Fresh install on HP Pavilion dv4 1125n

[Pipoca]

Congratulations, Kubuntu team!

After learning Kubuntu for a couple of months in an old Toshiba Satellite I decided to quit Windows and installed 9.10 64-bit on my working laptop described above.

Not to my surprise, EVERYTHING worked out as expected: all components were properly recognized and the correct drivers installed; the same applies to the software I got used to - GIMP, Kdenlive, VirtualBox (yes - I still need Windows for internet banking...), Firefox, Stellarium, Skype, Inkscape, XSane, Audacity, LightScribe and Twinkle to name a few.

Since I'm not a Linux expert, my only complain is that Samba - both server and client - is not installed by default.

My compliments to all for this superb product.

Pipoca
S. Paulo - Brazil

[sithlord48]

Re: Fresh install on HP Pavilion dv4 1125n

Since I'm not a Linux expert, my only complain is that Samba - both server and client - is not installed by default.

the client is installed by default...

try typing this in to dolphins location bar,
smb:/<servername or ip>

[sithlord48]

Re: Fresh install on HP Pavilion dv4 1125n

just noticed this...

(yes - I still need Windows for internet banking...)

what happens with your banking? mine works just fine and i feel much safer using linux to do my banking..

[Pipoca]

Re: Fresh install on HP Pavilion dv4 1125n

the client is installed by default...

try typing this in to dolphins location bar,
smb:/<servername or ip>

I meant the Samba icon in the System Settings.

Thanks for the hint anyway

[Pipoca]

Re: Fresh install on HP Pavilion dv4 1125n

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what happens with your banking? mine works just fine and i feel much safer using linux to do my banking..
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I agree that linux is much safer, but it needs an ActiveX control...

[sithlord48]

Re: Fresh install on HP Pavilion dv4 1125n

bummer, about that active X control, but you could try url=http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page]IEs4Linux[/url] perhaps that will free you of the need to start a virtual machine in order to get your banking done..

[Pipoca]

Re: Fresh install on HP Pavilion dv4 1125n

bummer, about that active X control, but you could try url=http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page]IEs4Linux[/url] perhaps that will free you of the need to start a virtual machine in order to get your banking done..

Thanks for the tip, but it didn't work: the bank's webpages require IE 7 or later...

[Pipoca]

Re: Fresh install on HP Pavilion dv4 1125n

A bit Off Topic maybe but a bank that requires ActiveX, one of the worst security issues in network computing, just begs to be dumped before they lose your money...
There are so many sane and platform independent solutions, one example:
http://vasco.com/verticals/banking/onlinebanking.aspx

I agree, but I MUST have an account on this bank...

[GilGib]

Re: Fresh install on HP Pavilion dv4 1125n

have you tried user Agent Switcher add-on for firefox ?

[Pipoca]

Re: Fresh install on HP Pavilion dv4 1125n

have you tried user Agent Switcher add-on for firefox ?

Thanks for the tip, but it didn't work out too...