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That's too bad krishnadeep. I'm sure you have wisdom of your own to share so maybe we'll see you back if you don't plagiarize. I'm sure you're still welcome here if you don't break any rules. Anyway, see you around! (maybe)

I suggest looking at FEBE which is also a Firefox extension. It backs up EVERYTHING. I just switched to Ubuntu from Windows XP and I backed up my Firefox profile using FEBE on windows, and restored it on Ubuntu and it was as if I never even switched my OS. Everything was there, my bookmarks, my history, my theme, my buttons, and all of my extensions. It's a well designed extension, you can tell a lot of work was put into it and it works excellent.

I was wondering about something after trying out Opera a bit. It bothers me a little that all of my web browsing appears to go through Opera's servers for them to compress. Opera is a pretty reputable browser so it's not that I don't really trust that they're taking care of a users privacy, but it still seems like it has the potential to be a real breach of privacy. Whenever I type in a password or check my email and see my browser connecting to Opera's servers, it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable with the whole thing. I haven't done much reading to see what they're saying about this, but I'm sure the privacy issue will be a hot topic in reviews of the new release.

What's the difference between Gnome and KDE? Are they basically just "themes" or is there more to it? I run KDE apps on Gnome, so I figure it must be just a different appearance. I've been checking out KDE after hearing it mentioned a lot. It looks easy enough to try out so I plan to do that. What's everyones opinion on this though? Gnome or KDE?

Good tip, thanks. The file system is a bit hard to navigate at first and I don't know where anything is, but I'm figuring it out slowly. I found out today that the command "gksudo nautilus" lets me access protected areas which is good to know. I installed some application (a download manager that was suggested on here) and I can't find it anymore. It's not in my list of applications and the file system is a jungle. Where does stuff get installed to? usr?

T.V. shows like American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance are taking over the world. My aunts and uncles who I've never seen get excited about anything hang up posters around their homes proclaiming their support for a dancer or singer. American Idol and ... Dance results are literally headlines on the front page of our local newspapers. My father, who's a self proclaimed techno-hater, who rarely uses a computer or television, asked me to help him set up his pvr to record Dancing with the stars every episode. I didn't even know he LIKED dancing let alone wanted to cherish the episodes forever. Clips from the shows are Headline news on the local T.V. channels. I honestly do not understand the appeal of television shows like this, let alone how they could become so famous that the results of a competition completely overshadow important world events in the media. Why do people become so obsessed with these shows? Why do people even like them? I don't get it!

It asked me to install a codec (or plugin as I think they called it) as well, but for some reason it could never find any. It was actually the restricted extras I ended up downloading, which did take at least 8 hours to download but contained more than just an mp3 decoder. Under perfect conditions (no web browsing or any other use of the internet) I download at almost exactly 10mB per hour. I'm wondering if there's ever an end to all the lib files I have to download or if it downloads them for every package.

I'm getting a headache trying to figure out how to setup my mail client to work with my domain's email addresses. Do you use pop.MyDomainName.org or pop2.mail.pw (the address it gives me on mail setting thing on mail.pw). On one page it says the first one, on another it says the latter. I can telnet to both, but only the mail.pw lets me log in.What about SMTP? I tried putting in smtp1.mail.pw , which is what it told me to use, but it didn't work and had an error. I tried smtp.MyDomain.org, but that didn't work either.telnet> open smtp1.mail.pwTrying 70.87.29.14...Trying 70.87.29.134...telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

