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General Discussion => Technology and Development => Computer Usage and Setup Help => Topic started by: tloz128 on April 20, 2011, 12:04:32 am
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I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my old Pentium 4 desktop tonight, and I was wondering if anybody could direct me towards some good guides to help me get started. (I'm very new to Linux.) Thanks in advance. 8)
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Well, depends on what you want to do. First off, do you have a non-integrated video card? If so, you should install the graphics drivers for them. Don't worry about ATI, and Ubuntu will notify you if it can install the nvidia ones. It's worth it.
First thing to learn: Try to install stuff from the package manager first, before resorting to online sources.
Also, install these:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10071991/Tilp%201.14%20debs/Tilp%201.14%20debs.zip
They're all there, it's a more recent version than the one in the package manager. It's a linking manager, like TI-connect. The update is worth it, especially if you have an nspire.
Also, if you find it a little slow, you might try Xubuntu, or another XFCE-based distro. It's not quite so hard on the CPU and RAM. A P4 should run decently on reg. GNOME, though.
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Well, depends on what you want to do. First off, do you have a non-integrated video card? If so, you should install the graphics drivers for them. Don't worry about ATI, and Ubuntu will notify you if it can install the nvidia ones. It's worth it.
First thing to learn: Try to install stuff from the package manager first, before resorting to online sources.
Also, install these:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10071991/Tilp%201.14%20debs/Tilp%201.14%20debs.zip
They're all there, it's a more recent version than the one in the package manager. It's a linking manager, like TI-connect. The update is worth it, especially if you have an nspire.
Also, if you find it a little slow, you might try Xubuntu, or another XFCE-based distro. It's not quite so hard on the CPU and RAM. A P4 should run decently on reg. GNOME, though.
To be honest, I don't even remember the specs off the top of my head; I'll have to take a look at it tomorrow (I'm on my laptop right now.). I'll download those, though. Thanks!
Also, GNOME is running fairly smoothly, so I don't have any plans on changing it atm.
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I'm also rather new to ubuntu too, but I actually have a rather powerful computer. I did download the 64 bit version partly because I wanted to start learning x86-64 asm code, but now I'm wondering if that was a smart choice or not because there are many driver and software issues now. I also need to get used to the new terminal which seems to be rather similar to the cmd on windows systems.
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I'm also rather new to ubuntu too, but I actually have a rather powerful computer. I did download the 64 bit version partly because I wanted to start learning x86-64 asm code, but now I'm wondering if that was a smart choice or not because there are many driver and software issues now. I also need to get used to the new terminal which seems to be rather similar to the cmd on windows systems.
yeah, the terminal is for sure going to take some getting used to.
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For best multimedia experience, you should install the "Ubuntu Restricted Extras".
Top menu >> Applications >> Ubuntu Software Center >> search for "restricted" >> find "Ubuntu Restricted Extras" >> install it
It will then install stuff like codecs, flash, java, ...
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Also, if you find it a little slow, you might try Xubuntu, or another XFCE-based distro. It's not quite so hard on the CPU and RAM. A P4 should run decently on reg. GNOME, though.
I have Xubuntu! And it's way better than Windows!!! :D
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You should try Lubuntu if it is slow ;) it uses LXDE which is much lighter that actual XFCE ;)
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I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my old Pentium 4 desktop tonight, and I was wondering if anybody could direct me towards some good guides to help me get started. (I'm very new to Linux.) Thanks in advance. 8)
Use the Software Installer to find software you might need. It's divided in categories for easier searching. I'd install Wine too if you're used to Windows.
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A really good tutorial on linux basics is provided by the ubuntu manual team http://ubuntu-manual.org/ (http://ubuntu-manual.org/)
Cheers
Ingalls