All "which distro should I choose?" queries here.

[vaibhav23]

Yes it is very annoying but will buy a mouse next month.
So would Linux Mint l work well on my pc

[Piyush]

Ubuntu vs Linux Mint

Pros and Cons???

[doomgiver]

here goes.
pentium D 2.8 ghz
1 gb ram
no gpu.

distro required for basic office work
pdf,doc,(basically, office files), image files
MUST BOOT FAST (my arch boots in 13 secs)
easy to configure
linux beginner going to use it (he can manage his way a bit, but does not like command line too much)
also, NO PCMANFM, my brother hates it(i hate it too )
file manager must have breadcrumbs, tabs, and when going one level up in the directory structure, it MUST KEEP THE LAST OPENED FOLDER SELECTED.(this is why we hate it)

audio/fancy graphics NOT required (sound is dead and colors are not displayed properly, so not needed)

im thinking of lxde/xfce ubuntu or mint.
Peppermint OS
suggestions?

[abhijangda]

^^ go for mint.

[NeptuneTech]

^^^i'd suggest you to use ubuntu because mint is a derivative of ubuntu...with ubuntu, u can create more capabilities for your machine than from mint....(if you plan to get into deep someday)

[eagle_y2j]

xfce ubuntu

if resources are low xfce is really a charm !

[nims11]

u can create more capabilities for your machine than from mint....(if you plan to get into deep someday)

not true. most distros are more or less the same if you plan to go deeper in Linux.

[Chaitanya]

try virtualbox for running windows applications.

this link

[Ishu Gupta]

try virtualbox for running windows applications.

this link

Alternative > Wine > Virtual Machine

[doomgiver]

try virtualbox for running windows applications.

this link

AAARGHHH!!!! TOO MANY MOVING PIXELS!!!
*goes into epileptic seizure and starts spamming(pun, lol)

xfce ubuntu

if resources are low xfce is really a charm !

im using xubuntu... slightly more bloated, but easier o configure and use for my brother. (keep in mind that he is not aware that the "windows" he sees is different than the desktop or the os, you know typical windows newbie)

also, how is nautilus as a file manager? is it better than thunar/pcmanfm???
(dang, i hate the fact that linux has such few good file managers, little choice here)

[nims11]

^^ nautilus > thunar = pcmanfm
in terms of features as well as lightweightness. but the features overshadow the lightweightness factor.

[doomgiver]

k, ty.
i think ubuntu comes with nautilus? or what is its default fm?

[nims11]

k, ty.
i think ubuntu comes with nautilus?

right.

[Piyush]

just installed ubuntu 11.04
and liking the unity interface a lot

are there any cpu monitoring gadgets for 11.04?

[fz8975]

Which one for a beginner like me ??
I want to learn more about linux/unix ?
how do i get started ?

[nims11]

install ubuntu or More preferably, Linux Mint.

[Krow]

Yeah Linux Mint is a good place to start as you won't have to install all codecs to play avi, mp3 files either.

[mitraark]

Which version of Ubuntu to go for ? I had been using 10.04 but now its time to shift to 11 , but have heard new ones have some Wifi driver problems etc.

[Krow]

On my HP dm1z, I can't figure out how to get the sound working with Ubuntu 11.10.

And right click does not work either.

[nims11]

^^ quite a common problem with new systems but haven't faced with ubuntu 11.10.
There are many reasons for it. try one of these and then use the speaker-test command to test.
1. /usr/bin/pulseaudio
2. alsamixer and then check if any output channel is muted. if yes, then unmute it by m.
3. try this Ubuntu 11.10 « Abhishek's Programming And Linux Solution Blog

[Krow]

^Thanks for that. I'll check it out as soon as I have the time.

[Krow]

Thanks a lot nims11. Your post helped. A little more googling solved two of my problems. I can right click now and I got the sound working.

But, now my laptop randomly hangs/freezes with the caps lock led blinking. I was just browsing on FF both the times it froze. No keys work. Only a hard reset helps. This distro is giving me headaches.

[Faun]

^^try
PRtScr/SysRq hold it and press these keys sequentially

R E I S U B

[Krow]

^I'll try that. What does it do?

Ubuntu has become too much of a Mac clone in recent years. Unity has made it even more so (the dock has been moved to the left that's about it). Anyone following Mint? They said they may release a Gnome 3 version next. Looking forward to it. If they give a good Gnome 3 version, I'll donate instantly.

[Faun]

^^when nothing responds it will safely reboot.

[Krow]

^Hmmm... That is fine, but the system shouldn't be freezing I suppose. I'll update the AMD video drivers and check.

Downloaded Arch 32-bit. How to burn it to a pendrive? Any good software for Win or Lin?

[Ishu Gupta]

Unetbootin

[Krow]

^It didn't work with Ubuntu 11.10 for me. I used some other software called Universal USB or something like that.

[Ishu Gupta]

Haven't tried 11.10 but worked with every other distro I tried (11.04, Arch etc).

[doomgiver]

if you have arch, you dont need any mac/windows clone