An Introduction to Ubuntu 8.04

[mickyd110011]

i think the lts is still supported, yes?

[tulpoeid]

Zero information. 

[kastutan]

yipee!!! show more tutorials and tips! (drooling...)

[Arbiter210]

there isn't an "official" start button in ubuntu, there are multiple menus that you can access your programs from. Overall it's free and better than Windows!

[BattlefieldHigh]

wheres the start button?

[kolby4078]

its linux...there is no start button

[BattlefieldHigh]

cheers and i went back to windows i find it better, pl;us it wouldnt take my connection

[zikalify]

it's too good for a start button ^^

[alannajeanC]

I USE UBUNTU!!!! It rocks my socks! I love it it's so awesome.

[pinsarabatan]

hey is ubuntu from malaysia?

[cobrafazea]

Ubuntu is from South-Africa

[epsilon0072]

pffft...real men use Gentoo =P

[why3em5]

Great video. Just what I needed to start getting familiar before installing.

[BillS1226]

Thanks man.  And to think I did this video 1 year ago and it's been viewed over 45K times.

[Ssmith552]

im on this atm

[uvmedraco]

do you not like 9.04 haha

[kolby4078]

9.04 was not out yet

[obbma4ler22]

i love the cube thingy=P

[acsial]

If one doesn't like the 'warm' theme, try Xubuntu (blue), w/ Xfce.

I don't care, as long as it's a contrasting colour.

This LTS version is still 'newer' than Debian Lenny.

Ubuntu 8.04 seems faster on my old Athlon than OpenSUSE 11.1, running Gnome...though SLOWER than 11.1 running KDE 4--go figure. Fedora 10 was slow and flakey, but looked nice.

Aside from political considerations, IM[uninformed]O, it's better to use a distro supported by a big company/organization than 'indies' like Mint.

[WilliamHBonney55]

Were does one get good info on tweaking Ubuntu 8.04 LTS?

I am running an AMD Sempron 2800+.

[xj2yzz]

retarded desktop.

[JoshyNapalm]

Multiple Desktops? THAT'S awesome.

[matthew376]

And has been a feature in Linux desktops for a long time now :-)

[dumbestname]

using ubuntu right now!

[aliancemd]

U can search now on ubuntu com. There is a new version, 9.04. One guy got a record turn on on him. Ubuntu started in 6 sec but BIOS started in 7 seconds, and he called and told that to BIOS, to thing about that Problem :)

[chazzyfizzle1234]

I used wubi to do a dual boot with vista. Does this mean that i have the full version of ubuntu?

[lockergnome90087]

Yes I have ubuntu dual booting with XP using wubi And it's the full version

[WilliamHBonney55]

Ubuntu is awesome.

[Assblaster93]

ubuntu is a great Os, my five years old little sister gotLinux mint, my dad uses mint and I use ubuntu.

My Older sisters are still keeping with ms, but that is mainly because of Msn.

For Linux download aMSN.

Why waste money on something expensive when you get something better for free?

There is a solution for everything on ubuntu, you can download a lot of cool stuff for free, like Call of duty 2 and video editor programs, and lots of....

[Laoch111]

Ubuntu Linux is awesome. I give it top marks.

[creaturegreeny56]

should i install linux on my laptop? i have windows vista. the only problem is that i dont think linux is compatible with my ipod. thats the only reason why im not using linux. if there is anyway you can get the ipod compatible with linux i would be gladly to install linux

[phillinux81]

You can use your ipod with linux, I use Floola for linux and windows to get away from itunes.

[creaturegreeny56]

thanks! lol i wanted to use linux but i was scared cause i want it to worked with my ipod

[uvmedraco]

when you go to install ubuntu it gives you a slider to partition the hard drive so you could have vista and ubuntu on one system (:

[krazyliljoo]

you can make windows xp run on 16 mb of ram if you know how :)

[DeniedHealthCare]

I hate having to use both Ekiga and Pidgin to voice chat with my buddies that use Yahoo Instant Messenger. Is it possible to get Yahoo Messenger to work under WINE? The sucky thing is that I've found ekiga for voice chat to be very unreliable.

[DeniedHealthCare]

Ubuntu & Mac OS, XP, Win 2k Pro, Vista, Windows ME, Win 98

[raidenpwns]

a play a game called runescape i have the exzact same ubuntu it downloads java but i try to play it says i still need to download i dont know what to do

[BillS1226]

This happens with Flash sometimes as well, even if you've done a manual install. I'll have to play with it today and see what I get.

Hopefully stuff like this gets fixed in the future. These are the minor frustrations that keep Ubuntu and other flavors of Linux behind Windows.

