Forum: Linux Distros

I've been using Linux mint over the past few weeks, and I have to say its the easiest distribution to use that i've ever seen. I've been playing around with installing it onto a usb hard drive and as it has a tool for installing proprietary drivers I can plug it in to any computer (in my house...

Here in the Philippines, on-line gaming is very popular with the younger people at the internet cafes. I am considering buying an established internet cafe. I will have one or two pc's with Windows, but the rest I plan on using Linux. My question is are there any limits or restrictions when using...

So, I've never used Linux before, but I've always known about it, and of course heard how much better it is than Windows and all that. I've just never taken the step to stray off my familiar Windows based pc's and onto something else. I want to try it out, but I have no idea about any details. I...

So I've got Ubuntu downloaded and burned. Before I go ahead an install it I want to make sure I've got all my important drivers. I download the 64bit Ubuntu, so I'm looking for Linux x 86_64 drivers correct?

I have a laptop with Windows xp home installed on it. It no longer boots into windows and scanning programs are telling me the drive is failing. I have data on it that I need off there. What I am doing is booting the laptop with a ubuntu live cd. This cd was burned about 9 months ago so it is...

Hey guys, I'm trying to get my wireless to work in Ubuntu. I go to enable the installed device driver, and it says something like, "Eventhough this driver is for free, the firmware required cannot legally be shipped with the OS. This device won't work without the firmware." This is my...

Hey guys, I will try to make this quick and to the point, but I figure I will try to explain the situation so you know what all has happened. I was installing sound drivers in my windows partition when my computer suddenly froze. I reboot, and I get an error saying my Hal.dll is damaged or...

Here is a screenshot of my desktop. It is PCLinuxOS. The default styles look old, but the distro is very usable and easy to use. I like KDE a little better than gnome. Pic: http://i26.tinypic.com/2r3f5hx.jpg http://i26.tinypic.com/2r3f5hx.jpg

Does anybody know a link to the system requirements of Ubuntu. I can't find them at www.ubuntu.com. i have an old IBM thinkpad Intel 333mhz, 128mb ram, that runs XP Pro... slowly. Just wondering if its worth tossing Ubuntu on, if theres a chance it might run a litle better, than XP. I doubt it...

Hello guys, I need some help. I have ubuntu, and I know how to install it. However, I am not able to wire my computer to my router for various reasons. I can only connect to it wirelessly. This posed a problem last time. So I was wondering, do you guys know of a website that has linux...

After a couple of short tries with Linux Puppy and SLAX, (booting off cd's) I found Mandriva that (when live installed) sets up dual booting on your machine running Windows(I think you can run it off the cd also). It partitioned the HD and put in a dual boot so I can run XP or Mandrivia. It was...

well lets see... i use Ubuntu .. newest version and well... it seems it wont recognise my new little 80 gig hard-drive here... and its sort of depressing me i think its the fact that theirs still a partition on the drive... but im not sure

I'm on a Gateway, model 6436, 512mb, 128 ram, AMD Sempron cpu. I just installed Ubunto, reminds me of my Mac's, I hope it is as stable. My problem is I have no clue, I'm not a laptop kind a guy, how to find the internet. This isn't an emergency, I would just like to get er done. Wyld_eyd::o

(Please note that I do not have a large block of time to complete this, I am hoping to do this as an ongoing project with the help of of the forum members if they see anything out of place. I will be continuously editing and adding to this, so please bare with me!) Hello! You are probably...

Hello everyone I like to share you this link, of a bunch of different Linux live CD downloads. All you have is a program that recognizes ISO file so you can burn them straight to CD here is a link for that http://www.download.com/Active-ISO-Burner/3000-2646_4-10602452.html and here is the...

can anybody help me to download **** small linux and put it on cd? ive been to the DSL site and followed the link to the download mirrors but i dont now what to do next. if anyone could provide instructions from here it would be much appreciated.

I'm looking into using Ubuntu, so I burned a live CD for it following the instructions on this webpage, put the CD in the drive and started the computer up. I saw my regular startup splash screen, then it showed me this Ubuntu splash screen: ...

Is there any software like D-Link with Windows laptops, to use with a USB to help the Linux 8.10 internet problem?:confused: I've spent hours on Ubuntu forums & this seems to be more than an isolated instance. It seems for every solution I read, I couldn't find anyone that agreed that the problem...