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Ubuntu--Linux
PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:28 pm
by Barracuda777
hey can someone tell me if the latest stable build of Ubuntu supports ATI graphics cards? i know they were working on it. i used to run it but alas i had an ATI card and it was really buggy. i shoula went Nvidia
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:52 am
by Midori
Hmm, I don't have much experience with ATI cards, but check this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI
If you have the latest version you may have to downgrade your xserver
...see:
http://tan-com.com/posts/technology/fix-ubuntu-904-ati-driver-issue
That's a lot of sudo-ing though, so good luck.
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:19 pm
by Amzi Live
Since you're talking about it...
What do you guys think of Ubuntu?
I've been meaning to see if I'd give it a try.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:47 pm
by blkmage
Having run Gentoo for a few years as my distro of choice, I've switched to Ubuntu simply because I don't have hours to squander away anymore setting it up. It's pretty much the distro of choice among all of my friends, except for maybe one or two Debian holdouts. Ubuntu is a very, very polished distro that I'd recommend by default, without giving it a second thought.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:50 pm
by Barracuda777
yeah i had no problems with it minus hardware issues. i have nothing bu praise for it. free and amazing . i love the GIMP program
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:38 am
by Amzi Live
Hmm,so I guess that Ubuntu would be the best OS for any newb programmer then. Great,right on my alley!
Thanks
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:35 am
by Barracuda777
ya it would be. there are alot of good programs in the add/remove. just click and install. theres probably alot more from the last time i have used it
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:51 pm
by Icarus
Just a quick note. Ubuntu does not ship with a compiler.
Other than that, yeah, Ubuntu isn't bad.
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:15 pm
by Barracuda777
does no ship no but you can request a disc of the latest stable build
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:36 pm
by Mithrandir
Icarus (post: 1351313) wrote:Just a quick note. Ubuntu does not ship with a compiler.
Other than that, yeah, Ubuntu isn't bad.
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sudo apt-get install build-essential
It's pretty easy...?
PostPosted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:43 pm
by Shao Feng-Li
Amzi Live (post: 1351099) wrote:Since you're talking about it...
What do you guys think of Ubuntu?
I've been meaning to see if I'd give it a try.
I tried it out a while back and I liked it a lot. You can also give it a try by using a live CD. I had it dual booted on my windows machine. I used it for like, 15 minutes, went to reboot and nothing would work after that. So, one reformat later, I was back to Windows again, lol
PostPosted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:56 pm
by Amzi Live
Mithrandir (post: 1351331) wrote:- Code: Select all
sudo apt-get install build-essential
It's pretty easy...?
I'll look into it. I'm sure there should be some information if I Google the code,and or just how to install a compiler on the Ubunto OS. I'm still fairly new to all this. Just wanted to try Linux since I read that it might be better to start on Linux,and experiment from there.
Thanks Mith,stuff still looks like magic,and spells to me.
Shao Feng-Li (post: 1351489) wrote:I tried it out a while back and I liked it a lot. You can also give it a try by using a live CD. I had it dual booted on my windows machine. I used it for like, 15 minutes, went to reboot and nothing would work after that. So, one reformat later, I was back to Windows again, lol
xD