[colincoolkid]

some say that ubuntu has a large foot print and is extremely bloated

[BillS1226]

Yes, you can make it bloated and compared to years ago it's getting bigger. A person can also make it bloatier by installing a bunch of stuff that's always running.

That said, if I had a choice to run Windows or Ubuntu, I would run Ubuntu because of all the maintenance/security headaches with Windows and bloatiness of Windows.

However, since I'm a tech-kind of person, I like to run them all-Windows-whatever version starting at XP, Mac, and the Various flavors of Linux including Ubuntu, etc.

[magerpkerboy]

then some are liars

[colincoolkid]

lol no, ubuntu is bloated as hell compared to arch or gentoo, and the debian ISO I have is only 40 megs.

[Bogman247]

It's bigger, but I wouldn't call it bloated. Ubuntu does include a lot of stuff which isn't included in the default debian install (like gnome etc)

[magerpkerboy]

I agree with bogman, I have the buisiness debian iso, and I've used all of the major distros. The debian iso downloads all the software from the main server, so a debian full cd would be closer to 600 megs, along with gentoo and arch. If you want bloated, take a look at windows!

[JordanN5253]

yeah i installed ubuntu a while ago, but unlike your nice wallpaper mine came with one that looked like it had coffee stains on it! but i recently uninstalled ubuntu so i could make room for windows 7, im not a fanboy but i guess im a power user :) but yeah ubuntu is a very nice os for people who dont like the way windows os's are put togeather

[Macintosh3745]

LOL Ubuntu made a Spinning Donut!

I am on Fedora 10 and Ubuntu 8.10

[Kitinetnies]

I run 8.10 on my 7 year old emachine laptop. Installed beautifully, laptop runs better than ever, and with wine i can run WoW with maxed detail even in cities.

[fuzzywzhe]

I just got 8.10 after my old machine finally died because of HW failure after running for 4 years.

My complaints about 8.10 is that there is no static IP address, Samba is a bitch to setup, Apache is no fun to setup, the 64 bit version isn't supported by VMWare well, and Ubuntu really needs a freaking root shell, sorry.

8.4 is probably the best to stick with for a little while if you're a power user, 8.10 is a headache for me, but it does work, just requires research to setup properly.

[ramoj02]

I installed this, and setup my wireless connection, but it won't let me to surf online or even sign in pidgin.

[angrysausage123]

My friend gave me 8.04 to install on my PC but it didn't work. He said its probably my hardware and 8.10 should work, although its a bit glitchy n stuff. I have a core2Duo, 4GB RAM, Nvidia 9600GT, dunno what my motherboard is. And I'm not sure if my netgear wirelessG adapter will work. Can someone help me?

[deadnub]

So is 8.10 safe to install now? Or do I have to resort to using wubi 8.04

[BillS1226]

I use 8.10 on a PC next to me right now. Granted I don't do too much out of the ordinary - web surfing, documents, online stuff, testing and reconfiguring Ubuntu to see what's new, etc. So it depends what you want to do with it.

[deadnub]

With 8.04.1, ndiswrapper says my windows wireless driver is installed correctly, but when I try to connect to other wireless network, the "signal strength" icon displays but it just sits there on 0%.

[Bassbrewer89]

hey i installed ubuntu 8.04 on my WD my book 500gb external hardrive and the os was messed up or something and nothing worked and it deleted everything on my hardrive. i went back into windows and i couldnt even open my external hardrive folder! i couldn't even uninstall ubuntu. any thoughts on what to do!???! please help!

[BillS1226]

Can you see it in disk manager in XP?

Are you getting a dual boot menu?

[storebror21]

I recently installed Ubuntu and now have a dual boot system for either XP or Ubuntu - I'm finding I'm using Ubuntu more and more as the days go by - I love it!

[shaytardrebellionite]

i didnt have enough space to dual boot.. :(.

so i just have ubuntu installed

[darkalligator]

The 2 only complaints about ubuntu, are with the graphics card driver and Watching a dvd movie even play a mp3 song. God knows ive tried a lot to do those things, but i always goback to windows because i felt frustrate. I cant get any resolution better than 1024 x 768. Im not a computer genius,I know more than average people. but i really want to use ubuntu the way fans do.

[Thefistof40k]

can ubuntu run games?

[Xaixis]

Yes, but you have to install with WINE (a windows compatibility layer)

Depends, many RPG games do because they don't require much. You may not be able to play games like COD 5 though as easily.

