beginner questions...

[Matthew Voss]

What was the question about gDesklets? I can't find it on the email but I
use it.
Goo


On 7/28/07, Justin <eqisow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 3. Install ntfs-config. It will give you a GUI menu for configuring
> ntfs-3g.
>
> 4. I'm not sure about this one. You should be able to have both installed
> via apt/get/Synaptic, but X will only allow you to have one or the other
> configured and won't switch dynamically. One solution would be to just use
> the vesa driver, but it won't perform as well.
>
> 5. Well, as you pointed out, booting the same OS install on multiple
> computers is really not very common. While most devices will simply hotplug,
> allowing for far more portability than Windows (which freaks out if booted
> in an alien computer), X kind of seems to be an exception. As far as
> gdesklets specifically, well, I don't use it, but I'm sure there are others
> here that do. :)
>
>  On 7/28/07, Naja Melan <najamelan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > im just migrating from windows. I tried kubuntu before, but found that
> > unworkable. Now i got ubuntu studio, and am really happy with it. Im very
> > positively surprised by its userfriendlyness....
> >
> > Im especially amazed with how much i have been able to sort out and set
> > up in only two days by looking things up on the net. However, there are some
> > things i don't know where to look up.
> >
> > I have a rather special settup it seems, nevertheless it is almost
> > working smooth, and im sure with some tweaking it will be perfect... I have
> > my ubuntu installed on a portable usb hard disk ( != usb stick... ). This
> > allows me to take it with me everywhere I go, and to get it to a computer
> > with internet, as i don't have that at home. There are some minor
> > abnormalities though since the hardware always changes:
> >
> > 1.  and 2. solved by now by further searching
> >
> > 3. In ubuntu (studio) all disk drives are always mounted automatically.
> > I love this approach. Only since everywhere i go, there are ntfs drives, and
> > there are no ext3 drivers for win x64, i would like to get my disks to
> > always mount with ntfs-3g, and get the writable. It seems you would normally
> > do something like that with fstab, but that doesn't seem to make sense since
> > every computer has different harddisks and partitions.
> >
> > I don't know which program arranges the automounting and hotplugging, so
> > i don't know how to configure it to use ntfs-3g??
> >
> > 4. The computers use different graphics cards, thus need different
> > drivers. I have Ati card at home Ndvia somewhere else etc... The problem is,
> > that when trying to install the ndvia driver, it insists on removing the ati
> > one etc...
> >
> > Is there a way to just install all drivers and have it choose the right
> > one?
> >
> > 5. Different computers have different screen sizes and resolutions. I
> > don't get this concept in linux. For example with gdesklets i seem to lose
> > the installed desklets from 1280 when i start a computer with 1024. I pick
> > them again, and when back on a comp with 1280, i have them twice...
> >
> > How does linux deal with the resolution?
> >
> > Thanx very much in advance for any help...
> > greets
> > naja
> >
> >
> >
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