I want to take the leap and go Linux Ubuntu

ses6jwg

Greeting earthlings - I speak to you from the other side, from Ubuntu!

Managed to get my wireless card up and running no problems.

Just want to get PS3 Media Server going and ill be sorted.

Everything looks so much clearer including this websites and the speed is astonishing?!

Do I need an anti-virus etc?

Joel

S0litaire

No Anti-Virus is usually required... but if you still have windows installed, a Linux Anti-Virus program can scan your windows partition for any hidden nasties ^_^

Check the "Ubuntu Software Center" in Applications for Anti-Virus software..

ses6jwg

Nope done away with windows altogether

ses6jwg

i ruddy love this.

asininity

These are very helpful, better than these forums for linux:

http://ubuntuforums.org/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/

Also to enable wireless have you tried the proprietary drivers System -> Administration -> Restricted Drivers Manager
It might be list there

Generally av is not needed however its worth running a firewall https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/firewall.html

S0litaire

ses6jwg wrote: »

i ruddy love this.

lol!!

Guess you've found "Compiz" then? ^_^

-TangleFoot-

asininity wrote: »

Generally av is not needed however its worth running a firewall https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/firewall.html

Those instructions are for Ubuntu 8.04 Server! These days it's easier to install gufw, turn on the firewall with that and be done with it. Adding the ubuntu-restricted-extras package might be a good idea too.

asininity

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

Those instructions are for Ubuntu 8.04 Server! These days it's easier to install gufw, turn on the firewall with that and be done with it. Adding the ubuntu-restricted-extras package might be a good idea too.

Oopppss.:D http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=823741

ian2211

This may be of help to you
linux.org/lessons

bat999

ses6jwg wrote: »

Greeting earthlings - I speak to you from the other side, from Ubuntu!


Joel

Just out of interest, find out how much hard drive space your Ubuntu installation is using.
To do this, look in System > Administration > System Monitor
Then look in 'File Systems'.

This week I have done a 'Minimal install' of Ubuntu Karmic Koala.
It starts with just a desktop and hardly anything else.
I used a 10GB hard drive.
Now that I've installed a few applications it's still only using 2.1GiB of space.
:cool: