Minkseru Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 and Ubuntu looks like it will be a blast, but I am really in need of finding unix friendly programs...Looking for these at the least to run on the better side of the computer...GimpOpen OfficeMusic PlayerVLC?and any other wonderful programs you all can suggest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 I believe MPlayer for linux is better, I haven't used linux in awhile but don't forget your IRC program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Bass Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Guake Terminal and WINE come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minkseru Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Thanks for the wonderful suggestions :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dignified Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not sure if I understood correctly but here are the linux versions of the mentioned programsVLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html#downloadGimp just run sudo apt-get install gimp from the terminalOpenOffice Tutorial: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3-2-in-ubuntu.htmlAnd for more tipps and tutorials go to http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ great site for getting up and running on UbuntuGood Luck and have fun on your real operating system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minkseru Posted August 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Excellent website! No you hit it dead on, and going to enjoy this all much better when I get a newer computer and convince it to run dual boot . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dignified Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Great. If you have more questions feel free to ask. I know a thing or two about unix systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minkseru Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 having problems getting a unix os for this computer since it won't read my cd that i wrote. I know the cd works, but it will not read our written cds ...so is there a version that can write to my external? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† L4ugh Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Have you tried a usb version? What unix are you trying to install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minkseru Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 was trying ubuntu because I had it on hand, but I want anything I can run as a secondary boot for this computer, to continue to convert more and more to. I wish to continue to learn c programming and windows is way too costly to study in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† L4ugh Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 How is the cd not working? Is it failing to boot during system start up? Probably another stupid question, but did you tell the bios to boot from the cd? Personally I think there are better linux distros than ubuntu, but it would probably be one of the easiest for beginners. I would also like to inform you that the open source os community suffers from some serious elitism. Calling a linux distro unix on their forums will likely get you attacked. Even referring to BSD as unix could get you crapped on. A good linux forum that I really like is the crunchbang (#!) forum. They do a much better job at tolerating noobs than pretty much any other linux forum I've come across. It could be a good place to ask questions when you get linux up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minkseru Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 the cd is not being recognized by my computer at all. Yeah could see that being the case . Ubuntu just seemed the easiest to grab, but if there are any easier to grab just looking for a Generic Operating system of some kind.Linux, Ubuntu oddly listed as a linux os, Unix operating systems I have heard of, but again just trying to find anything . reading around a bit, but windows just seems so limited :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† L4ugh Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) Did you download the md5 checksum file with your iso? Your iso could be corrupted. Found this guide on ubuntu's site. You can also check out distrowatch if you want to see a list of other linux distros. Edited January 20, 2013 by L4ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minkseru Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Will look into both I know the iso works well enough to install ubuntu on a laptop. with the cd that my computer was not reading. probably not on the former question though. Ran into something called YUMI for multiple from an external hoping my computer will read my external. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† L4ugh Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) Are any other disk being recognized on you computer? Maybe your rom drive is bad. You could also try using a live usb installer. Ubuntu should have iso images specifically for usb drives on their site some where. Edit: if the disk works fine on your labtop then it's not corrupted. Edited January 20, 2013 by L4ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minkseru Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) I am going to try my external hard drive on the laptop since multiboot is designed for usbs... but it is having problems somewhere...it had problems with the laptop so issue on my end edit: not sure how that last bit came in... Edited January 21, 2013 by Minkseru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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