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- FruitFocker, on 05/07/2009, -24/+130Can someone please help. I installed Ubuntu and I can't find iTunes or MS Word. Please help, thanks.
- stufflebean, on 05/07/2009, -5/+65It's not for everyone, but I <3 my Gentoo.
- inactive, on 05/07/2009, -1/+52In linux, they are called "Amarok" and "Open Office".
- anexanhume, on 05/07/2009, -4/+54I even have a mac and I buried you.
- trogdoor, on 05/07/2009, -0/+38"HP uses the broadcom 43xx wifi cards, which are not supported"
Most bcm43xx cards are supported and have been for a while now, it's just that Broadcom won't allow Ubuntu to distribute the firmware ( they wouldn't give drivers either but those have been made through reverse engineering and are included by default, they are just useless without the firmware that runs on the card itself ) so they can't legally work "out of the box" until either Broadcom allows their firmware to be distributed with Ubuntu ( not even necessarily open source, Ubuntu would include them even just as proprietary blobs if Broadcom allowed them to ) or until open source *firmware* is completed ( which is being worked on right now, so not only are developers creating drivers but even the code running on the card itself, all without any specifications or help from Broadcom, just so that it will work out of the box ). So instead of including the firmware with the install CD they can only include a utility that downloads the firmware for you. The only completely unsupported bcm43xx card I can think of is the BCM4310 USB ( which is actually a PCI card despite it's name ).
Long story short:
For almost all bcm43xx cards all you need to get it to work in Ubuntu is to connect via ethernet to the internet and go to System > Administration > Hardware Drivers - inactive, on 05/07/2009, -10/+47Note to people new to linux. Stick to Ubuntu and maybe opensuse (Fedora users as much as you wanna bitch about it still not ready.). They are easy distros to handle and even easier to get help when you run into trouble. And for the love of god don't try Arch unless you seriously know Linux or don't have life. The Distro i mentioned do everything that you need to do and 95% as efficient as the other more hard core distros when it comes to system resource usage.
- Malkor, on 05/07/2009, -3/+39I installed Arch after a few years of Ubuntu, because I wanted a challenge, and a challenge is what I got! I learned a ton, and probably won't go back anytime soon.
- pijalu, on 05/07/2009, -2/+34So silly, of course there is WAY more to linux than ubuntu,
eg:
kubuntu, xubuntu, edubuntu, medibuntu, gobuntu, mythbuntu, ubuntu netbook remix... - inactive, on 05/07/2009, -2/+32I actually switched from years of using Arch to Ubuntu... because I was tired of challenges.
- nedzeve, on 05/07/2009, -1/+24You should be dugg down because different distributions are nothing like rebadging.
- raydeen, on 05/07/2009, -4/+27I'm burying you from a Mac.
- inigomntoya, on 05/07/2009, -2/+25Will please to find a solution for me too. Sorry, English is not my primarily language of country of origin.
- eliotistic, on 05/07/2009, -0/+22Dear friend,
- bestadvocate, on 05/07/2009, -2/+23Dear Poster,
YOU SPEAK ONLY LIES!
sincerely,
Ubuntu Fanboy - inactive, on 05/07/2009, -4/+25Hahahahahahahaahahahaha I can't believe you people are burying this.
- inigomntoya, on 05/07/2009, -2/+22This is how I ask a question in a Linux forum if I am afraid I am going to be 'RTF' bombed
- burjzyntski, on 05/07/2009, -2/+22you suck ass.
- spritom, on 05/07/2009, -1/+20Funniest thing I've read all week!
PS...go to your DirectX settings, you can unlock them there. - jeremymccurdy, on 05/07/2009, -2/+21Everyone knows that there's more than Ubuntu, but the reason it's so popular is because pretty much anyone can use it and figure it out without having to get into overly technical stuff like compiling or using the terminal. If they can use Windows or Mac OSX at all, there's a very small learning curve.
Other distros are great for people wanting to run servers or just want to flex their tech knowledge, but really Ubuntu should be getting pushed as much as humanly possible if Linux enthusiasts want to ever see Linux become a commonly used desktop OS. - Jtizzle07, on 05/07/2009, -0/+19List is not cool for not including Gentoo
- inactive, on 05/07/2009, -1/+19Dido is a musician (that's debatable). Ditto means "same".
- Shawn4168, on 05/07/2009, -2/+19Right now you're only 4 diggs away from the spammer's comment below yours. That's how much people think your comment sucks.
- CalcProgrammer1, on 05/07/2009, -2/+16Posting from a 2008 HP Pavilion dv9700t running Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit, I can say that HP used an Intel 4965 A/G/N WLAN card on mine as part of the "WiFi with Bluetooth" option. In fact, Ubuntu has almost perfect support out-of-the-box on this PC. I was amazed last year when I stuck the 8.04 disc into my brand new laptop that it had WiFi without having to get proprietary drivers, supported my sound card, ran at full resolution, etc. The only thing that I need proprietary drivers for is my video chip (nVidia 8600M GS) and that is super easy to install, always has been (at least since 6.06 when I started using Ubuntu).
- inactive, on 05/07/2009, -1/+15I think you're missing the point. The reason there aren't a lot of different distros of Windows is because they got their foot in the door of the business world in the beginning and nobody can afford to get off Windows. It's like "I'm not going to use a telephone anymore, I'm going to use my new Xenophone that transmits using microwaves. Only two people have them, but it will catch on!"
Linux and open source development have been created because people need an alternative that is CUSTOMIZABLE to what they need. Making everyone work on a single distro so it can become mainstream is kindof defeating the original purpose of Linux. - plainOldFool, on 05/07/2009, -2/+15No idea why you are being buried.
- disappointed, on 05/07/2009, -0/+13Note to hardware manufacturers: provide drivers for Linux.
