Newbie Install Advice

[Trias]

Well I was lucky installing the 7.04 AMD64 ubuntu DVD version.  No problems
of any real import.  Perhaps I could say windows startup has slowed is about
all.  I'm even posting this via linux which is somewhat exciting for me but
probably a bore to others I suppose.

Well the 32 bit didn't work and the 64 bit did so i suppose I am stuck with
it and will have to make do as best as possible.  Seems an endless argument
over which to use talking about config issues, support and performance.
Apparently the 32 bit ubuntu version is supposed to work.  Thanks for the
information links.

My experience is mostly positive so far.  I finally found my bookmarks on my
windows partition.  For some reason the search in this GUI didn't work on
that drive.

It wanted 27 updates.  So i click the no clue button and it updated.  It
also wanted to install the nvidia drivers which hopefully work now.
Installing those drivers made the GUI considerably crisper tho i still seem
unable to go beyond 1024x768 resolution.  I usually run quite a bit higher.

It ran movies once i got the codecs.

The GUI itself seems super clean though very simple.

I'll have to figure out how to install stuff soon.  Fortunately firefox is
also my usual windows browser.  I have only briefly looked at openoffice
before but it was quite good then.  Everything else is a mystery to me.  I
play games a fair bit I know linux is weak in this area but perhaps there is
something if any of you could help.

On 7/8/07, Les Gray <lgray at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> Glad to see you're making progress. If you do end up installing 64-bit
> Ubuntu
> you will find that you need to do a little extra work to get some things
> going, though. For example, you need to run 32-bit Firefox to have the
> Java
> plugin and Flash working hassle-free, because 64-bit versions of those
> aren't
> available yet (this is the same with Windows). This will work, but
> requires
> some extra set-up. There's some excellent info on how to go about this in
> the
> 64-bit section of ubuntuforums.org , which is a must read. There is also
> some
> good 64-bit help at ubuntuguide.org .
>
> I used 64-bit Ubuntu for about 6 months, and I didn't notice any
> performance
> difference TBH. At this stage, any 64-bit OS - Linux, Windows or otherwise
> -
> is only of benefit to people who require more than 4GB RAM eg. very large
> and
> very intensive database servers. For the home user, there's no real
> benefit.
> In fact, the software incompatibilities just mean extra work for you,
> which
> is why I went back to 32-bit in the end.
>
> Les
>
> On Sunday 08 July 2007 19:18:15 Trias wrote:
> > Good news at last.
> >
> > I tried the knoppix it worked no worries.  I then tried the 64bit DVD of
> > ubuntu 7.04 and no worries again.  So seems the 64 bit version has
> solved
> > my problem at least in terms of running without installing.
> >
> > I admit i was quite impressed.  Browsing worked immediately and ubuntu
> even
> > has firefox which i what i'm used to.  Both also allowed access to my
> hard
> > drive ran movies etc.
> >
> > I guess I will try backing up and pushing the scary install button now.
> >
> > Thanks for the help thus far.  Hopefully the install is problem free.
>
>
>
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