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...they are stll putting the wet behind my ears. I just (within the last five minutes) joined LinuxForums. I played with Fedora 3 in the past, and disappointment with recent ...
- 07-28-2008 #1Just Joined!
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I am so new...
...they are stll putting the wet behind my ears. I just (within the last five minutes) joined LinuxForums. I played with Fedora 3 in the past, and disappointment with recent Microsoft products and policies motivated me to get serious about Linux. I installed Ubuntu 8.04 this afternoon.
Most everything looks good, and the hardware generally works, though I am getting messages that I might find some more efficient drivers on various hardware mfgrs. websites. One problem is that I cannot access the internet from Ubuntu.
I currently have this PC set-up as a dual boot PC. I can access the internet when running Windows/(IE or Firefox) but I san't access the internet while running Ubuntu /Firefox. Gotta find an appropriate forum to resolve that issue.
Glad to be here. I hope I don't wear out my welcome as a newbie before I can start contributing.
- 07-28-2008 #2Linux Guru
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Welcome to the forum Deblo
Don't worry we'll hopefully get that all sorted out for you quicksmart
- 07-28-2008 #3forum.guy
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lol... we were all so new once, so welcome to the forums!I am so new...oz
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- 07-29-2008 #4Just Joined!
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i'm new too
hi, I'm new here too. I have been hearing so much about Linux and I really really distrust microsoft and bill gates. I want to learn as much as i can before I take my old old p-4 766mhz with xp pro and install Linux on it. The first thing i would like to ask for is a list of explanation of terms if one exists...i don't know the terminology so if there is a source of definitions of Linux software terms and even hardware terminology, i would be very thankful.
my experimental pc is an old Dell pentium 4 766mhz, 256mb ram, 8 gig hdd, with a cd rom and .......I hate to admit this....but it has a floppy disc drive too (for those of you that are young, a floppy disc drive is a device that was once considered great portable data storage and held a whopping 1.4 mb of data!)
I am also very interested in installing Linux on an old p4 laptop. it should be perfect for what i want it for.
thanks,
Mike
- 07-29-2008 #5forum.guy
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Welcome to the forums, Mike!
http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/The first thing i would like to ask for is a list of explanation of terms if one exists...i don't know the terminology so if there is a source of definitions of Linux software terms and even hardware terminology, i would be very thankful.
Check the link in my signature for lots of good information on getting started with Linux.
Hope you have fun with it.oz
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- 07-29-2008 #6Just Joined!
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Thank you for the dictionary link! man, that's exactly what i needed!
Mike
- 07-29-2008 #7Linux Engineer
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welcome to forum, im also new
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