I've been a loyal Opera supporter for a long time but lately I've been torn between Firefox's extensions and Opera's speed. I was both excited and disappointed that it was released. I was getting used to Firefox, and had almost completely forgot about how great Opera was. It has a new Turbo Boost, which honestly is more than just an advertising scheme. I tested it out for a few minutes and let me tell you all, there isn't a tiny difference in speed. No, not at all, because there is a HUGE increase in speed. I ran a few tests on different webpages and despite the results, they are not altered or exaggerated. I ran both on Ubuntu 9.04 using Swiftfox 3.5.2, and Opera 10. I'm using n Dial-Up. Here are my results. Swiftfox was started in SAFE mode, disabling all extensions and eliminating any possibility of excess lag. Opera was of course, a fresh install. Images were enabled. Turbo Boost was enabled on Opera. Cache was erased in Swiftfox. Time measured is from typing in the URL and pushing enter, to complete loading of the page (When it says DONE) http://forums.xisto.com/ Swiftfox - 1min 46 seconds Opera - 24 seconds. http://yahoo.com/ Swiftfox - 3 min 18 seconds Opera - 1min 3 seconds https://xisto.com/ Swiftfox - 2 min 52 seconds Opera - 1 min 20 seconds. Now, Opera's Turbo Boost works by server side compression of things like images. This means that when Turbo Boost is enabled, images are noticeably compressed, with not so crisp image quality. This service used to be offered by companies who wanted people to pay a good amount of money monthly so I think that Opera is really trying hard to compete with Firefox. Personally, I almost always disable imaged on FF or Opera, so the turbo charge wouldn't be so useful for me. Either way, there's no question that Opera is blazingly fast with or without Turbo boost. Tests aside, it just works faster. The tab switching is instant, the webpages load readable content faster. It seems to cache images better than Firefox. Darn you Opera, you're making it hard to stick with Firefox. I need my extensions!

I'm liking Ubuntu and in fact it introduced me to a world I was always hesitant to dive into. A lot of people I know - people who know little about computers - were trying out Ubuntu so I started to wonder what I was missing out on. Linux in general is very intimidating to a newbie. I keep mentioning Tiny Linux in my posts, well that was an old distro that I had to load onto a dozen floppy disks and it gave me a very bad first impression. I had to type everything in by hand to install and partition. This might seem crazy, but I assumed every Linux distribution was completely text based with an ASCII GUI. I was completely surprised when Ubuntu booted up and I saw a desktop and task bar, and even more surprised when the install wizard was even more simple and user friendly than Windows (That darn product code! I remember looking all over for it and then one day realizing it's always taped on the side or back of new PC!)I posted before about my problems with installation. I have a good idea what caused the installation error the first time now. I had imported my Documents, which I was forgot totaled about 12GB of High-Res photos and videos. I think my hard drive filled up before the installation completed. The second time I installed I didn't import everything. The install went okay, but when I tried to do some updates, it said my hard drive was full. I just barely fit Ubuntu on the drive, with mere megabytes left to spare. It's a good thing, because I might have given up after two install failures. Disk Usage Analyzer determined what was using up all the space and I deleted it all. Yes, I installed it on my 20GB drive and Yes, I should have listened that it wasn't big enough but it seemed convenient to use this drive for something.As for the modem issues, once you know what you're doing, it's not so hard to get things running. I was lucky that there was a webpage dedicated completely to Linux drivers for my modem so I didn't have to do much searching. It installs simply with a ./setup and after that I have to configure a dialer, wvdial (command line) or GnomePPP (gui). I also had to give dialout privileges to my user and add a few lines of text to some a couple of config files which I don't remember. The biggest problem is after updating to the newest kernel it won't keep my modem driver installed and I have to ./setup every time I boot up. I can live with that though. At first my modem was working a bit strange, disconnecting constantly and not downloading at it's top speed (a pitiful 2.5kb/s) but now it seems to work ok, I've been downloading some updates and... Funny you should mention VLC Simpleton (is that you 'ol kasperoony? It's weird seeing you as Simpleton!) as I was downloading it right now. 4 minutes remaining! I used it on Windows so I'm used to it.Now I wish I kept my older computers in working condition, I wouldn't mind trying out some of the other distros. Looks like I'm becoming a linux addict!

