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Posted Aug 01, 2008 at 8:32:46 AM
Subject: what do i do 1st?
my name is jacques, and im stil running windows :( it sucks bigtime, no support, and they so selfish. anyway... i have ubuntu 7.01 on a cd i got through the mail, and before i load it, i just want to make preperations: thus downloading drivers ect... can any-one tel me where the best place to download is? need motherboard drivers, graphics card, screen, tv card and a dvd writer driver.. and where can i get a open sourse program (a good one) to burn cd's for linux. i just dont want to start without planning what im going to do next. so i will realy appretiate the help.
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raluxs
Joined May 14, 2008
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Aug 01, 2008 6:07:15 PM
Subject: what do i do 1st?
The good news is that there is a good chance that Ubuntu (Or most other distributions) already includes all of these things you need.
The bad news is that if any of your hardware is not detected and configured automatically at install you may need to do some extensive research to find the particular driver you need or just to find out that that piece of hardware is not supported.
Good luck
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psypherrr
Joined Aug 01, 2008
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Aug 01, 2008 6:23:07 PM
Subject: what do i do 1st?
ok.. wel thanks alot for your reply., so what you saying is that if i install linux, it would already have most of the drivers in its database?.. anymore info perhaps?, anymore suggestions where i can do that research? or anyone know where the spacific site is where i can find the necessary driver? i came right with mobo and gpu... still looking for the other drivers, such as monitor and dvd rom.
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rokytnji
Joined Jul 26, 2008
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Aug 01, 2008 8:29:19 PM
Subject: what do i do 1st?
Insert the cd and pick the option===== run ubuntu without making any changes to my hardisk. That means you'll be running it in live cd mode. Use this tutorial for install later. its for vista but the same principle applies for xp.
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_first.htm
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psypherrr
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Aug 02, 2008 7:59:21 AM
Subject: what do i do 1st?
um... ok thanks for the info on the cd boot, but that does not answer my questions... anyone else please help?
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Khabi
Joined Apr 21, 2008
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Aug 07, 2008 12:44:34 AM
Subject: what do i do 1st?
Truthfully, you won't find a specific site that is going to give you all your answers. Linux is a beast in that you have to find the problem then search around to find the solution. Linux will give you the tools to find the issue, the rest is pretty much up to you.
A few tips that could help. Write down all your non-generic hardware and check for linux compatibility:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
Things like Motherboard, DVD/CD burners/readers, and audio will usually be supported right out of the box because you can use a generic driver for most of them. For the most part if you don't have some odd graphics card you probably won't even need to mess with that as it will use the generic drivers as well (if you're using a nvidia / ati card, it should use the appropriate drivers for those as well).
Ubuntu runs the Gnome Desktop Enviorment, it *should* have a good burner with it. (I don't use gnome or ubuntu so I'm not sure).
If you have a pre-manufactured computer, check the Ubuntu forums for your specific model. Someone has probably already done the legwork for you.
Other then that, boot it up using the live mode as said and see what works and what doesn't. Then hit up google or ask questions here.
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stovicek
Joined Aug 17, 2008
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Aug 17, 2008 5:23:33 PM
Subject: what do i do 1st?
- Quote psypherrr:
my name is jacques, and im stil running windows :( it sucks bigtime, no support, and they so selfish. anyway... i have ubuntu 7.01 on a cd i got through the mail, and before i load it, i just want to make preperations: thus downloading drivers ect... can any-one tel me where the best place to download is? need motherboard drivers, graphics card, screen, tv card and a dvd writer driver.. and where can i get a open sourse program (a good one) to burn cd's for linux. i just dont want to start without planning what im going to do next. so i will realy appretiate the help.
psypherrr greats you:
Windows can suck. Having a non-booting computer sucks more. My first suggestion would be to get a copy of the newest, stable version of Ubuntu since 7.10 (assuming you transposed the numbers) is soon to be a year old and not quite as hardware compatible as 8.04 would be. You can download a CD image that you can burn on your own, or request to have a CD mailed to you from Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu). Then run it as a LiveCD. This gives you two advantages.
First, you get to see if there are any possible hardware issues. Chances are you won't have many (or any) unless your computer is using all brand new technology. But there still is a possibility and having a workable computer in the meantime will help you solve those issues. There's nothing more frustrating than trying to use the same computer you're trying to fix. I've installed Ubuntu on a few different systems and the only major hardware issues have been with wireless network cards. They've either needed additional drivers not included on the CD or a patch from a third-party. This usually means having a network cable available for a direct internet connection until the wireless card can be sorted out.
Second, you get an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the OS without actually installing it. It will behave just as an installed Ubuntu would but out of your computer's memory instead of off the hard drive. The only downsides to this is having sluggish performance due to the OS having to share the available memory with any running applications and the slower loading of applications off of the CD. Also, anything required to run your computer that needs to be downloaded from Ubuntu's repositories will need to be re-downloaded every time you run Ubuntu as a LiveCD.
Ubuntu installs Gnome as the desktop environment which is pretty well stocked with applications such as a CD burner. Blank CDs are automatically recognized as are CD images, making the burning of them nothing more than a few clicks of the mouse. If something more robust is needed, cdrbq or GnomeBaker can be installed through the Synaptic Package Manager. Ubuntu's repositories run very deep with available applications. There's little that Ubuntu doesn't already offer.
If you have a second PC that isn't needed for anything important, you can use that as your guinea pig Ubuntu-installed machine. That way you can fearlessly learn from breaking things without losing a workable computer. If you screw things up badly enough, you can wipe the second computer free and start over. But the first step should still be running Ubuntu 8.04 as a LiveCD. That's how I began my move away from Windows. I used to be a Windows-only user and now have a cluster of three laptops, one desktop, and one server all running Ubuntu. Only the one laptop has Windows on a separate partition for when I'm in the mood for killing zombies or aliens.
[Modified by: stovicek on August 17, 2008 12:25 PM]
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