they release every six months, alternating "short-term" versions to address the complaint that Debian gets old and stale between releases, and "long-term" versions to address the complaint that RedHat left everybody in the lurch when they stopped supporting their low-end subscribers.
Basically, you can just look at the first letter in the name to figure out where you are -- D, E, F, G, H. Dapper Drake is still the current long-term version; Edgy, Feisty, and Gutsy are for the cutting-edge, "gotta have the latest" folks. Hardy Heron will be the next long-term-support release, due this spring.
The Ubuntu naming convention is odd because they release every six months, alternating "short-term" versions to address the complaint that Debian gets old and stale between releases, and "long-term" versions to address the complaint that RedHat left everybody in the lurch when they stopped supporting their low-end subscribers.
Basically, you can just look at the first letter in the name to figure out where you are -- D, E, F, G, H. Dapper Drake is still the current long-term version; Edgy, Feisty, and Gutsy are for the cutting-edge, "gotta have the latest" folks. Hardy Heron will be the next long-term-support release, due this spring.
I was a linux geek in college. I figured as a CSE major I have to install it at least once, learn how to command line the shit out of stuff. I grew tired of it quick, especially when Windows seemed to run my college staples with greater consistency: Duke Nukem, Starcraft, and Worms.
I have Parallels all set and ready to go, but from what I understand, it doesn't support the Gutsy release. I downloaded one file, but it turned out to be for the PowerPC, so when I went back and looked a little closer, I see that the only one available for the Intel based machines is a 64 bit version. I read that there is a lot of trickery involved in getting the 32 bit apps to run properly.
At first, I was going to convert my Windows machine only, but I decided to look into the Mac, because I have this thing with me almost all of the time, so I'd have plenty of time to play with it.
At first, I was going to convert my Windows machine only, but I decided to look into the Mac, because I have this thing with me almost all of the time, so I'd have plenty of time to play with it.
Lestat said:
I do, but when I'm done I get kinda bored.
That's when I saw the 3D cube desktop and got interested.
Ah ha! This is exactly where the light bulb just wasn't coming on. I forgot that Parallels will run Windows on a Mac, so that makes perfect sense.digger said:
I may go full bore and try to get Gutsy to work, so I'm not online for awhile, I probably smoked the Mac and had to start over.
Downloading the new file now...I had to close up shop because I had a shitty connection at work that kept going dead probably because of the wind and rain.digger said:
I'm going all in on Gutsy with Parallels...I'll let you know how it turns out.
How come?Smurfy said:
I'll make a video of my desktop when I'm done with this project. I'm pretty geeked about it from what I've seen.Smurfy said:
Tell the Lum-ster to post up his opinion...I'd love to hear it.Smurfy said:
Jack Schitt said:
Sounds like the regular Intel download
http://mcandre.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon-on-an-intel-macbook/
It keeps stopping here:
Anybody know why?
Also, if your gonna install Parallels with OS X 10.5, you need build version 5582. Took me a few install/uninstalls to actually look at the website for support.
Anybody know why?
Also, if your gonna install Parallels with OS X 10.5, you need build version 5582. Took me a few install/uninstalls to actually look at the website for support.
Smurfy, the interface you don't like is probably Gnome; I don't like it either. See if you can give Kubuntu a try, or just tell the lazy bum to do "apt-get install kde-desktop" for ya. That's the KDE interface, which is close enough to Windows, you could probably sneak it onto the PC your pointy-haired boss uses, and he wouldn't notice... except for wondering why it stopped crashing. 
Jack, I'm still running Dapper on my MacBook, so I'm not sure why you're getting hung up on CUPS, that's the printer subsystem. Ought to be some way to skip that but it's past my bedtime.
Jack, I'm still running Dapper on my MacBook, so I'm not sure why you're getting hung up on CUPS, that's the printer subsystem. Ought to be some way to skip that but it's past my bedtime.
I may try a different version, but I just read that when your setting up the virtual machine, you need to set the OS type to Solaris, because if you don't, OS X will bitch. I can only assume they mean hangups like this.
I reset it and I'm watching the status bar...if this doesn't get it, I'll have a look at Dapper and see if I can get that to run.
I reset it and I'm watching the status bar...if this doesn't get it, I'll have a look at Dapper and see if I can get that to run.
we have kubuntu and i dont like any of the ubuntu stuff. it always seemed to run much slower than other OS and that pisses me right off. i have very little patience when it comes to the speed of my machine.digger said:Smurfy, the interface you don't like is probably Gnome; I don't like it either. See if you can give Kubuntu a try, or just tell the lazy bum to do "apt-get install kde-desktop" for ya. That's the KDE interface, which is close enough to Windows, you could probably sneak it onto the PC your pointy-haired boss uses, and he wouldn't notice... except for wondering why it stopped crashing.
Jack, I'm still running Dapper on my MacBook, so I'm not sure why you're getting hung up on CUPS, that's the printer subsystem. Ought to be some way to skip that but it's past my bedtime.
Success!!! Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn installed with Parallels 
...it's as fast as I need it to be (for now), and I'm the most impatient bastard alive. It seems to run fine if your system resources are in check.
