Ubuntu

[chugger]

Re: Ubuntu

Thank you for posting the link.

 

[i386]

Re: Ubuntu

After extensive testing I've found the Flash plugin to be working fine.

Yea Paul, I'm excited about the next release. I think I'll start trolling eBay for a deal on an extra hard drive for my laptop.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Ubuntu

Geeeeeez, I wish I understood Greek. I might learn something here!

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: Ubuntu

[colour=blue]Your not alone, boom.

 

[i386]

Re: Ubuntu

How about a picture?

 

[chugger]

Re: Ubuntu

Nice screenshot.

I installed the flash plugin and it works great in Mozilla but crashes Firefox 1.5.0.4 when visiting the CBS news website.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Ubuntu

Hokay! I jumped in and downloaded Ubuntu and burned it to a disc. It was pretty slick with that ISO recorder. I remember doing this with knoppix and had a heck of a time trying to figure out how to burn it with nero burning rom.

I haven't tried to boot with it yet but one thing I did not understand was the Hashtab thing. You were supposed to right click on the downloaded ISO, select properties, the file hashes. I don't understand what you are supposed to 'compare' it to?

 

[colonel_sanders]

Re: Ubuntu

Hokay! I jumped in and downloaded Ubuntu and burned it to a disc. It was pretty slick with that ISO recorder. I remember doing this with knoppix and had a heck of a time trying to figure out how to burn it with nero burning rom.

I haven't tried to boot with it yet but one thing I did not understand was the Hashtab thing. You were supposed to right click on the downloaded ISO, select properties, the file hashes. I don't understand what you are supposed to 'compare' it to?

typically for large downloads the person on the other end is kind enough to also supply a md5hash file.

you compare the hash of what you downloaded to what it was supposed to be,. to determine if it downloaded correctly or had errors.

the idea is to download the iso, and the hash, and then do something like:
md5sum --check <hash filename>
which should then tell you if there was an error, or if it's "OK"

not sure what you're right clicking on,. but the above is the general idea.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Ubuntu

Hokay! I jumped in and downloaded Ubuntu and burned it to a disc. It was pretty slick with that ISO recorder. I remember doing this with knoppix and had a heck of a time trying to figure out how to burn it with nero burning rom.

I haven't tried to boot with it yet but one thing I did not understand was the Hashtab thing. You were supposed to right click on the downloaded ISO, select properties, the file hashes. I don't understand what you are supposed to 'compare' it to?

typically for large downloads the person on the other end is kind enough to also supply a md5hash file.

you compare the hash of what you downloaded to what it was supposed to be,. to determine if it downloaded correctly or had errors.

the idea is to download the iso, and the hash, and then do something like:
md5sum --check <hash filename>
which should then tell you if there was an error, or if it's "OK"

not sure what you're right clicking on,. but the above is the general idea.

I am typing this thru UBUNTU. Pretty cool! DeRay, I right clicked on the downloaded ISO file and selected properties. In the properties box there is a tab for the hash thing. It opens a box and displays a bunch of numbers including one for the file you mentioned. Below each set of numbers is an empty box with a 'compare' button beside it. It wants you to select something to insert there to compare to the published file numbers. But what do you select?

I guess I can toss my old Knoppix CD now, huh?

If I wanted to set up a computer to run on Ununtu, can I load the OS using this CD?

 

[Paul Moir]

Re: Ubuntu

From wherever you downloaded ubuntu, there will also be a file named MD5SUMS. You look in that file for the comparison number. If the numbers are the same then the download was good. The automatic comparitor just makes the comparison easier.

Here are the Ubuntu 6.06 MD5 sums:
http://ubuntu-releases.cs.umn.edu//6.06/MD5SUMS
You would no doubt be looking at the blah-ditty-blah-desktop-i386.iso one I think. Whichever matches the file you downloaded.

Delray Ryan: Thank you for removing the frame wrapper. EBRP works fine now. What great service!