As a newbie user of Ubuntu and Linux, I find the whole world of Linux very overwhelming. It seems like the simplest tasks end up being insanely difficult. For example, I was trying to get MP3's working. I figured I needed a codec, but didn't know where to find one for linux. I asked for help, expecting a simple link to some installation package, or a hint of where to look in the package downloader. The solution couldn't be that simple, though, and someone gave me about a DOZEN terminal commands to paste , each of them almost completely cryptic to me. I was installing Gnome PPP the other day. I was looking for something to download, and found source code. Not having a clue what ot do with it, I read a guide on compiling. I eventually realized it's easier to download DEB files. I wish they had made it a litle more obvious on the download page! So I downloaded it on Windows, rebooted, tried installing GnomePPP. ERROR: NEEDS WVDIAL. So I go back to windows, download wvdial. I reboot, go back on Ubuntu and try installing. ERROR: NEEDS LIBBLAH09634. So I reboot back to windows, search for LIBBLAH09634, download it, and boot up ubuntu. Of course, i'm missing something else, but by this time I'm catching on, download ALL of the dependency files. I eventually realized it's much easier to just download the apps from the package manager. The app packages are naturally much more massive in filesize than on windows (for my little old dialup modem) which makes me wait forever to find out if somethings going to work right. Remember the MP3 Codec? Well, I can't test that until tomorrow, I need to wait 9 hours for it to download. Sheesh!I'm not finding the Ubuntu forums that helpful either. When I post a question, within 5 minutes, my post is about 4 pages deep never to be seen again. It's kind of like a lottery or gambling. If you get lucky, within 5 minutes you'll have half a dozen good and helpful replies, if you're unlucky, your post disappeared into oblivion before anyone had a chance to read it.All in all though, Ubuntu isn't too bad. I don't hate it despite my "Vent". The more I tweak it, the more I figure out how to get rid of the things that annoy me. I learn how to use the command line a bit more every day. I had years to discover the best of Windows apps and customize XP to my liking so it's hard to compare the two. I do enjoy using a new OS though, for a bit of a change. I guess Linux is a love/hate kind of relationship. It's rewarding (I felt quite good after figuring out how to install my modem) but it's also very aggravating at times.

Help - Check for Update doesn't work in Ubuntu because apparently they want you to update it their way in Ubuntu. When I was on the Mozilla website, all I could find was a "tarball" (I feel weird using these terms when I just learned them). I guess I could look again. I saw something called SwiftFox... FireFox 3.5 tweaked for performance, or somethng. I'm going to try it out, at least it has instructions.

I have Firefox, or, "Firefox for Ubuntu" if there's a difference. I want to upgrade to the newest version of Firefox, 3.5, but as stupid as this sounds, I can't figure out how. I could have installed from the source code, but I'm assuming there's an easier way that I'm missing. I saw something about the package manger, but I tried that, and it just updated Firefox 3.0 to Firefox 3.0.13 or something like that. So, how do I update Firefox to 3.5?

I'm looking for a free download manager for Linux/Ubuntu/Gnome (Whatever!). Something like, Free download manager or FlashGet but Ubuntu compatible. I was looking on google and didn't find any popular software to do this. I don't like downloading in Firefox. I guess I could look in the Add/Remove programs section of Ubuntu..but I'm not sure I like that. Last time I let Ubuntu do something for me it undid all of my efforts installing my modem lol.

Hey guys, I got it working! I'm surfing Xisto on Ubuntu! Woohoo! It's kind of clunky though, I' m using wvdial which is a terminal window that I have to keep open. I tried GnomePPP but I was getting an error ---> Check permissions, or specify a "PPPD Path" option in wvdial.conf.I had no idea how to fix that. I'll have to look around.It's kind of weird on dialup, Ubuntu doesn't really support dialup connections because a lot of things don't seem to work right. Ubuntu apparently doesn't realize I'm connect to the internet, so Pidgin won't even attempt connecting. It just says waiting for connection. Hmm..It's sure great to not have to reboot constantly though.

Argh! I finally figured out how to install NetworkAdmin and was able to input my isp phone # and username etc.. I clicked OK, the modem started dialing normally, I was starting to feel very happy, thinking I finally succeeded, and then the modem stopped dialing (thats normal). I tried to use Firefox... but no connection. Tried Pidgin..no connection. Talk about disappointment! I'm starting to get frustrated! I have no idea why it didn't work. I've been trying to get internet on Ubuntu all day! Linux is Fun!

I want to install this app Gnome-PPP which I downloaded from http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=41 It apparently is an archive containing source code. I have no clue what to do with it, all the instructions I've found say to type sudo apt-get install gnome-ppp , but that does nothing for me. Do I have to extract the source code or something?

