Newbie Install Advice

[Trias]

As it happens i found a way to fix the resolution issue from the forums.  I
used that terminal thing to type gksudo nvidia-settings which allowed me to
set what i wanted.

Ok i'll keep that cedega in mind thanks.

On 7/9/07, mike james <michael.james at flinders.edu.au> wrote:
>
> I play games a lot as well and found it worthwhile to get cedega from
> www.transgaming.com. It cost a very small amount of money and provides
> you with regular updates and the ability to vote for which games you
> would like them to work on next.
>
> It dosent work with all games though, and I find it useful to do the
> research before setting up a new game. visit the database site and look
> for the games you are interested in, if it is supported then it should
> work fine.
>
> mike
>
>
> Trias wrote:
> > Well I was lucky installing the 7.04 AMD64 ubuntu DVD version.  No
> > problems of any real import.  Perhaps I could say windows startup has
> > slowed is about all.  I'm even posting this via linux which is
> > somewhat exciting for me but probably a bore to others I suppose.
> >
> > Well the 32 bit didn't work and the 64 bit did so i suppose I am stuck
> > with it and will have to make do as best as possible.  Seems an
> > endless argument over which to use talking about config issues,
> > support and performance.  Apparently the 32 bit ubuntu version is
> > supposed to work.  Thanks for the information links.
> >
> > My experience is mostly positive so far.  I finally found my bookmarks
> > on my windows partition.  For some reason the search in this GUI
> > didn't work on that drive.
> >
> > It wanted 27 updates.  So i click the no clue button and it updated.
> > It also wanted to install the nvidia drivers which hopefully work
> > now.  Installing those drivers made the GUI considerably crisper tho i
> > still seem unable to go beyond 1024x768 resolution.  I usually run
> > quite a bit higher.
> >
> > It ran movies once i got the codecs.
> >
> > The GUI itself seems super clean though very simple.
> >
> > I'll have to figure out how to install stuff soon.  Fortunately
> > firefox is also my usual windows browser.  I have only briefly looked
> > at openoffice before but it was quite good then.  Everything else is a
> > mystery to me.  I play games a fair bit I know linux is weak in this
> > area but perhaps there is something if any of you could help.
> >
> > On 7/8/07, *Les Gray* <lgray at bigpond.net.au
> > <mailto:lgray at bigpond.net.au>> wrote:
> >
> >     Glad to see you're making progress. If you do end up installing
> >     64-bit Ubuntu
> >     you will find that you need to do a little extra work to get some
> >     things
> >     going, though. For example, you need to run 32-bit Firefox to have
> >     the Java
> >     plugin and Flash working hassle-free, because 64-bit versions of
> >     those aren't
> >     available yet (this is the same with Windows). This will work, but
> >     requires
> >     some extra set-up. There's some excellent info on how to go about
> >     this in the
> >     64-bit section of ubuntuforums.org <http://ubuntuforums.org> ,
> >     which is a must read. There is also some
> >     good 64-bit help at ubuntuguide.org <http://ubuntuguide.org> .
> >
> >     I used 64-bit Ubuntu for about 6 months, and I didn't notice any
> >     performance
> >     difference TBH. At this stage, any 64-bit OS - Linux, Windows or
> >     otherwise -
> >     is only of benefit to people who require more than 4GB RAM eg.
> >     very large and
> >     very intensive database servers. For the home user, there's no
> >     real benefit.
> >     In fact, the software incompatibilities just mean extra work for
> >     you, which
> >     is why I went back to 32-bit in the end.
> >
> >     Les
> >
> >     On Sunday 08 July 2007 19:18:15 Trias wrote:
> >     > Good news at last.
> >     >
> >     > I tried the knoppix it worked no worries.  I then tried the
> >     64bit DVD of
> >     > ubuntu 7.04 and no worries again.  So seems the 64 bit version
> >     has solved
> >     > my problem at least in terms of running without installing.
> >     >
> >     > I admit i was quite impressed.  Browsing worked immediately and
> >     ubuntu even
> >     > has firefox which i what i'm used to.  Both also allowed access
> >     to my hard
> >     > drive ran movies etc.
> >     >
> >     > I guess I will try backing up and pushing the scary install
> >     button now.
> >     >
> >     > Thanks for the help thus far.  Hopefully the install is problem
> >     free.
> >
> >
> >
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