Best for me and how to make it look the way i want

[newtolinux123]

Hey,
i am still very very new to linux and have had no sucess getting it to work on my laptop, but now i want to put linux in dual boot with windows 7 on my much more powerful desktop.
here's the specs,
denvor 10 motherboard (packardbell)
4 gb Samsung ram
640GB western digital hdd
intel core 2 quad q6600 2.4ghz
nvidia geforce 9600gt

i need help choosing a linux for me, i need it to work properly and the drivers to work because the 9600gt fan spins on full unitl the driver is installed.
also can i get the "belkin" adapter to work on linux (its a usb wireless adapter)

thanks so much in advanced, Ryan

[MikeTbob]

I'd suggest Linux Mint. It's basically Ubuntu but in my opinion, fewer hassles and less bugs.
Main Page - Linux Mint

also can i get the "belkin" adapter to work on linux (its a usb wireless adapter)

This all depends on the chipset on the card itself and not the brand name....see this link for info on getting started with Wireless.
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tart-here.html
Depending on which chipset the card has, it may work out of the box with Linux Mint.

[newtolinux123]

I'd suggest Linux Mint. It's basically Ubuntu but in my opinion, fewer hassles and less bugs.


This all depends on the chipset on the card itself and not the brand name....see this link for info on getting started with Wireless.
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Depending on which chipset the card has, it may work out of the box with Linux Mint.

thanks very much for the help, its a shame Linux hasn't got much money to sort all the drivers, they should work on a paid os( say around £40 ($80) and get some money and then develop some drivers.

[HROAdmin26]

thanks very much for the help, its a shame Linux hasn't got much money to sort all the drivers, they should work on a paid os( say around £40 ($80) and get some money and then develop some drivers.

Please do some more reading.

For the vast majority of drivers, the *vendor* writes its own drivers. Whether they choose to write a Linux driver is up to them. Because many vendors *don't* make a Linux driver available, some Linux developer may decide to try and reverse-engineer a driver.

The price of the OS has little to do with what the vendor decides to support. Charging for an OS does not suddenly make reverse-engineered drivers easier/better to make.

Contact your vendor if you don't like their OS support.

[newtolinux123]

Please do some more reading.

For the vast majority of drivers, the *vendor* writes its own drivers. Whether they choose to write a Linux driver is up to them. Because many vendors *don't* make a Linux driver available, some Linux developer may decide to try and reverse-engineer a driver.

The price of the OS has little to do with what the vendor decides to support. Charging for an OS does not suddenly make reverse-engineered drivers easier/better to make.

Contact your vendor if you don't like their OS support.

hey i removed my earlier message because i found out ubuntu stole all the ram so windows had only 200mb to boot from. how do i stop linux stealling all the physical memory! i deleted linux fixed the mbr and am using 7 but really do want linux dual boot again

[HROAdmin26]

i found out ubuntu stole all the ram so windows had only 200mb to boot from. how do i stop linux stealling all the physical memory!

No. Linux has no ability to change the amount of RAM.

[newtolinux123]

when i installed it said something about issues with my physical memory if i didant create a partition of some sort. but it automaticly comtinued anyway and i went to press "go back"
i just had to restore my windows 7 system to recover my ram, luckily i had a backup image!

[HROAdmin26]

You are confused between RAM, hard drive space, and swap. Reinstalling Windows does not "recover your RAM" and the amount of RAM doesn't change regardless if the OS is Windows, Solaris, Linux, BSD, etc.

[newtolinux123]

i can assure you taskmanager stated my physical memory toal in system as "200mb" and i have 4gb i in no way blame you but do ask how this happend, but a restore of system image seems to have done the trick.... i hope!

[rokytnji]

Since you are New to Linux and Ubuntu. Might I suggest you take a few baby steps before you jomp into the deep end of Hard Drive partitioning and dualbooting on seperate Partition.

Either just run from the live CD to get a feel for it. That means just run Ubuntu off the cd without saving changes,

Run Ubuntu via vm ware. You have the specs to handle it.


Run Ubuntu via a Wubi install.


Any of the above suggestions shouldn't give you any issues like

i found out ubuntu stole all the ram so windows had only 200mb to boot from. how do i stop linux stealling all the physical memory! i deleted linux fixed the mbr and am using 7 but really do want linux dual boot again

when i installed it said something about issues with my physical memory if i didant create a partition of some sort. but it automaticly comtinued anyway and i went to press "go back"
i just had to restore my windows 7 system to recover my ram, luckily i had a backup image!

can assure you taskmanager stated my physical memory toal in system as "200mb" and i have 4gb i in no way blame you but do ask how this happend, but a restore of system image seems to have done the trick.... i hope!

Good luck with it.