I googled connecting to my isp (Aliant) but there wasn't too much information that I could use. I was looking for something in Ubuntu that would let me input a username phone # and password for my ISP, but I couldn't find any settings like that so I think I must be missing an installed modem. I don't know, but I'm stuck! I was trying to run this ScanModem thing, but I couldn't figure out how to navigate to the file in the terminal. I have the scanModem thing on my external drive, which I can access okay through the GUI file explorer, but I guess it can't be run like that because it just opens up in a text editor. Edit: On the instructions for one of the drivers I was going to try it told me to type "su" or something. When I type this, it asks for a password. I don't have a password to give it and any one I try fails. I apparently have two users on my Ubuntu install. "root" and "rob". I don't seem to have access to the root user, since it's always greyed out and I don't have a password to log in to it and use "su". Linux is a strange beast to me.. I don't know my way around it at all. I hope I can get internet working on it, because it's kind of useless to me without it. Pfft Edit #2: Another amendment to my post. I figured out that I had to use "sudo". I ran the driver setup, and it output this log. Well I don't know if that's good news or not, but I don't see a big "FAILED" anywhere in there. Problem now is, I have no idea what to do next. The installation instructions don't continue past that point. The instructions say it does everything including creating a /dev/modem link. Any suggestions as to what I should do next? I looked all over (again) for a place to input a phone #'s and user name but I can't find anything. I've looked at guides and they tell me to go to Sys-Admin-Networking, but I don't see Networking in there. I see Network Tools, but that doesn't look like the right thing. I saw something else in "System-Prefs" that was about network connections, but I didn't see anything there either. Either way, I don't see the word "MODEM" in any of them.

Success! - I checked the integrity of the same disk and it passed, so I went through with the installation again. This time the installation finished without error. No idea why it failed before, but it's installed now anyway. Now all I need is an internet connection on it and I'll be all set. Sure wish I knew how to do that. It's kind of useless without an internet connection! The updates on that part of my linux adventure is going on over here http://forums.xisto.com/topic/68046-installing-a-modem-on-ubuntu-linux/ ..and believe me, I think I need help!

Um... I'm completely lost. I read this whole post and I don't have a clue what it's even about. Psiballs? Creating pets? Attacking people? What is this, Yuri's Revenge? Is this real life stuff? Proof of manipulating Psi? Who manipulates Psi? I thought this stuff only existed in video games. Please, enlighten me! It introduced me to the subject alright, but I'm more confused now than before! My reaction is really just a big "Huh?"

How about we let willmark make his way out of the introduction section and into the other sections. This thread has become more of an argument than a welcome to a new member. I don't think anything good can come from continuing any discussion here. Of course, I'm no supreme moderator, continue the discussion if you all choose to, but I really think everyone should just forget about this thread now and forget all this criminal stuff.. introductory posts usually have a short life span anyway

I didn't download it, that's where I got the CD - shipit.ubuntu.com! It looks okay, no scratches, I was surprised the installation failed. I would think they'd check the cd before shipping. I checked the filesystem squashfs file's md5sum manually and it appears to match up but I'll try the check installation thing in the menu later. Maybe something weird happened and it will work if I try again.... Hmm...

Welllll, I tried installing Ubuntu. Good news and bad news. Good news - It was surprisingly easy, quite different from my horrifying experience with Tiny Linux where I had a page of commands to type in by hand. I didn't expect it to be that simple as just clicking next a couple times. ;)Bad news, it appears that the disk must have had some corrupted files, because the installation failed at 60% and said something about a bad file. I suppose this isn't colossal bad news, but it does mean I'm going to have to spend the next 70 hours downloading it and lagging because of it :PI should have checked out what file was corrupt, maybe I could have just replaced that individual file and remade the .iso.

I haven't installed Ubuntu yet (still working on clearing enough space on the 'ol hard drive) but after trying the Live CD I have a feeling installing my modem on it is going to be a hassle! I'm using an ESS ES56T-PI Data Fax Modem which is a Dial-Up modem. I've found some tidbits of 5 year old information suggesting that this modem is/was surprisingly supported in linux but that's it, just little bits of information and dead links. Can anyone help me find a driver for this modem and let me know how to install it? I'm looking all over the place for something and I don't even know what I'm looking for! I found a link here, http://tx.technion.ac.il/~raindel/ , which looks promising and up to date. It doesn't have any mention of Ubuntu, so I don't know if it could be the right thing or not.

This partitioning stuff is kind of confusing. What kind of file system does Linux use? ext4? What about this external HDD I have, it is completely FAT32. Does that mean the stuff like videos, pictures and mp3s couldn't be opened in Ubuntu safely (or at all) and I would have to make a partition on that to be able to use it to store data created on ubuntu? Just trying to understand this because I need to know how much deleting I'm going to have to do.. all of my hdd's are full.