There is a full list at appdb(dot)winehq(dot)org

[TurnerKitty]

Hi, I installed this version on my vista laptop. I like it a lot, except for one thing. My wireless wont work! I have an Atheros AR5007 b/g wireless adapter, and when I press my wireless button,it doesnt turn on. How do I get my Wireless working?

[BillS1226]

Did you go to the System menu, Preferences, Network Configuration and look at the wireless tab? If empty, fill in the details if you know them.

[spirosvii]

BillS1226 install the ubuntu 8.04, not the 8.10 because the 8.04 is LTS edition, and the 8.10 have some bugs. Be patience for later version.

[kirchmaster]

yea ppl just need to wait for 9.x because my speakers wont even work on 8.10 and its really buggy

[aafaking]

i found firefox to be very buggy and crashes a lot wiht me. havent found a descent alternative and ideas?

[CorbenikTheHarbinger]

@ aafaking

First and foremost, I would ask if this is just an issue with YouTube?

I would recommend uninstalling and reinstalling it. If the problem continue, it is likely an issue created with add-ons. I have noticed that Firefox crashes for me (on Ubuntu) when I am on YouTube. I have attributed this problem to the NoScript add-on & (Flash conflicts).

Disable all of your add-ons and check to see if the problem still exists.

I wish you success in solving the issue.

[samyk20]

i think its fiesty sorry i am noob in terms of linux

[samyk20]

I tried ubuntu on my old pentium 3 installed smoothly wireless was an issue where it was not connecting to even unsecured wireless network booting was fine i hope they get better:)

[BillS1226]

Curious if you installed 8.10 which is out or 8.04?

[snipper007s]

i just downloaded ubuntu but i cant connect to the internet plze help?

[BillS1226]

Are you wired to the Internet or wireless?

[MSkull01]

I'm thinking about trying out Ubuntu, but I'm hesitant because I have been using Windows XP more than any other OS in my life. I'm new to this and I have some questions:

If I download Ubuntu on my computer, will all my documents be deleted or still be there?

If I end up not liking Ubuntu, can I uninstall it and get back XP?

Is there a way to try Ubuntu before actually installing it completely?

Thank you for your time.

[MSkull01]

I tried Wubi, but for some reason everytime I try to log into Ubuntu, nothing happens for a long time and I end up turning it off.

[BillS1226]

Also dual boot message at the top of this thread by madhi19.

[LoveandEqualityToAll]

im using this video to show my mom she does not have to be scared of ubuntu thanks for all.

[DSMeTailer]

There are two options I would recommend, neither of which will interfere with your WinXP installation. The first is a LiveCD, which would allow you to boot from the CD instead of your HD so you can try it out with an option to install later.

The second option is Wubi. This program does all of the disk partitioning for you, you simply select how much hard drive space you wish to dedicate. If you don't like Ubuntu, you can uninstall Wubi in WinXP and it goes away, disk space recovered and all.

[chevvok]

i miss ubuntu :(. if ubuntu could game like XP id stay with it.

[indyfan1202]

Hey, nice vid, this makes me want to try this OS out. I'm looking at getting a Dell Mini and I wanted to see how their other OS worked. I'm more familiar with XP but I'd be willing to try this. How well do Windows programs work for this?

[BillS1226]

If you don't want to spend time learning Ubuntu then choose XP. Ubuntu is a bit different and you don't just install Windows programs on it easily. There is a Windows interface called Wine that allows you to run Windows programs but again you'll spend time figuring it all out.

Investigate what Windows programs you want to run and then investigate how they perform on Ubuntu or if there is a Linux alternative.

Thanks for stopping by and watching the vid. Ubuntu is getting better and better.

[lololzak]

im getting a dell mini 9

should i get a windows xp or ubuntu?

i want windows because im used to it and i know how to connect to wifi..

but if i get ubuntu(cheaper version)

i dont know how to use it. and i wont know how to connect to my wifi?

so please help me!

[BillS1226]

The Dell Mini's are cool. I would go with XP unless you feel like learning Ubuntu. Most likely the Dell folks will configure before sending. Also, you could confirm with Dell if you can install whatever you want, so if Ubuntu doesn't work for you then you could install XP. But from what you've told me I would recommend XP.

[twiztiid]

If you get the Ubuntu version it will run much faster than XP and Ubuntu is not that hard to use and many things you may already know how to use like Firefox. But if you are not willing to learn Ubuntu then the choice is made.

[2point8GHz]

hey just burn the ubuntu 8.04 iso to cd but cant get my pc to boot up from the cd to installe ubuntu. what could I be doing wrong?

[BillS1226]

You might have to look at your boot devices in the BIOS and what sequence they boot.

