RE: what to use

I don't know if it's just me, but I'm finding working with Linux very close
to learning a foreign language with no seeming logic.

My recent experiences with trying to get Ubuntu to work with an older
Viewsonic LCD monitor (VA520) have the stuff of many expressions of
exasperation. My wife says I can't play with it around the grandkids if it
causes the type of language she hears...

Vincent Winterling
Vineland, NJ

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Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] what to use

Unless you need to enter static IP addresses.... that was a total
frickin nightmare!

I found Fedora Core much easier to setup with my Static IP's.

--
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Vincent Winterling wrote:
> Try Ubuntu latest release. Installs pretty easy and you're up and running
> quickly.
>
>; Vincent Winterling
> Vineland, NJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [Simply Computers] what to use
>
> I want to use any linux i can. I want to load it on my system. I have a
> spare laptop. I just want to be able to surf the net. Does anyone know of
> one I
> can download burn to a cd and load on my computer. I will only be using
> linux
> and I dont want to run it from a cd. Can anyone help me.

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The most recent Ubuntu that just came out last month, 8.04, has much
better support for auto-detection of hardware. Did you have a problem
with this one? If so, what exactly was the problem?

Typing to you from an Ubuntu 8.04 laptop right now,
--Ratamacue

Vincent Winterling wrote:
>
> I don't know if it's just me, but I'm finding working with Linux very
> close
> to learning a foreign language with no seeming logic.
>
> My recent experiences with trying to get Ubuntu to work with an older
> Viewsonic LCD monitor (VA520) have the stuff of many expressions of
> exasperation. My wife says I can't play with it around the grandkids if it
> causes the type of language she hears...
>
>; Vincent Winterling
> Vineland, NJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com">simplycomputers2yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto: simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com">simplycomputers2yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of Norm Higgs
&gt; Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:04 AM
> To: simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com">simplycomputers2yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] what to use
>
> Unless you need to enter static IP addresses.... that was a total
&gt; frickin nightmare!
>
&gt; I found Fedora Core much easier to setup with my Static IP's.
&gt;
> --
> Norm Higgs
&gt; http://forbiddenpc.com <http://forbiddenpc.com>
&gt; http://forbiddenpc.blogspot.com <http://forbiddenpc.blogspot.com>
&gt; https://linkedin.com/e/fpf/4018099 <https://linkedin.com/e/fpf/4018099>
> http://freetrafficbar.com?r=74276 <http://freetrafficbar.com?r=74276>
>
> Vincent Winterling wrote:
&gt; > Try Ubuntu latest release. Installs pretty easy and you're up and
> running
> > quickly.
> >
>; > Vincent Winterling
> > Vineland, NJ
> >
>; >
>; > -----Original Message-----
> > From: simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com">simplycomputers2yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto: simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com">simplycomputers2yahoogroups.com
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> recyclingray%40aol.com">recyclingrayaol.com <mailto:recyclingray%40aol.com>
&gt; > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:20 PM
> > To: simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com">simplycomputers2yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Simply Computers] what to use
> >
>; > I want to use any linux i can. I want to load it on my system. I have a
> > spare laptop. I just want to be able to surf the net. Does anyone
> know of
> > one I
> > can download burn to a cd and load on my computer. I will only be using
&gt; > linux
&gt; > and I dont want to run it from a cd. Can anyone help me.
>
>

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