I believe that there are other ways to get support for just about everything that Fluendo provides, but you may have to dig around for it and some of it is of debatable legality. Unfortunately, Canonical's arrangement with Fluendo does not include encrypted DVD playback support, so you still have to either pay Fluendo for that, or get it by another means. I have used the Fluendo settings in the past but there is no substitute to actually installing the restricted extras package. No way.
I am sorry to hear that. Unfortunately there will always be people who are disagreeable and I would never let that sway my judgement over which distro to use.
For about the last four years I've had problems with the Intel g graphics on my Dell Dimension bought Many others have had this problem as well since the Linux driver was rewritten in about There is nothing like constructive criticism Haters are haters. They will not try what they do not know and criticize anything they do not use. Keeping an open mind is a good thing. A closed mind only traps one in what they already know.
I enjoy your site, keep up the good work. Opinions without substance are not very useful. Or interesting. Tell me why it's "shit" when everything else I have tried since has failed to provide me with what I need to run my business, and get my job done. It's not perfect, but it's the best thing out there for what keeps my bank account full.
Not even Windows or Mac can say that. My machine was from , 30 gig hard drive, 1. KDE did not well run on it, Mate did. It works better than Windows ever did. The only two issues that could be deal breakers "at this very moment" for PCLinuxOS as compared to a Debian based distribution, for example, are: a no Netflix client for down streaming movies by subscription, and b the new Steam gaming engine from Valve.
Can't use actual T word word for fear NSA will target me for interrogation. Not at all. I see it as a good starting point beyond Windows XP. Except for point two about releases, this article seems like it is mainly about the advantages of using a Mate interface. All the other points would apply equally to Mint, which is after all the main developer of Mate not to mention Cinnamon.
So if the article's points are persuasive, then unless the releases issue is an important one for you, consider trying Mint. Actually, mate was developed by Arch. Mint is the first distro to make it mainstream.
I have a bootleg win 7 ultimate on my desktop for visual studio, and mint mate in a virtual machine for when not in visual studio so my shit ain't black :. PCLinuxOS is an awesome distro. I have it installed on both my HP tower and dell inspiron laptop. It recognized and set up the correct nvidia drivers during install, and having an older nvidia graphics card, this is a good thing.
The KDE iso might be a little large, but it comes chock full of good software. But what about security? If it's all set "out of the box" Do I need it?
How do I know what settings? Where can I find the information? In the meantime, am I at risk? This is not at all intuitive I have been attempting to learn PCLinusOS for a few days now - I like it in that it's faster internet searching than windows- but there is never a straight answer to anything Sorry for my frustration.
Good questions. I will write something up about this in the next few days. Security is easily dealt with. Click "Configure systems security, permissions and audit". From there, for a firewall, click on "Set up your personal firewall". It will probably show a check mark next to "Everything No firewall.
Simply uncheck that, and then check off anything you need to allow through. For me, all I have to do is uncheck "Everything", and I'm done. It usually has all of them checked, and I leave them checked and click "OK". Then it asks which interfaces you want to protect with your firewall, and I select everything listed and click "OK".
It pauses for a moment, while it applies your new firewall, and then returns you to the security center screen. For most people using a standard desktop computer, that's all you need to do.
Simple, quick and easy. But with the recent retirement of Windows XP, I was forced to figure out a solution for my in-laws and their aging Dell Dimension box. I would have like to have installed a Linux Distro; but everything that I had read, mentioned that Apple Products are not supported under Linux and my in-laws have a couple of iPod devices so I was forced to stay with Windows and installed Windows 7.
But is what I had read about Apple devices not being compatible with Linux true, or is there a "work around"? I don't know where you've read that, but as a long term Linux user I can tell you that is nonsense. I've just put 'ipod' into the search box of the PClinuxOS package manager and it's come up with 19 possibilities - none of them iTunes obviously, which is probably where your misconception comes from. Hi there, thanks for the comment.
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Click here for more info. No one can answer that question except for you. It all depends on your personal preferences. I say go ahead and install it as a dual boot setup and see if you like it.
If not, you can delete it later. Then use the PCL bootloader to chainload the Ubuntu one. You might have to use the "alternate" CD for this type of installation. Just try them both yourself IMO. Ubuntu is more widely used, so there is the material advantage of having a large potential pool of people to ask questions of.
Have a play. I'm sure both distros have their moments. Find More Posts by matthewg Find More Posts by craigevil View Blog. Ubuntu and Kubuntu both install off of a live CD so there is no reason to not try it, unless of course you dont have a spare blank CD lying around. Find More Posts by Penguin of Wonder. In my quest for a usable Linux desktop, I have probably tried almost every major version of Linux there is, and a number of oddball ones Ark, Vector.
Most I would say got at least days before I got sick of them, or gave up trying to get something to work. Fedora Core 5 3 Xandros Pro 4. PCLinuxOS 5. Mandrake Both are fast, and have offered me little to no trouble. Ubuntu also has a slightly easier Install if you ask me. Xandros Pro is good, comes with Crossover Office included, which is basically a commercial version of Wine. Mainly used slackware in the past two years.
Recently installed Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6. Incidentally, Windows has the same problem; you have to install the video driver by hand if you want it to run well. Ubuntu recently came to their senses. When you install it now, it'll check for things like commercial video cards, and it will get your permission to download and install the driver for you. Very cool.
PCLOS does not. I had to go to a web site and get some advice about which command to run in order to get the driver for my desktop video card. Still easier than Windows, but not as easy as Kubuntu. I have an old, cheap webcam from some no-name Korean company. Not that I have anything against Korean companies, but it ain't exactly Sony. Anyway it used to work under the older version of Kubuntu, but when I upgraded it somehow stopped working.
Something to do with the newer kernel. So, no webcam on Kubuntu. I'm talking about Hardy Heron, which won't be released for another 6 months or so. Not very tempting; I'll probably just go out and buy a brand-name webcam that will work properly.
This is another area where Linux is better than Windows. On Windows you often need to install a driver before the sound will work. On Linux it detects it automatically. And I haven't found very good tech support for it so far. I can probably get it working but it will take some futzing. But we have a TV card in my desktop. We use my beautiful 20" hi-def flatscreen monitor to watch DVD's and broadcast television and play the Wii. On Kubuntu, there are several pieces of software I can install, all of which work.
I like TVTime because it's really simple and easy. It took some futzing to get it to work with the Wii, but I wrote a command line program that would start it up correctly. Unfortunately it won't remember my settings so I have to use the command line program every time.
PCLinuxOS is generally better at the "fun" things like eye candy and multimedia. Jump to navigation. Main menu DITK. So how does it all break down? PCLOS comes with the latest and greatest version preinstalled. Advantage: Kubuntu Laptop power management Kubuntu automatically notices if you're using a laptop.
Advantage: Kubuntu Video card If you care about computer games or eye candy, you need a video card for your computer.
Advantage: Kubuntu Webcam I have an old, cheap webcam from some no-name Korean company. Advantage: Kubuntu, kinda. Not really. In 6 months maybe. Sound This is another area where Linux is better than Windows.
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