Posted on 06/27/2008 2:27:03 PM PDT by raybbr
I have an older computer that I have cleaned out of W2000 Pro. I tried loading a version of XP Pro that I have on this machine. MS wants $269 for an additional key. I am not willing to pay that.
I am currently downloading Ubuntu and would like to put Linux on this box. It has an Athlon XP with a gig of memory and no video card.
I don't plan on any gaming or high end computing. Just photo editing, video editing and web surfing.
Do I need Ubuntu or is there something else smaller and simpler I can use?
Also, what can I use to wipe XP off and start over? Will the installation disk of Ubuntu do that?
Thanks in advance, Ray.
I can't open a terminal to check the settings. I can't load the terminal tools. It tells me the "manufacturer" (me) is not allowing it. This is not going to be easy.
It’s a Linksys. It model is listed on the site you linked.
Ummmmm..... Feeling generous?
If your wifi card isn’t supported by Linux.
Rather than go through the (steep) learning curve installing non-Linux drivers.
Go to any major electronics store, and buy the cheapest USB wireless thumb drive you can buy. Basic generic.
It will probably work.
His motherboard has a PCI-E slot....you can get cards at a reasonable price though.,
Great....what about sound?
You should be okay then.
The student license for XP non-transferable.
If you're going to get an illegal copy of XP, just get one from Pirate Bay
Got to go to bed.
Do yourself a big favor. Get a new computer (I suggest the Dell Outlet Center) with Vista Home Premium already installed. That’s what I did eight months ago on my three home computers and never looked back. You can download free OpenOffice and it will work just fine with Office files.
If you listen to all of the Vista bashers you will think this is an operating system created by Satan himself. It is total bulloney. Vista works fine.
I turned around and sold my four year old XP computers for what I had put into brand new Dell computers with the proper hardware and have never regretted it.
I went through the dual boot mode and Ubuntu and in the end I asked myself why I wanted to put myself through agony for no good reason. Linux is not for the average user and there are no advantages that I can see except for the masochists who just like to cut off their noses to spite their faces.
My $0.02.
If you're going to get an illegal copy of XP, just get one from Pirate Bay
Yeah..., Y'know there might possibly be just a smidge bit of difference in the wisdom of using a genuine copy of XP that is illegal solely because the license doesn't allow transferral between parties, and installing and using a copy downloaded from pirate sites that could have any number of keyloggers etc in it.
Kinda like there's a difference between having your brother pretend he's you to pick up your medication, and buying your pills from a guy named "Domino" down on the corner of fifth and MLK Blvd.
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I have loaded Mint over the Ubuntu. It’s working too. Still having wifi problems. I have been through the Mint forums and not getting any real solutions.
Mint knows the card it there. It just won’t connect to my wireless router. I used the Windows wireless drivers tab to load the .inf file for the Linsys card.
Not sure I really have the time to make this a project. I thought it would be simpler. I am going to try to connect the PC to a cable to the router.
Ah. This is the difference between using native drivers and using ndiswrapper.
ndiswrapper is a hack to let Linux use Windows drivers. It works, but only for small values of work.
If you want full support, like WPA, you need to use a card that uses native drivers.
ndiswrapper doesn't support encryption on every card that it "supports."
I posted a thread on the Mint forum.
http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=14222&p=88033#p
Take a look and tell me what you think.
Ray
There are two different kinds of wireless under Linux.
Native and ndiswrapper.
ndiswrapper works, sort of. It uses a wrapper around Windows drivers.
Native drivers use their own drivers and tend to implement all of the required features.
ndiswrapper is a quick hack to get some functionality out of a wireless device.
You can spend a lot of time trying to get hardware working with ndiswrapper.
Or you can use fully supported hardware like the RT series of chips.
I like this one.
Allright. I ordered the card. I hope you will be around when it comes to help me out. Thanks again.
Know anyone who need a Linksys Wifi card for $35?
That does happen.
Enjoy!
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