I am really anxious to jump into this. I am not a slouch when it comes to computers; and I have been running XP for years. I recently went to the Ohio Linux Fest and learned a lot about Linux and want to jump in feet first.
I loaded the Kubuntu 7.04 live CD today to play around and see how it will work for me. I ran into a few issues that I need to address before I go the whole hog and install it. Here are the issues (don't worry, I'll post my system specs at the end
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1.) From the live CD I could not use my DVI output. This is important to me because this computer will ultimately be a media center and hooked up to my HDTV. My TV is a Samsung 32" HD and I can get the full model should anyone need it. Using XP I bought a DVI to HDMI cable and it worked great. I want the same results from Kubuntu. When running the live CD, the VGA worked by default.
2.) When testing the sample .ogg files, I got no sound. I need to address this for the same reasons listed above. The system is currently wired into my home theater using analog cables.
3.) I know this will be the easiest. I use a wireless bluetooth mouse and keyboard and need to make sure I can get those running as well.
Those are my most important issues. Now for what I have:
Pentium 4 CPU
2.80 GHz
1.00 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX5500 256MB onboard DDR RAM
Creative Audigy soundcard, not sure of the exact model. Its older though and I can pull it out and look if its important.
Currently using XP Pro Edition. I have the computer hooked up to my TV (as a monitor) and my home theater for sound and have had very little problems. I am getting into this slowly. I recently got a nasty virus on my computer that I thought I was gonna have to reformat it to get rid of it. Fortunately I used my mojo and got rid of the virus without a reformat; but I don't want to go through it again and I know Linux to be a little less susceptible to that; and I have a lot of friends who use Ubuntu and Kubuntu. I decided on Kubuntu to get started and I hope you guys can help me get up and running soon!
Sorry for the long post...but like I said, I'm anxious to get started.
P.S. A secondary condition I have is that I'd like to get this on the home network. All my other computers are XP and can't be changed (they are my wife's and she refuses
) But lets get the computer working first!
I loaded the Kubuntu 7.04 live CD today to play around and see how it will work for me. I ran into a few issues that I need to address before I go the whole hog and install it. Here are the issues (don't worry, I'll post my system specs at the end
)1.) From the live CD I could not use my DVI output. This is important to me because this computer will ultimately be a media center and hooked up to my HDTV. My TV is a Samsung 32" HD and I can get the full model should anyone need it. Using XP I bought a DVI to HDMI cable and it worked great. I want the same results from Kubuntu. When running the live CD, the VGA worked by default.
2.) When testing the sample .ogg files, I got no sound. I need to address this for the same reasons listed above. The system is currently wired into my home theater using analog cables.
3.) I know this will be the easiest. I use a wireless bluetooth mouse and keyboard and need to make sure I can get those running as well.
Those are my most important issues. Now for what I have:
Pentium 4 CPU
2.80 GHz
1.00 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX5500 256MB onboard DDR RAM
Creative Audigy soundcard, not sure of the exact model. Its older though and I can pull it out and look if its important.
Currently using XP Pro Edition. I have the computer hooked up to my TV (as a monitor) and my home theater for sound and have had very little problems. I am getting into this slowly. I recently got a nasty virus on my computer that I thought I was gonna have to reformat it to get rid of it. Fortunately I used my mojo and got rid of the virus without a reformat; but I don't want to go through it again and I know Linux to be a little less susceptible to that; and I have a lot of friends who use Ubuntu and Kubuntu. I decided on Kubuntu to get started and I hope you guys can help me get up and running soon!
Sorry for the long post...but like I said, I'm anxious to get started.
P.S. A secondary condition I have is that I'd like to get this on the home network. All my other computers are XP and can't be changed (they are my wife's and she refuses
) But lets get the computer working first!
)
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