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cuffless

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im bored of vista. nothing new is impressive. files take so long to copy and it is slowing my system down. i dont ever play games on my comp anymore so i think linux will be a good option. is there any good free distro's that allow me to use msn messenger (or equivelant), a torrent program and i need to be able to transfer stuff to my psp and ipod. i have a vista and an xp install cd if anything goes rong
 
aMSN ( http://amsn-project.net ) is the closest equivalent to MSN and should work on any distro.
There's a variety of torrent programs available, personally I use Azureus.

Not sure about your PSP and ipod, hopefully they would be recognised as removable media drives in which case no additional software would be required.

I'd recommend Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com
 
Simon@Linux said:
aMSN ( http://amsn-project.net ) is the closest equivalent to MSN and should work on any distro.
There's a variety of torrent programs available, personally I use Azureus.

Not sure about your PSP and ipod, hopefully they would be recognised as removable media drives in which case no additional software would be required.

I'd recommend Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com
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ive used ubuntu before. thinking about it i still have the cd. it is 6.10 i think. i see in your sig you are running 7.04. is there any major differences or is it worth downloading the newest one?
 
I would suggest that you download 7.04, it should have better hardware support than 6.10.

7.04 is six months newer than 6.10 and in the world of open source, that's quite a lot of time.

You'll also find newer versions of packaged programs that might not be available to you as easily if you installed 6.10 and wanted to update them.

You'll want to install this after you install Ubuntu http://www.getautomatix.com/ it will enable you to install codecs etc very easily.
 
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Simon@Linux said:
I would suggest that you download 7.04, it should have better hardware support than 6.10.

7.04 is six months newer than 6.10 and in the world of open source, that's quite a lot of time.

You'll also find newer versions of packaged programs that might not be available to you as easily if you installed 6.10 and wanted to update them.

You'll want to install this after you install Ubuntu http://www.getautomatix.com/ it will enable you to install codecs etc very easily.
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****. i have started installing 6.10. i can allways upgrade later cant i?
 
tlarkin said:
make sure you install the proper Linux driver for your video chipset
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kk. ill download the driver now. also thanks alot for the automatix link. it has helped me alot. im working on changing the theme now

edit - i downloaded GTK2 - GUI Toolkit but i dont know how to install it. can anyone help?
 
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The restricted drivers manager should offer you the option to install your video driver, which as well as adding 3D support, should also let you choose different resolutions.

System -> Administration -> Restricted Drivers Manager

EDIT: Sorry, that's a feature of 7.04!

Automatix might give you the option to install your video driver.
 
Simon@Linux said:
The restricted drivers manager should offer you the option to install your video driver, which as well as adding 3D support, should also let you choose different resolutions.

System -> Administration -> Restricted Drivers Manager
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You should still download the newest one from whomever. Most of the video drivers for Linux run as a shell script, and will install the right version for your configuration, ie distro, kernel version, etc.

I have to almost always update my video driver to get complete resolutions of my video cards in linux, the native driver usually is basic for many reasons, the main one being that it is stable.
 
i dont see that on the list. i have downloaded the driver from the ati website, right clicked on it, sorted out the permissions so i can execute it, ran it in terminal, it starts running then says i cant do it as i have to be a super user
 
cuffless said:
i dont see that on the list. i have downloaded the driver from the ati website, right clicked on it, sorted out the permissions so i can execute it, ran it in terminal, it starts running then says i cant do it as i have to be a super user
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Code: 
sudo sh /path/to/script.sh
 
Simon@Linux said:
The restricted drivers manager should offer you the option to install your video driver, which as well as adding 3D support, should also let you choose different resolutions.

System -> Administration -> Restricted Drivers Manager

EDIT: Sorry, that's a feature of 7.04!

Automatix might give you the option to install your video driver.
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it only has nvidia drivers


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tlarkin said:
Code: 
sudo sh /path/to/script.sh
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i have no idea what to do with that
 
do the bash commands I posted above, it will run the script. Open up your terminal and type that command in.
 
tlarkin said:
do the bash commands I posted above, it will run the script. Open up your terminal and type that command in.
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it says

will@will-desktop:~$ sudo sh /path/to/script.sh
sh: Can't open /path/to/script.sh

well i gotta go out for a bit. ill try again when i get back. i probably got a letter wrong or something
 
cuffless said:
it says

will@will-desktop:~$ sudo sh /path/to/script.sh
sh: Can't open /path/to/script.sh

well i gotta go out for a bit. ill try again when i get back. i probably got a letter wrong or something
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okay will, when I said /path/to/script I was meaning the path to where you saved the script. so for example if you saved it on your desktop...it might look like this

Code: 
sudo sh /home/will/Desktop/ati.sh

Or, you can simply type in sudo sh then drag and drop the script into the terminal and it should paste the entire full path to the file. I forget what ATI actually calls the file, but it will be ______.sh.

Understand now maybe?

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Also know that Linux is case sensitive, so capital letters matter. so /Desktop and /desktop would be recognized as two different directories.
 
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tlarkin said:
okay will, when I said /path/to/script I was meaning the path to where you saved the script. so for example if you saved it on your desktop...it might look like this

Code: 
sudo sh /home/will/Desktop/ati.sh

Or, you can simply type in sudo sh then drag and drop the script into the terminal and it should paste the entire full path to the file. I forget what ATI actually calls the file, but it will be ______.sh.

Understand now maybe?

**EDIT

Also know that Linux is case sensitive, so capital letters matter. so /Desktop and /desktop would be recognized as two different directories.
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ahh i get it now. when i type in the directory do i need to put the .run in? i have tryed it with and without and when i get to type the password in nothing happens. when i press enter it says sorry try again
 
You need to type the full name in, so if it's ati.run then you need to type that.

You won't be able to see the password as you type it, so make sure you are spelling it correctly. It's the same password that you use to login with - which incidentally can be set to automatic if you're not worried about anyone else using your machine.
 
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