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technoboy10 · 2012-04-27 17:54:42

Discuss all things Ubuntu (Linux distro)!

NEWS
A new version of Ubuntu, 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin, has just been released! Discuss below.
Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha has been released.

Discussion Point
What do you add to Ubuntu to make it better?

INFO:
Ubuntu is a version (called a distribution or distro) of Linux. It is completely free and open-source. For more information, check out ubuntu.com.

I run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from a VDI file on a thumb drive with Portable Virtualbox on it.

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veggieman001 · 2012-04-27 17:56:16

I'm on Lubuntu, my favourite flavour, right now. smile
I'm not really that fond of GNOME 3/Unity, I think KDE is okay, and I think LXDE is brilliant. Haven't used Xfce.

technoboy10 · 2012-04-27 18:09:17

I just discovered Ubuntu. I thought about Kubuntu, but I don't really like KDE that much.

veggieman001 · 2012-04-27 18:18:59

The main reasons I like Lubuntu are because its GUI is similar to the OS I'm most used to and love a lot, Windows XP, and it's super lightweight and fast. Chromium being the default browser is awesome too.

technoboy10 · 2012-04-27 18:28:08

Does Scratch work on Lubuntu?

veggieman001 · 2012-04-27 18:45:56

You know, I haven't tried. I'll install it.

It should work, as it works on Ubuntu. I'm running 64-bit though.

veggieman001 · 2012-04-27 18:56:01

Got it working excellently with Wine.

jji7skyline · 2012-04-27 19:03:41

Ubuntu works excellently on a Virtual Machine, which is one the reasons I like it so much.

My other favourite distro is OpenSUSE smile

veggieman001 · 2012-04-27 19:06:46

I don't know an operating system that doesn't work well on a VM...

technoboy10 · 2012-04-27 19:29:50

jji7skyline wrote:
Ubuntu works excellently on a Virtual Machine, which is one the reasons I like it so much.

My other favourite distro is OpenSUSE

I run mine from a VDI file on a thumb drive that I put Portable VirtualBox on. big_smile It's fun.

jji7skyline · 2012-04-27 20:43:31

veggieman001 wrote:
I don't know an operating system that doesn't work well on a VM...

Uh... Windows and OSX come to mind tongue

Harakou · 2012-04-27 20:46:05

I'm running 10.10 with Gnome 2/LXDE on my laptop. I like both desktop environments, but personally I prefer Gnome just because it's more full-featured out of the box and I'm too lazy to configure LXDE. It's nice when I need something more lightweight than Gnome though.

Dinoclor · 2012-04-27 20:50:48

I run Linux Mint.
It's based of Ubuntu.

And it lacks Unity.
big_smile

veggieman001 · 2012-04-27 21:07:15

jji7skyline wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
I don't know an operating system that doesn't work well on a VM...
Uh... Windows and OSX come to mind

They both work pretty well... what doesn't work about them?

maxskywalker · 2012-04-27 21:46:20

Hm, is it worth downloading it in VM form to a Windows 7?

jji7skyline · 2012-04-28 04:29:27

veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
I don't know an operating system that doesn't work well on a VM...
Uh... Windows and OSX come to mind
They both work pretty well... what doesn't work about them?

Snow leopard works fine, but Mountain Lion won't even install tongue

Windows freezes so often it's unusable and pointer capture doesn't work (as far I can remember) and the screen often goes black when I do anything that has to do with screen resolution etc.

Also, OSX screen res. won't go very far because there is no guest additions for OSX.

technoboy10 · 2012-04-28 09:09:00

maxskywalker wrote:
Hm, is it worth downloading it in VM form to a Windows 7?

I think so, but it's really up to you. The best part is that it's totally free, so you can try it out without worrying.

Harakou · 2012-04-28 09:42:53

technoboy10 wrote:
maxskywalker wrote:
Hm, is it worth downloading it in VM form to a Windows 7?
I think so, but it's really up to you. The best part is that it's totally free, so you can try it out without worrying.

Mhm, that's part of what makes Linux so great. big_smile Personally, I like to boot from a live USB drive or CD if I'm trying out a distro, but that's just me.

technoboy10 · 2012-04-28 10:07:16

Harakou wrote:
technoboy10 wrote:
maxskywalker wrote:
Hm, is it worth downloading it in VM form to a Windows 7?
I think so, but it's really up to you. The best part is that it's totally free, so you can try it out without worrying.
Mhm, that's part of what makes Linux so great. Personally, I like to boot from a live USB drive or CD if I'm trying out a distro, but that's just me.

I tried that, but could not get any LiveUSBs to work correctly. I eventually just ran it from a VDI file with Portable VirtualBox.

veggieman001 · 2012-04-28 10:33:18

jji7skyline wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:

Uh... Windows and OSX come to mind
They both work pretty well... what doesn't work about them?
Snow leopard works fine, but Mountain Lion won't even install

Windows freezes so often it's unusable and pointer capture doesn't work (as far I can remember) and the screen often goes black when I do anything that has to do with screen resolution etc.

Also, OSX screen res. won't go very far because there is no guest additions for OSX.

Weird... I've used Windows quite a bit on a VM and it worked great. It was XP though, you were probably doing 7.

And OS X makes sense; Apple doesn't really want you to do it so it isn't supported by a lot of VM software.

technoboy10 · 2012-04-28 18:19:12

NEW!
New discussion point! See first post.

maxskywalker · 2012-04-28 18:25:21

jji7skyline wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:

Uh... Windows and OSX come to mind
They both work pretty well... what doesn't work about them?
Snow leopard works fine, but Mountain Lion won't even install

Windows freezes so often it's unusable and pointer capture doesn't work (as far I can remember) and the screen often goes black when I do anything that has to do with screen resolution etc.

Also, OSX screen res. won't go very far because there is no guest additions for OSX.

Windows never freezes! Which version are you using?

veggieman001 · 2012-04-28 18:32:03

maxskywalker wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:

They both work pretty well... what doesn't work about them?
Snow leopard works fine, but Mountain Lion won't even install

Windows freezes so often it's unusable and pointer capture doesn't work (as far I can remember) and the screen often goes black when I do anything that has to do with screen resolution etc.

Also, OSX screen res. won't go very far because there is no guest additions for OSX.
Windows never freezes! Which version are you using?

It happens more on VMs.

jji7skyline · 2012-04-28 20:21:54

veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:

They both work pretty well... what doesn't work about them?
Snow leopard works fine, but Mountain Lion won't even install

Windows freezes so often it's unusable and pointer capture doesn't work (as far I can remember) and the screen often goes black when I do anything that has to do with screen resolution etc.

Also, OSX screen res. won't go very far because there is no guest additions for OSX.
Weird... I've used Windows quite a bit on a VM and it worked great. It was XP though, you were probably doing 7.

And OS X makes sense; Apple doesn't really want you to do it so it isn't supported by a lot of VM software.

I've done it with XP and 7.

XP worked slightly better, although the installation was a bit buggy. 7 was also buggy, although the installation was slightly smoother.

veggieman001 · 2012-04-28 20:27:38

Which virtualisation software are you using?

Scratch

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