- 1337Kitty, on 05/07/2009, -0/+13Don't forget fluxbuntu!
- pixel34, on 05/07/2009, -2/+15I use KDE in Ubuntu (just install kubuntu-desktop) and it works fine for me.
I appreciate the large debian repository. - Xerodog, on 05/07/2009, -10/+23Maybe if Linux developers focused on just one distro and one desktop typ (KDE or Gnome) then perhaps Linux would have a chance to be more mainstream. There are so many options out there that new users get overwhelmed and good developers are so spread out they can't make one good product. Instead there are good pieces of different distros.
- Havek, on 05/07/2009, -1/+13I have a HP dv1000 that i bought in 2006, everything worked strait up with Ubuntu. I started using Ubunutu on this laptop since version 6.10.
- techdever, on 05/07/2009, -2/+14Dildo
- disappointed, on 05/07/2009, -0/+12Agreed, stick to Ubuntu. To be fair to Fedora though, it's not a case of it not being ready. It was always meant to be a test ground for new technologies which may one day make it into RHEL. Add to that it's pro-OSS philosophy which excludes things like codecs, flash and binary graphics drivers from it's repositories and you get a distro which is never going to be noob friendly. That's just not what it was made for.
- burjzyntski, on 05/07/2009, -0/+11its in the restricted drivers, get b43-fwcutter and wl_apsta.o and you'll be fine. i've got an older compaq and have had the same problem, the only thing i cannot get working 100% is my video card (ati radeon xpress 200m is no longer supported; i dont play games anymore so i'm alright with it... i do wish my 21" external monitor could go above 1024x768 though :-/ )
you used to have to use ndiswrapper but wifi support is much better now.
research things and you'll find the answer. - Snap65, on 05/07/2009, -3/+14True dawg! I just had a buddy of mine turn away from Ubuntu because the wireless drivers weren't working on his HP using 9.04. Again I say 9-point-O-four.
Ubuntu user - MrSmiley909, on 05/07/2009, -0/+11They included Ubuntu in a list called "There's Way More to Linux than Ubuntu: 8 Distros Compared".
- Tichondrius74, on 05/07/2009, -0/+11Some would say those are the best things about linux.
- CalcProgrammer1, on 05/07/2009, -6/+16I hate how Security is a category. I personally don't think you can rate security, as different people need different levels of security for different environments. For instance, having sudo use the same password as the user is quite beneficial to the desktop user, who doesn't care about a super FBI-proof desktop environment and just wants his system to work. However, corporate environments need protected root access so that employees or other users don't get into administrative settings and mess up the system. I hate even having to type my password on my laptop, it's annoying having to always type it again and again just to install programs. They need to come up with some sort of "security level" where you pick how strong you want the security to be when installing.
- Krissam, on 05/07/2009, -0/+10wine is not an emulator.
- blacklilyninja, on 05/07/2009, -0/+10the irony here... I have an acer laptop that my nephews use when they come over. It had xp on it and for some reason the wifi won't connect to my hidden airport network. Yes it wa sa legal copy of xp and all the drivers were up to date. (it was fine on the vista machine) XP saw the network but wouldn't connect. Went through the motions of checking my security and ip restrictions and it by all accounts should have worked. I had to actually dig up an old d-link router just to use wireless on the stupid thing. When i installed Ubuntu 9.04 along side windows I was floored when it just worked after i put in my security codes. I was prepared for this hunt for drivers and a bunch of ***** but it just worked. I put away the back up d-link wifi router and life went on.
i force the kids to use Ubuntu now. Its less of a headache for me and they think its cool looking. - jostheller, on 05/07/2009, -1/+11A lot has changed in the last decade, but you are free to live your life in ignorance.
- dusanmal, on 05/07/2009, -0/+10One danger for new Linux users using Ubuntu is the installation strategy. Though it simplifies the process (which might seem as an advantage for the newbies) it is not trivial to get a lot of software installed immediately. Philosophy of Ubuntu seem to me as: install the minimal system, let user customize it from there. I have seen a lot of users put off by that step as they struggled to find what they wanted in Linux "on the first boot".
For the newbies I typically advised SUSE. And, importantly, the option to install everything (literally) on the first try. This strategy resulted in new users finding what they personally wanted immediately and without any further customization/installation. Not ideal situation for experienced user but I have personally seen new users who started on such path to adapt to Linux (and love it) much faster than from the minimal systems.
(This out of 15 years of Linux administration experience at major Universities and Natl' Labs. I personally started from Slackware 1 :) ). - burjzyntski, on 05/07/2009, -1/+10^ /s*
- Knet88, on 05/07/2009, -0/+9If you "... don't want to hear any more crap about how Linux is the second coming"
Maybe you shouldn't click on Linux articles on digg, just move on down to the next article about kittens or puppies or duckies or squirrels or whatever makes you feel pretty. - unixfg, on 05/23/2009, -0/+9Buried for providing useful advice.
- inactive, on 05/07/2009, -1/+10I am totally saying 'form' form now on.
- stewacide, on 05/07/2009, -4/+13Unless you have a compelling reason to use something else and know what you're doing I'd strongly suggest Ubuntu simply because it's the best supported distro.
- Phate8263, on 05/07/2009, -1/+10Um sit me in front of a Mac, and I don't know what to do.
The one time I needed to copy some files on a mac, I sniffed around and found the terminal.
And oh yeah, I have a CS degree and program for a living. Just saying Mac has that learning curve too. - inactive, on 05/07/2009, -0/+8I like Gentoo on my full sized machine. But a smaller base install would be nice so it could run easily on PC-104 cards. Can't say I love the python dependency.
- jostheller, on 05/07/2009, -2/+10buying mp3's is stupid.
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