[2point8GHz]

Thank you for your help BillS1226, but I figured out what I did wrong, reason why ubuntu did not work the first time for me is because I first copied the download of ubuntu to a CD in a data format instead of copying it to the CD in a iso-image format, and now all works good. : )

[freemanparin]

iwas able to connect to a wifi service but after few minutes i got disconnected with no apparent reason... and it keeps happening (disconnection)

[daftrok]

I am having a nastily exhausting problem with connecting to my wi-fi network via Ubuntu. I click on the network tool and click "connect to other wireless network".

I type my SSID, I type my WEP key (not passphrase, but 64/128 bit hex) and automatic DHCP. It keeps asking me to input the passphrase or key again and again. I have used my key on other windows computers and it worked fine. What am I doing wrong?

[BillS1226]

Is it Ubuntu 8.04? What brand of wireless card?

[daftrok]

Yes it's Broadcom. I heard that maybe drivers need to be installed but I am a complete noob and have no idea how to install it on Linux. But it acknowledges that it can sense the network and that a passphrase is needed...it just keeps asking..

[BillS1226]

Well, I tried to provide some links in these comments and I don't think they allow links. So search on the phrase "wireless keeps asking passphrase" in google and you'll get to the Ubuntu Forums where there are 2-3 sources you might want to read.

[daftrok]

I appreciate your help. I figured it out and its working now. Turns out that because Broadcom uses Windows drivers, legally speaking Linux can't have that in there. You use the ndiswrapper (couldn't find it in .deb format so had to type it in terminal..ugh) and then get the BMC4318 (for my card) driver from the site (again using the damn terminal) and then restarting. They ask you for key twice (default is passphrase but my router is on 64/128 bit Hex) and then it works. Took 2+ hours but :)

[BillS1226]

Well that sounds intense. Cool beans. Glad you got it working.

[daftrok]

Thanks! And there's actually another thing I was wondering about. Watching YouTube on Linux is great...until you go full screen. It's framy. If I download it and watch it it runs smooth but at a lower quality. In fact, pretty much all of my clips (especially HD divx and HD wmv) feel like they were downgraded in quality on Linux. They run smooth on my Windows XP with Media Player Classic (along with the K Lite Codec Pack) but not on Linux. Is it just driver issues? Any recommendations?

[hidalgoma]

I barely install ubuntu and wanna try it out... Quick question, How do I install aMSN so I can use instant messaging with my contacts in hotmail? Keep up the vids... Thx

[KingDaver]

It's a great program. I especially like Kubuntu a fancier version of ubuntu. I use it all the time. Support is much better than any windows program. You can get it through IRC x chat. It is provided in ubuntu. I tried many different linux's and found this is the best one easiest to learn and operate. Feel free to ask me any questions.

[bendibell]

Dear cliv3, Make sure you'r installing updates, and you are not running on a beta. If so get 8.04.1,

and wine never hurt!

[bendibell]

I love ubuntu!

I have it aand it's never crashed!

Be sure to get wine if you are gonna do more than linux apps.

Sure there are tons available, but I can't live without my little exe games!

[lerianchan]

Also does ubuntu have something equivilant to windows task maager.. if so how do u get on to it???

[BillS1226]

Select the menu System -> Administration -> System Monitor

[lerianchan]

Can ubuntu install games

[BillS1226]

Yes.

[calrogman]

What program are you using to record your screen?

[orgthingy]

gtk-recordmydesktop

[CLIV13]

i cant get xbox live to run with my ubuntu so i have to go back on to vista which crashed recently not only that but my speakers put out no sound on ubuntu plz help

[BillS1226]

I'll have wait for someone else to answer this or you could certainly search Google for the answer.

[lerianchan]

thanks 4 the help

[Bestrong4]

How do I get my logitech cam to work with Ubuntu

[samsiteone]

I downloaded Ubuntu and desided not to install it, Why does this not come with beryl or compiz already installed.

you have to use command lines and crap, you need to be a techy to run ubuntu, I hope not everibody falls for this stuff. I could not get nun of this eyecandy working and not to mention mp3 and a whole bunch of file and videos don't work. It's unpracticle.

[BillS1226]

What hardware/OS are you running now? Mp3s and vids worked just fine for me with the setup in the video.

I did try and install Ubuntu804 on a PC from 1999 and it dumped to the command line during startup. But Xubuntu installed just fine on that PC. On the same PC Windows XP installed just fine.

These are issues that will keep Ubuntu out of the "standard" home PC arena. But, I know plenty of XP and Vista folks who've traded in for Mac or hired techs to support their XP/Vista home PC.

