Ubuntu 9.04

O hai!
I haz Ubuntu now and with all my stuff saved to external HD, am redy to make the switch
But i gotta check first, is anyone else here running ubuntu, I know synth is (so synth if u out there, ill be picking ur brainzZ) but if anyone else is and haz any tips then i'd be very appreciatative to you, if you could post any do's or don'ts!

p.s. by next weeks im planning on doing a complete OS swap, and getting rid of XP entirely!

*gulp*

Doing teh switch now?

Also, xfire doesn't work in WINE so you have to get my favorite im client called pidgin and the plugin called Gfire.

your going to learn to use the console or terminal alot so, be prepared

Good luck in your endeavor, mags!

Have you tried googling for ubuntu conversion from XP? I'll bet there is a lot of information out there.

If you get stuck getting it to work, try googling.

This of course assumes you have a working PC with web access, while converting. :-)

Ubuntu uses the (default) ext 3 file system, mags could either a, resize his HDD partition and keep xp and ubuntu on separate ones or format ubuntu entirely, Of course he would have to have room for swap and boot

Btw, XP uses NTFS and or FAT32

I wub u guise [nohomo]

but srsly I thought about just doing install this way;
1) reformatting both my hard drives so they blank
and then
2) booting up with the Ubuntu CD and installing that way?
3) then when ubuntu up, reinstalling my saved data off external HD.

Can this be done?
I totally wana wipe any traces of my [illegal] XP history, including MS partitions (and horsie pr0n)

use the live CD, "Try Ubuntu" then when it loads install and use all of the disk. Be sure you unplug your external before you using the live cd or you might coincidently format your external (happened to me before)

use the live CD, "Try Ubuntu" then when it loads install and use all of the disk. Be sure you unplug your external before you using the live cd or you might coincidently format your external (happened to me before)

lol synth, sounds painfull, but yes ExtrnlHD is always unplugged till i need it

another Q!!

After checking to see backup to E-HD, I notice that its just 1 icon saying 'Backup' and not a direct copy of how my C:Drive is laid out...will Ubuntu recognise the backup icon (which was done thru WindowsXP) and initialise it when i needs to do it?



Sowwie for nub questions!

Different file format,

You need to make sure its in a folder, the new ubuntu can migrate your my docs folder but any other stuff you need to place into a folder before you install ubuntu

Also. Mag, be sure to export your Freelancer IDs out of FAM.

Wow, this Ubuntu sounds like a lot of hassle, why the heck do people use it? O_O

XP is so much simplerar.

well..I can understand why u think taht Falco, it is very hard to use unless you can live in a Windows free world and arr technically minded! believe me im having second doubts about switching, just coz i cant be bothered with finding and reinstalling so many codecs and drivers and such

but i wana switch to ubuntu coz my XP is illegal and I not getting anymore updates >_< also but I am thinkin about buying Windows7 when it gets released in October ~ ALSO its costs £49.99 (LIMITED PERIOD)!

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/part...m?storeId=10001

apparently W7 will blow everything outtah teh water

=P I won't get any new windows till i buy a PC with another OS already installed on it. I've never actually installed an OS onto a system. =)

lucky you!

lol. I've never bought a machine that came with Windows. All mine were built from scratch, after my first two. (The first two were in 1987 and 1992, and came with a Commodore OS and DOS 4, respectively.) All my machines after that were built from scratch, and I had to install Windows (3.1, NT, 95, 2000, XP) myself. (And all of those machines ran Linux after I replaced them as my primary Windows machine.)

In my home I have 3 Linux machines, and 3 Windows machines.

mags get on xfire

At 6:30 am? you gotta be jokin