ubuntu

[strick94u]

What a great system and its Totaly free get a copy and burn for your friends just as linus travolds wanted "(did I spell his name anywhere near right?)
try it
http://www.ubuntu.com
hurt Bill Gates bank account

[g12rxz]

I'm trying to run Ubuntu Server with the desktop installed but i cant seem to successfully unzip files to desktop so i can install webmin.... any thoughts?

[strick94u]

server runs without a gui from what I read so far If I had to guess and I do I would say their server version runs like true unix and gui is not supported. but I will dig deeper on their website to find out

[Dippyskoodlez]

Originally Posted by strick94u

server runs without a gui from what I read so far If I had to guess and I do I would say their server version runs like true unix and gui is not supported. but I will dig deeper on their website to find out

To setup my ubuntu server, I installed regular ubuntu, Installed apache, VNC, ftp client, SSH and let'er rip with PHP and mysql. You can install and set it up all in about 5-10 minutes via apt-get and regular setup procedures.

Not the "most effective" way, but certainly the easiest.

[g12rxz]

after installation was complete this is what i did in the command prompt...

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install build-essential

and from there i configured webmin/ftp packages etc.. actually i have it all running good right now, took a while, but i'm quite pleased!

Server Specs:
128mb PC100 SDRAM
Socket 370 Celeron @ 400mhz
Gateway Mobo of some sort.. doesnt support p3s its so old...
10.8gb HD
DLink 10/100 NIC

I'm quite amazed at how fast it runs (not in gui, but uploading/downloading from it and how fast pages load) Ubuntu rox!

[Jimmy 2004]

I've got to reinstall Ubuntu now my PC is working again, hopefully I still have the latest version. And then I'm going to reinstall Vista. Ubuntu is great though, best Linux I've tried (Fedora, Mandrake (Mandriva) and possibly one or two others).

[PVTCaboose1337]

ive got the newest one!

[Jimmy 2004]

Originally Posted by PVTCaboose1337

ive got the newest one!

Well I have got 6.06 on disk so once I use the auto update it should be the newest again!

[zekrahminator]

Warning- Ubuntu hates ATI. I found this out the hard way when I got as far as the GUI installer when it started having serious issues. My Ubuntu adventure ended the moment I got crazy-looking command line for an installer. I'll try Ubuntu on Darth Flatulence later when I have the 32 bit version.

[wazzledoozle]

I'm going to try Ubuntu, downloading the desktop iso right now. Going onto my second comp, a sempron 2600 @ 2.2 ghz and a geforce 4 mx, hopefully wont have any problems.

Update:

It wont install onto the 2nd parition of my hard drive, which is an empty ntfs "extended" partition. I checked the box to "reformat partition" becaue *nix cant use NTFS, but it wont let me continue and says "No root file system".

2nd Update:

I clicked the drop down menu for "Mount Point" and the whole system just froze

Looks like linux still isnt ready for anything beyond server use.

[Jimmy 2004]

Originally Posted by wazzledoozle

I'm going to try Ubuntu, downloading the desktop iso right now. Going onto my second comp, a sempron 2600 @ 2.2 ghz and a geforce 4 mx, hopefully wont have any problems.

Update:

It wont install onto the 2nd parition of my hard drive, which is an empty ntfs "extended" partition. I checked the box to "reformat partition" becaue *nix cant use NTFS, but it wont let me continue and says "No root file system".

2nd Update:

I clicked the drop down menu for "Mount Point" and the whole system just froze

Looks like linux still isnt ready for anything beyond server use.

Try formatting the drive without NTFS first... I've never had any problems like that.