Unbuntu 7.10
 

Just call me Gutsy Gibbon from now on.

I finally got around to configuring an old POC PC with Ubuntu v7.10 and I'm now surfing the LoT Linux style....

The install went as painless at possible, as did the 200MB of updates.

So what cool Linux applications should I be looking to install on this bad boy?

I got 40GB of storage just itching for some fun.

Hmm. I've read it and have no idea what Moonliner's saying. But he does appear to be happy so kudos to you, Mr. M.
I saw the name of this thread and thought Moonie was going to a new restaurant at Animal Kingdom on July 10th...
:D

I'm a Feisty Fawn. It's used to xmit weather data.

Unbuntu is an operating system like Windows or the Mac OS and it can perform most of the same tasks such as Web surfing, document production, annihilating aliens, etc... The main difference is that Unbuntu is totally free. Also it's got a cool cache that allows a geek to get all high and mighty cuz they are not subjugated to the evil Micro$oft empire. For example....

Fawn? Your still on that old thing? Get with the program you Luddite! Even my mother-in-law rev'ed up from fawn already....


See what fun Ubuntu is?

I thought he was going to a town in Africa on July 10th.

I've been toying around with Mythbuntu for a few days. I just converted a friend at work to using Xubuntu (which will probably run even better than Ubuntu if you're on older hardware).

I've got no recommendations at this time but I'll let you know if I come up with something.

Currently on my Mythbuntu box now. (Actually, I'm running it as a virtual machine on my windows box just to experiment/learn with before I make it a permanant install on another machine. I've tried the dual boot thing before and it's too much of a hastle. I loooooooove virtualization!)

I did a quick websearch and came up with these recommendations. Haven't tried them all out myself. I do highly recommend VLC. And if you aren't already using Firefox, get it! Of course, I'm pretty sure Firefox is the default browser on Ubuntu now, so that shouldn't really be an issue.

Let me know if you try any of those listed apps and what you think.

One helpful app not listed on that article is Wine. Open a terminal and type "sudo apt-get install wine" (without quotes), enter the root password and go. When it's all done you should see Wine appear in the Applications menu. No, it has nothing to do with fermented grape juice. It's a windows emulator (even though Wine is not an emulator...yes, that's the stupid acronym) so you can run some applications that don't have a linux derivative that you absolutely need Windows for. Beware though, not all Windows applications will run in Wine, so your mileage will vary.

I needed to use Wine a while ago on a Xubuntu machine I was testing out. My kids wanted to play an online game that required Shockwave, and as there was no Shockwave player for linux (don't know if that's still the case) I just used Wine to install and run the Windows version of Firefox and installed Shockwave player in that. It worked great.

Reminds me of my favorite acronym (for a scanner interface): TWAIN

Technology Without An Interesting Name

Technically, it is not the "official" definition of the acronym, but it is the defacto favorite.

The WINE acronym, and many acronyms in the Unix/Linux world, stems from the original self-referential, self-negating acronym:
"GNU" = "Gnu is Not Unix".

Better than the TWAIN defacto definition is the actual meaning of "JBOD": "Just a Bunch of Disks"

I need to put this on a spare box. My dad's computer just crashed. Instead of letting me fix it, they're getting a new one. Hummm.