 

[rwise]

Re: Ubuntu

Hokay! I jumped in and downloaded Ubuntu and burned it to a disc. It was pretty slick with that ISO recorder. I remember doing this with knoppix and had a heck of a time trying to figure out how to burn it with nero burning rom.
You should have an instal icon on the desktop, fairly streight forward install
I haven't tried to boot with it yet but one thing I did not understand was the Hashtab thing. You were supposed to right click on the downloaded ISO, select properties, the file hashes. I don't understand what you are supposed to 'compare' it to?

typically for large downloads the person on the other end is kind enough to also supply a md5hash file.

you compare the hash of what you downloaded to what it was supposed to be,. to determine if it downloaded correctly or had errors.

the idea is to download the iso, and the hash, and then do something like:
md5sum --check <hash filename>
which should then tell you if there was an error, or if it's "OK"

not sure what you're right clicking on,. but the above is the general idea.

I am typing this thru UBUNTU. Pretty cool! DeRay, I right clicked on the downloaded ISO file and selected properties. In the properties box there is a tab for the hash thing. It opens a box and displays a bunch of numbers including one for the file you mentioned. Below each set of numbers is an empty box with a 'compare' button beside it. It wants you to select something to insert there to compare to the published file numbers. But what do you select?

I guess I can toss my old Knoppix CD now, huh?

If I wanted to set up a computer to run on Ununtu, can I load the OS using this CD?

There should be an install icon on the desktop, easy install,,,,

There is also a Knoppix DVD out now, mounts NTFS FAT32 even SATA drives with no problem

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Ubuntu

There is rwise. I wondered if that was what it was for.

 

[rwise]

Re: Ubuntu

I gave mine a new 200 GIG hard drive to play with, It did not like haveing a NTFS partition on the drive, went very easy, but I may try Knoppix to

 

[i386]

Re: Ubuntu

Cool deal Boomyal.

I'll just expand or maybe just restate a little upon what Paul and others said abut MD5...

The purpose of all that is so that you can be sure the software you downloaded is the original unmodified version. Since the software is freely distributed by many different places this is important.

To make the MD5 hash, the original .iso file is shot through some really complicated math functions. The hash is the output of those functions. So when the site distributing the software provides the hash, you can run the .iso through the same functions and compare the hash you get with the one that the site has. If they match you know you got the real deal.

In Windows, I've used a free program called WinMD5 to check the iso files I download before I burn them.


Cool stuff.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Ubuntu

I gave mine a new 200 GIG hard drive to play with, It did not like haveing a NTFS partition on the drive, went very easy, but I may try Knoppix to

What's the difference? Just thought that Ubuntu was a later version of Linux.

 

[i386]

Re: Ubuntu

Knoppix and Ubuntu are different distributions of Linux. It comes in many flavors. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it. Some are more friendlier to the beginner than others and some are just really specialized. For example Smoothwall turns an old computer into a router. Other specialized versions run PDAs, cell phones, scientific/aerospace equipment, ham radios, robotics and even Tivo.

If you're interested in trying some others here's a few:

Fedora Project Version 6 just released.
Debian Ubuntu is based on Debian
Slackware
Gentoo
Mandriva
SUSE
RedHat

Or you could follow the instructions here and just build the whole thing from scratch.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Ubuntu

Too complicated i386, Bill Gates makes it a lot easier for us non-nerds. Plug and play is what is happening. We don't need to make a career out of coming home and turning on our computers. That, of course, was the way it was in the days of windows 3.00. Don't have the time nor the patience for that now.

 

[vess]

Re: Ubuntu

I just caught this linux discussion- have been surfing here for months, and have learned so much. I have tried several linux distributions, and I also really like Fedora Core. I recently ordered the USB drive for Mandriva, and it works great. It runs only off the drive, so you don't need to install it. When done you can boot back into anything (windows). You can also Use the drive on any computer, as it is portable, and it remembers all your settings and downloads. The live CDs can't do that. I think I also saw Ubuntu offered as USB drive as well. The book that helped me the most was Linux for non-geeks by Rickford Grant. Walks you through everything at an easy pace. Give it a shot.

 

[Coors]

Re: Ubuntu

I installed a dual boot 2000pro/xp.



will that kvd switch work, so I don't have to reboot to change to other os?

 

[rwise]

Re: Ubuntu

no, you will have to reboot. The switch switches between CPU's.
This system is dual boot also Win2000 pro and ubuntu, I have found only one web site that I have to use windows to access (must use IE 5.0 up) other than that I have had no problems with ubuntu. Well It does not mount drives as easily as the Knopix live DVD did. Best thing is you don't have windows isues to deal with. There are a lot of updates, but it is a work in progress.