Ubunto

[Skattles]

Is it worth it?

I have been interested in it for a while now but scared to install it.
I have also been thinking about duel booting with W7 and was wondering if any of you have done this or have Ubunto and could tell me if this is worth my memmory or even worth reformating my computer with it?

 

[Simon]

Now that 10.04 LTS is out, i'd get it. Its got ext4 support out of the box now, so i'd say its worth it.

 

[Skattles]

Thank you for you comment. Its amazing that its free what i like about it. Now if i were to do it do you think i should just completely wipe my W7 off my laptop and just run Ubuntu? or should i Duel boot with Ubuntu?

 

[Simon]

I would run with wubi first, to see if you like it. Just insert the disk while running windows, and it'll pop up.


That way if you dont like it, you un-install it in windows like any old program. But if you do like it, then you can remove wubi and re-install as a dual boot

 

[Skattles]

I would run with wubi first, to see if you like it. Just insert the disk while running windows, and it'll pop up.


That way if you dont like it, you un-install it in windows like any old program. But if you do like it, then you can remove wubi and re-install as a dual boot

Wubi is basicly Dual booting isn't it? or am i wrong is there a difference?
Im most likely going to put it on a disk i have to buy a disk to backup my W7 in case i even want to switch back but if i Duel i wont have to do that. Thanks to w7 it has a built in reformat

 

[Skattles]

do you guys think i should still Make a Backup disk of my W7 even when using Wubi or is Wubi a pretty safe installer? I just dont want to ruin my Laptop because i dont have a back up disk yet.

 

[Altec]

I am unfamiliar with the Wubi software, but just out of common sense I'd get the backup first.

 

[boyscout]

Wubi is def ok.

Basically what happens is it installs ubuntu like any other program on windows. It can be removed at any time from the add/remove programs. Whenever you turn on your pc it will give you an option to choose between Windows and Ubuntu. What happens is it creates a "loopmounted" device - pretty much an image of your os - that it boots onto each time. One minus is that you can not use hibernation mode.

Other than that, you should def try it out. Its some awesome stuff...oh and check out Compiz while your at it. Its some awesome stuff!!

 

[Skattles]

Wubi is def ok.

Basically what happens is it installs ubuntu like any other program on windows. It can be removed at any time from the add/remove programs. Whenever you turn on your pc it will give you an option to choose between Windows and Ubuntu. What happens is it creates a "loopmounted" device - pretty much an image of your os - that it boots onto each time. One minus is that you can not use hibernation mode.

Other than that, you should def try it out. Its some awesome stuff...oh and check out Compiz while your at it. Its some awesome stuff!!

Is Compiz like a program ? is there somewhere i can download it?

 

[boyscout]

Well, I'm not on ubuntu right now, but you should be able to do it through the "software manager" in ubuntu. And yes, its a program...that adds cool eye candy to your OS!

 

[Skattles]

do you have to have compiz or can you have just ubuntu? and it still be cool like with the 3d box and everything

 

[Skattles]

Well i did it i dl Ubuntu and im just getting everything worked out on it but im happy it worked .

 

[Skattles]

anyone know a free way to run windows games on Linux ?

NM i might have found something lol its a bit weird using Ubuntu but i like it

 

[boyscout]

I am assuming you found WINE. Its a pretty good program, and they have their website winehq.org that has a ton of resources. I got steam working under this, but its really slow, and I cannot get my games to run either.

One thing to remember about Ubuntu, or linux in general, is that it is very customizable. So don't be afraid to mess around with cool GUI apps and stuff.

 

[Skattles]

I am assuming you found WINE. Its a pretty good program, and they have their website winehq.org that has a ton of resources. I got steam working under this, but its really slow, and I cannot get my games to run either.

One thing to remember about Ubuntu, or linux in general, is that it is very customizable. So don't be afraid to mess around with cool GUI apps and stuff.

yeah i tryed running steam the other night and didn't run good at all. But yes that is what is cool about it is that its very customizable. I will just have to switch over to my W7 side to play Steam i was looking at their games on linux it seems like they have some cool remakes on there. They have a Quake 3 remake that i think im going to dl and check it out.

 

[eurocracy]

Ugh dual boot windows and ubuntu, my computer got complications and it took AGES because Grub kept failing.
I eventually removed ubuntu anyways

 

[Skattles]

what kind of complications?

And do you guys know of a safe way to run ubuntu as a virtual machine? I would like to be able to go back n forth between Ubuntu and Windows 7 instead of having to restart my computer to switch between the two. I think it would be cool to use ubuntu for browsing and Multi Media and stuff and then W7 for games and all that junk.

 

[Lehsyrus]

I use Virtual Box as my virtual machine. What it is, is like any other program on your computer, you install it on Windows, and then download Ubuntu. Instead of dual booting you can open up Virtual Box and then open the Ubuntu ISO file. It will run just how it is supposed to, except no dual booting required, the best part is after you finish doing what you want on Ubuntu, you save it back on the .ISO! So you can make documents and then save them without them being deleted.

It doesn't slow down my computer either.

 

[Skattles]

Is ubuntu slow when running on a VM? i have heard that it can be...

and how much space do you put for the VM to take up i set mine to 20 when doing Dual boot

 

[spidEY]

Is ubuntu slow when running on a VM? i have heard that it can be...

and how much space do you put for the VM to take up i set mine to 20 when doing Dual boot

It really depends on your system configuration. I have 4 GB of RAM and I can only address 2 GB to the virtual machine (Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit) without having any performance issues in the host OS.

In general, it runs pretty good, but the 3D acceleration can be slow sometimes when running Compiz with full effects enabled.

If you want to run a 64-bit guest, you need to enable Intel Virtualization Technology/AMD Virtualization in your BIOS settings.

As for disk image size, I think 15 GB is enough.