Reply With QuoteYes I would like to try it out in case I need to recommend it for newbies to linux. But I can't get it to boot from my external dvd/cd drive.
I guess I have to wait till I get another internal drive.
If you like Ubuntu try Linux Mint, it is 98% Ubuntu with added codecs for DVD playing and sound, also a program called Envy which sets up Nvidia graphics cards with a couple of clicks allowing 3d accelleration.
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Yes I would like to try it out in case I need to recommend it for newbies to linux. But I can't get it to boot from my external dvd/cd drive.
I guess I have to wait till I get another internal drive.
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It quite literally is Ubuntu + nonfree stuff like flash, java, nvidia, and multimedia codecs for mp3 and wmv/wma playback. This is great for noobs.Originally Posted by GhostDawg
I have tried it, this is a good distro. Sometime when I have more time, I will explain why I say so.
Yesterday I installed Mint Linux on a friend's computer. He just bought a used computer and didn't have an OS, so I offered to put linux on it. He's fairly new to computers and I feel one of these types of distros would be best for starters.
Everything went fine and it picked up all his hardware, including an internal and external dvd/cd player. It also picked up and configured his DSL internet access.
Just some thoughts!
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I downloaded it but something is broke, It refuses to
load... Im wondering if my download was bad, anyone have the md5sum on a working ISO for that Mint 2 ? I would hate to have to redownload, its either my iso or it burnt wrong.
Code:[andrew@andrew-desktop-fedora Ubuntu]$ md5sum LinuxMint-2.0.iso f56a393d8eb304a0647ec3b2fde8d207 LinuxMint-2.0.iso [andrew@andrew-desktop-fedora Ubuntu]$
This is what you should have. My installs I have used it for worked fine.
I finally figured it out, what a dummy, I burnt the file as a data file not a ISO, I now have the LinuxMint installed and am checking it out, first thing though I find no sound when I go to www.pogo.com and play a slot machine, I set sounds but still nothing.
Are you running the latest version of flash or java? It may need a more recent version. I am not sure offhand.
here is more information adwebb@Newgpa:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xfeab8000 irq 5
1 [AudioPCI ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI
Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0xec00, irq 5
dadwebb@Newgpa:~$
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dadwebb@Newgpa:~$ lspci |grep -i audio
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
04:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 02)
I know that it should be possible to disable the onboard sound within the Bios
but what I found there left me scratching my head, it didnt mention onboard Nvidia just some other one, then i mucked up the thing and had to quit out but I guess I could go back there and disable the mystery item. (it did refer to on board sound)
However I was perplexed when I could not change the default settings within Linux Mint, it always went back to the onboard sound.
Now, I am playing Amarok and listening to my CD sound from Josh Groban and that works so maybe its really only a sound issue within firefox.
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