[samsiteone]

8.04,

I have never had ubuntu I just figure out today how to download and install some things,

trying to figure out wich driver goes with my nVidia 8800 gts. Stuff did not have to be so complicated, Tech geeks love to show off "look we coud do it the hard way".

[samsiteone]

OH, I've had ubuntu 8.04 for just 2 days now.

[orgthingy]

download gstreamer from add/remove and you'd get more videos and music working :)

[KingKoopa786]

Whats funny is that I purposely downloaded a virus from limewire on my Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon laptop and nothing happened. I <3 Linux!

[tranmere789]

That's true. My son got Trojan by navigation one game-site. So we do the same with firefox under Ubuntu 8.04 - nothing happened. Viruses can't do nothing. Especially when you don't do these things as adminstator and i think nothing happened even if you do it as admin. I know any person who has got serious viruses to his Linux-system.

[BillS1226]

There was a question about flash working with Ubuntu in my YouTube inbox and I have not had any problem running flash in Ubuntu 8.04.

[tranmere789]

With Adobe flash 9 or 10 one can see Youtube-videos. But they have said that Adobe's flashes (not open source) are not the best. Others for videos/souds/media:

-ubuntu-restricted-extras

-w32 codecs

-sun-java5 (or 6)-plugin

-

[HellsHighwayTrooper]

in windows xp you can disable boot time, disable ur anti-virus to start up.

Run > msconfig > Startup

You do the maths

[TheGuruOfTime]

Any Linux distro in the world is more secure than Windows XP or any windows OS for that matter...there's no Linux viruses (or very few) because is not the "primary OS" in the market just like Mac so it really doesn't have any viruses so you don't need an anti-virus and that also means faster boot-up time.

[tranmere789]

They hacked a test in Canaba at spring 08. Mac OS was hacked first. Vista via Adobe's "hole" and only machine which hackers couldn't win was Linux/Ubuntu even if they tried it by 3rd "partner's" plugins, programs etc...

[bluekavora]

Thank you for this video!

[freemind89]

every windows user who wants to try a full Ubuntu system without any changes to windows should google for the tool: "Wubi"

[BillS1226]

Wubi is great but I seem to be having problems with slow install lately.

[ripitup12]

how does wubi work?

[BillS1226]

Download the executable and installs on your XP PC. Creates a dual boot menu when you boot your PC.

[rollerboy2]

I use wubi to be able to dual boot with windows xp, but when installing graphics card drivers on ubuntu from wubi, it crahses and ubuntu won't start anymore.

[hamishnz08]

I am using Ubuntu 8.04 now. The last Ubuntu I tried did not work with my printer, as soon as I turned on the printer it downloaded the correct driver and it just works. It even found an update for my video card, which is perfect. Comes with open office installed also, which is a time saver. I would never go back to Windows now. :)

[jkeelsnc]

This is a nice linux distribution. I am using it now. The only problem I am having is that Opera 9.5 will not seem to work with it correctly. Where as all of my other internet applications work fine Opera just sits there and won't load a page or do anything. Yes, I have put out some effort yet to find out why its doing this. I had this same problem with Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 though. Odd thing. :)

[urik]

Thanks for the review.

I'm downloading it now as a rescue CD. I'm still not ready to switch to Linux. I'd want, but Linux still isn't very good with games. Sorry, games still aren't very good with Linux. The problem is in the games developers.

Once I'll be able to use photoshop without problems, along with most games, I'm definitively switching.

[BobDoleismyBitch]

If you download a program called WINE you can play games and download most windows programs.

[urik]

I know, but I heard that it doesn't work 100% fine in many applications and games.

Do heavy games such as Oblivion and most applications work fine with Wine?

[BobDoleismyBitch]

You might need to have a NVIDIA graphics card but I'm not to sure...I dual boot with windoze and Ubuntu so when I wanna play games i just switch....

[st1ckfigure]

Actually, Oblivion worked fine for me, but not all high-end stuff works perfectly.

[InternautBrabant]

I have Kubuntu

can i use gnome ? I want to try the difference

[Dp908]

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

[madhi19]

8.04 I can never call it Hardy Heron it feel so weird is one sleek piece of software! If you install as a dual boot it ask you if you want to get your Windows setting and if you say yes it would get all your internet setting and even the wallpaper you use on your windows partition!

[BillS1226]

I have not tried that. Very cool.

[5ombra]

i run xubuntu 8.04 linux rules

[davidbball13]

xubuntu is ment for older computers i can rock it on a P2 and it is fast

[draoi99]

Thanks man. I was always scared of Linux due to my lack of techy aptitude but I'm going to try out Hardy Heron - because I can still keep Windoze until I feel comfortable with the Linux world.