I just got done with the software updates, so I'll post some screen shots when I get Beryl working.
A powerful Jedi I am
...it's as fast as I need it to be (for now), and I'm the most impatient bastard alive. It seems to run fine if your system resources are in check.I just got done with the software updates, so I'll post some screen shots when I get Beryl working.
A powerful Jedi I am
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I don't know much about Macs--isn't OS X Unix-based anyway?
Without knowing more specifics about your hardware, I can't say which distro you'd want. If it's a pretty fast machine, go with Gutsy. If you install any of the D-F ones, you can upgrade, but the process is supposedly imperfect.
As far as the x64 versions, I mostly run that type rather than x86 or whatever. The main shortcoming was Flash in Firefox, which has recently been solved.
Our home firewall/router is running Kubuntu because the program I like, guidedog, is for KDE. It's like a 733 or 850 MHz Socket 370 chip with like 256 MB of RAM and old-ass IDE HDs, so of course it's slow when using the GUI.
For the record I have run Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu (you can very easily have all three WMs on a single machine and pick which one you want at the login screen) and I think I like the regular Gnome version best, because of the ease of putting temp sensors in the toolbar.
Haven't tried Edubuntu but am thinking of trying MythBuntu.
Without knowing more specifics about your hardware, I can't say which distro you'd want. If it's a pretty fast machine, go with Gutsy. If you install any of the D-F ones, you can upgrade, but the process is supposedly imperfect.
As far as the x64 versions, I mostly run that type rather than x86 or whatever. The main shortcoming was Flash in Firefox, which has recently been solved.
Our home firewall/router is running Kubuntu because the program I like, guidedog, is for KDE. It's like a 733 or 850 MHz Socket 370 chip with like 256 MB of RAM and old-ass IDE HDs, so of course it's slow when using the GUI.
For the record I have run Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu (you can very easily have all three WMs on a single machine and pick which one you want at the login screen) and I think I like the regular Gnome version best, because of the ease of putting temp sensors in the toolbar.
Haven't tried Edubuntu but am thinking of trying MythBuntu.
Yes, you areSmurfy said:
Well, I really don't know that yet...I'm only going by what the masses say. I'll have to ride it like a borrowed mule and see what it's got. I can tell you that the Mac OS X is by far more stable than windows. It doesn't ask you "Are You Sure?" a million times either. It assumes you are an adult capable of making decisions.Smurfy said:
I have more spare parts from Windows machines at home than I know what to do with. All junk.
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Jack Schitt said:
Here is how you turn that "Are you sure" bull shit off - http://lifehacker.com/software/vist...ur-permission-to-continue+-prompts-230866.php
Sweet.trizo said:
I'll pass that one on to all of my friends who recently had an inch of their hairline wind up in a dust pan
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Jack Schitt said:Sweet.
I'll pass that one on to all of my friends who recently had an inch of their hairline wind up in a dust pan
Np, it's the first thing I googled when I installed Vista lol.
Ubuntu is way faster on similar hardware, pretty much never crashes and is very secure. I don't even have antivirus/spyware stuff installed. I can boot up and shut down faster than a Windows box will boot and give me control of the mouse.
I will start building my first new box in 5 years this Feb.
I will start building my first new box in 5 years this Feb.
Dial_tone said:
Yeah...I noticed how quick it boots, and it's just as fast as my regular OS when browsing. Totally cool so far, but I have a question..if I have both OS's opened at the same time, can the company servers see what I'm doing in both, or is it just whatever one is active?
If it has to go through a corporate gateway to get out to the intertubes, it doesn't much matter whether it's a virtual OS or the primary, it's still showing up as traffic to your port.
Lummy: ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the
Adobe Flash Player installer. WhereTF did you find a fixed one?
Lummy: ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the
Adobe Flash Player installer. WhereTF did you find a fixed one?
Hey Digs, how come I can't enable the desktop effects? The screen goes white and nothing changes. (I googled this, but came up with nothing similar).
Video driver. I had to choose between being able to play Chromium (accelerated video) or use MythTV (non-accelerated video) on my box. I'm not all that hot to get Compiz working; played with Vista for a week on a kick-ass machine (dual-core with SLI video) and it was just 'meh'.
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Jack, where did you get that hot chick background for ubuntu?
Digger, just move the .so file from the older flash9 tarball to the /home/username /.mozilla/plugins/ directory.
you can get the r48 release here.
http://www.badongo.com/file/7122816
That version of flash will work with both Firefox and Konqueror, once you tell konqueror where it is. Just go to settings | configure konqueror click on the plugins icon and then hit the scan for new plugins button.
Digger, just move the .so file from the older flash9 tarball to the /home/username /.mozilla/plugins/ directory.
you can get the r48 release here.
http://www.badongo.com/file/7122816
That version of flash will work with both Firefox and Konqueror, once you tell konqueror where it is. Just go to settings | configure konqueror click on the plugins icon and then hit the scan for new plugins button.
redguru said:
Pretty sure I got it from here:
http://www.gnome-look.org/
I looked up to page 16 on the wallpapers, but I still can't find it. I hosted the download..hope it's big enough.
If not, I'm sure I have the page marked somewhere, I just have to look for it.
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