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Offline mxyzptlk

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Finally got Ubuntu working
« on: April 25, 2008, 03:53:31 pm »
Yes!
Years in the process, and It's finally working!

I feel...

Accomplished.
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2008, 03:57:30 pm »
How is it treating you? What version are you using? Why the switch?
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2008, 04:01:05 pm »
So far, it's pretty good. Right now, I'm downloading some media codecs to listen to music to test my sound drivers.
I'm using the latest version of Hardy, released yesterday.
Nothing really prompted the switch, my dad was using it, he liked it and suggested it to me. Mainly, I'm doing it for security and to learn it. Invariable, people who install Ubuntu become smarter than they were before they installed it. It's just fact.
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2008, 04:06:58 pm »
I just switched yesterday myself. (just in case you didn't see the "help me i'm impatient" thread i made)

I'm really enjoying the CompizFusion effects:
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2008, 04:12:33 pm »
8.04 or 7.10?

Quote from: SadistAtHeart on April 25, 2008, 04:06:58 pm
I just switched yesterday myself. (just in case you didn't see the "help me i'm impatient" thread i made)

I'm really enjoying the CompizFusion effects:
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I was fucking around with those about a month ago. Way cooler than Areo right?
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2008, 04:13:03 pm »
Yeah, to get compiz to work, I'd need to fix my graphics drivers. Right now, they're on the fritz.

@bja: 8.04
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2008, 04:27:34 pm »
Quote from: bja888 on April 25, 2008, 04:12:33 pm
Quote from: SadistAtHeart on April 25, 2008, 04:06:58 pm
I just switched yesterday myself. (just in case you didn't see the "help me i'm impatient" thread i made)

I'm really enjoying the CompizFusion effects:
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I was fecking around with those about a month ago. Way cooler than Areo right?

Better than Beryl, too. The compiz effects menu is actually organized quite well!
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Offline Will

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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2008, 04:39:22 pm »
I have some trouble running compiz on xubuntu, adn it interferes with 3d games. Nevertheless, way better than any vista crap ever made.

Can you run Soldat?
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2008, 04:46:44 pm »
Quote from: mxyzptlk on April 25, 2008, 04:13:03 pm
I'd need to fix my graphics drivers.
Take a guess will.
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2008, 04:49:08 pm »
I honestly haven't tried yet, I'm still getting the essentials downloaded. I haven't even messed with Wine yet.
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2008, 11:41:19 pm »
mxyzptlk, what kind of video card does your computer (the one with Ubuntu) have?
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2008, 12:15:07 am »
An Nvidia Geforce. I don't remember the model number off hand.

Anyway, I've gotten the video drivers installed and I can now use Compiz. It runs smoothly with little to no trouble.
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Re: Finally got Ubuntu working
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2008, 12:21:59 am »
You may be able to get Soldat working pretty decently in Wine.  If you try, I'd be interested to hear what you find (though post about that in the Soldat+Linux thread in GD, not here) ;)
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