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I'd like to try Linux
02-12-2011 10:52 PM
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I could buy a set of recovery discs (he didn't make his own )
But I thought about giving Linux try, as I'd never tried it before
So as a complete newbie - how do Igo about it? How much will it cost me?
John
Re: I'd like to try Linux
02-12-2011 11:18 PM
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For a "complete newbie", I would recommend choosing (at step #1) Version "10.04 LTS" rather than the latest release.
Re: I'd like to try Linux
03-12-2011 9:16 AM
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Downloads can be booted and run from CD/DVD or USB memory sticks; you can get a feel for both GNOME and KDE without having to install to hard disk first.
Re: I'd like to try Linux
03-12-2011 9:19 AM
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Re: I'd like to try Linux
03-12-2011 9:42 AM
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I'd personally recommend Linux Mint above Ubuntu (and it's currently top of the page hit rankings).
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Re: I'd like to try Linux
03-12-2011 9:48 AM
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I also would recommend Linux Mint (see my sig for a link) but get the Mint 11 release rather than the latest, it still has a few rough edges, although a new user may like it.
If you have trouble downloading it drop me a pm.
Re: I'd like to try Linux
03-12-2011 12:21 PM
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03-12-2011 3:29 PM
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I'll give it a go. A friend lent me a copy of a Windows 7 disc, but that wouldn't install either, so the hard drive may be gone, or going. I guess trying to install Ubuntu will show that one way or the other.
The only thing he may miss is ITunes, as I don't think you can get a Linux version.
John
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03-12-2011 3:41 PM
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03-12-2011 5:21 PM
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03-12-2011 6:02 PM
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Go to -
System --> Administration --> Disk Utility
Then scroll down to the hard drive.
Select "SMART Data", then in that screen "Run Self-test"
Re: I'd like to try Linux
03-12-2011 10:26 PM
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Apparently the disc has 557 bad sectors, and warnings for "Current Pending Sector count" and "reallocated Sector Count" Whatever they are.
So it may be that the hard drive is on the way out.
John
Re: I'd like to try Linux
04-12-2011 2:58 AM
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Re: I'd like to try Linux
04-12-2011 2:43 PM
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I Have been using Mint 11 for the past few months and only wish I had discovered it years ago.
Quote from: hulls My son's laptop has given up the ghost (basically Windows 7 just stopped working and the recovery partition hasn't worked.)
I could buy a set of recovery discs (he didn't make his own )
But I thought about giving Linux try, as I'd never tried it before
So as a complete newbie - how do Igo about it? How much will it cost me?
John
I guess what puts a lot of people off is that it is free so how can it be any good, along with that is the wrong impression that you must have to have a good knowledge of using code.
I do use windows 7 mainly to run photoshop but it's on a separate partition of my disk and I would never use it to access the internet, the days of firewalls, anti virus programs and very long windows updates are a thing of the past for me.
The previous posts will have given you the answer to your questions and I suspect you may well be tempted to move over to Linux once you have seen it in action on your sons computer.
Re: I'd like to try Linux
04-12-2011 3:35 PM
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Ubuntu looked OK from the memory stick, so I tried to install it, but the installation failed. I was pretty sure that the disc is at fault, so I took the hard drive from an old laptop of his (the power connector on the motherboard was at fault on that) Just out of interest, I fired it up, and Vista loaded fine (apart from the problems you'd expect with hardware drivers) He seemed to want to stay with that set up if possible, so I updated the Windows installation and that seems to be working fine. All that said, it's given me an itch to try Ubuntu properly, and I'll probably install it on an old machine to start with and give it a proper work out.
John
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