[LinuxUsers] Advice

[Jason]

I plan on using it for web surfing and media mainly. And well to learn  
the operating system more also



On Sep 18, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Chris Louden <chris at chrislouden.com>  
wrote:

> I highly recommend manually partitioning it once you are a bit more
> comfortable with it. Odds are you are going to reinstall several times
> to get things right/comfortable. Don't worry about it now. Play around
> get familiar with it. Only option you might need to specify with the
> install is ACPI. If the installation locks up, try disabling that. If
> the install goes right through, then don't worry about ACPI.
>
> Now once you have it install a whole world of options and
> customization opens up to you. What are you going to use it for?
> Generally stuff.. internet/email?  Might want to look at installing
> medibuntu, and well... of alot of things.
>
> -Chris
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Manny <vectormax at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Definitely do a manual partition.
>>
>> I did a quick install of Ubuntu 9.04 in a VM using VirtualBox.  I was
>> able to get a legacy scanner to work on it last night, as there are  
>> no
>> drivers for the scanner in Vista or Win7.
>>
>> Xsane is so cool that it was able to see the scanner (usb) and I was
>> able to scan something my wife wanted to fax.  My plan was to scan  
>> and
>> email the pdf to myself.
>>
>> Unfortunately last nights Ubuntu updates were taking too long so I
>> canceled midway and I'm left with a system that will require a
>> reinstall.
>>
>> This time I definitely plan to make a root (/) and home (/home)
>> partition to safeguard any data.
>>
>> I attempted a reinstall without formating my /, but that didn't work.
>> I reinstalled grub but that didn't work either.  Someone told me  
>> there
>> was a kernel update last night which explains much.
>>
>> The document is recoverable (boot livecd image and mount the
>> partition) but wasn't important.  It was a pretty fresh install.
>>
>> Good luck!
>> Make a separate  /home if you plan to save any data.
>>
>> --Manny
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Jason <cottonjmc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'll be single booting since I have several other machines. So I'm  
>>> not
>>> worried about screwing up and trying over
>>>
>>> As to my exposure/experience with Linux I'm a novice. Dave exposed  
>>> me to it
>>> years ago but I only dabbled with it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 18, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Randall Whitman  
>>> <909linux at whizman.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I have a 15 inch acer that I'm going to put Linux on.  I'm
>>>>> finally fed up with vista and xp that I want to seriously use  
>>>>> Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Are you planning to dual-boot or install Linux only?  How  
>>>> familiar are you
>>>> with Linux (i don't remember from any previous posts, sorry)?  If  
>>>> not
>>>> accustomed to Linux-only, and not planning to dual-boot, it can  
>>>> be a good
>>>> idea to run Linux from one of Live-CD/USB or WUBI-install, until  
>>>> used to
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>>> I have the ubuntu 9.04 distro. Should I just allow it to run  
>>>>> through
>>>>> a standard setup or are there settings that I should be looking  
>>>>> for?
>>>>
>>>> We always do manual partitioning (even though that may be the  
>>>> hardest part
>>>> of install process) - at a minimum separate partitions for /  
>>>> (system)
>>>> and /home (data).
>>>> We also routinely add the OpenOffice PPA repository to the Software
>>>> Sources,
>>>> so we get the newest OpenOffice through the Package Manager.
>>>> (Well, we also get rid of libmono and install gThumb.)
>>>>
>>>>> Also opinions should I install the desktop distro or the netbook?
>>>>
>>>> My recommendation is to try LiveCD or LiveUSB of both and see  
>>>> which you
>>>> like better.
>>>>
>>>> /Randall
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Randall Whitman
>>>> Whizman Software Solutions
>>>> www.whizman.com
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