bj-kaiser Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 what issues does VirtualBox have? I use it for a XP installation and it works quite well. Cant complain here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 i think i installed vituralbox on ubuntu 8.04 and it worked but i didnt find out taht it didnt come with a video driver for 98se til after id isntalled it which annoyed me.as for ubuntu 8.10 the ubgrade process using the 8.10 alternative disk worked fine, im not used to using adifferent place for shutdown menu thing.maybe it wasnt just ubuntu human that had glitches but ive really only tried 2 themes maybe cause i didnt think i should try windows like themes on linux, cause i think i saw that glitch with one of the other themes that brownish one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thydreamwalker Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 UBUNTU.???(NOT TRIED YET!)..,XUBUNTU(GNOME)-O.K....,OR ALAS KUBUNTU(KDE)-KOOL!....AS FOR ALL 8.10 i386 DESKTOPS:I LIKE XUBUNTU FOR pII-350/384MBRAM;BUT NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE QUALITY OF KUBUNTU ON A pIII-500/512MBRAM MoBo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Xubuntu doesnt use Gnome it use XFCEhmm i find that i prefer Gnome and XFCE over KDE now, although i have a few versions of kubuntu i dont remember using it for very long think last time was Kubuntu 6.06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjisinspired Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I tried an earlier 8 and version 7 of the OS. I never could figure out the GRUB initialization error at the time, about almost a year ago, where a loader couldn't be made for some reason or another but as of a few days ago trying the 8.10 version I must say that I am hooked.All of the hardware I currently have works with Ubuntu 8.10. I connected my Olympus DS-30 and the OS detected it as a DS_30 folder for opening, no need to install the Oly software which is really cool.One problem users are going to run into is that of having Ubuntu, or any type of Linux for that matter, to work with the newer Westell/Verizon modems because of a reactivation package embedded in them. This flash-based garbage, along with the need for IE exclusively, to reactivate the Verizon service, is utter garbageTo fix this problem you will need to call up Verizon for a manual ID and Pass and depending on who you get on the phone you may get hesitation since it is stated that on Verizon's site: "We do not support Linux" though ironically Verizon itself runs on some flavor of Linux.I have an older Bell Atlantic Modem from 2002 and I had no problems at all creating the connection and connecting. I will be installing Ubuntu without Windows and use Wine for a few programs like Virtualdub and some others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahlil88 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Ubuntu is the only GNU/Linux distro that actually liked my Radeon 9250. I can run Compiz-Fusion out-of-the-box! I'm really loving 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" -- 8.04 came with the Firefox 3 beta, which crashed on me a lot, and there was also a Compiz-Fusion bug that would lock up my system. The one thing that almost held me back when I switched to Ubuntu a year ago was the file manager's lack of tabbed browsing, but everything about KDE aside from its file manager annoyed me, so it wasn't too painful a sacrifice. Now there are no worries, and I hear the next version of Nautilus is supposed to be even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn9999 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 My mouse still doesn't work when it loads into setup. Pretty much the same as the last time I tried it (v6 or 5 or thereabouts). Pretty much makes it a non-starter for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Ubuntu did run okey on my Asus laptop, but unfortunately there was sound problem with Skype - when listening mp3 before using Skype, sound for Skype did not work more. After log off and back on, it was okey for Skype, but then again, mp3 didn't play Seems like whatever program used sound first, occupy it and it came not available for other programs same time :SWell, with help of a friend of mine, i fixed that ,but then after new updates it was scrued again and i didn't bother more spend hours to start fix all over again, and maybe would work again till new updates... I removed Ubuntu for now from my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 My mouse still doesn't work when it loads into setup. Pretty much the same as the last time I tried it (v6 or 5 or thereabouts). Pretty much makes it a non-starter for me.are you using a serial mouse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn9999 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 My mouse still doesn't work when it loads into setup. Pretty much the same as the last time I tried it (v6 or 5 or thereabouts). Pretty much makes it a non-starter for me.are you using a serial mouse?Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 try having a look at this cause ive had this problem beforehttp://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=99366 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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