Ok today I decided to give it a bit of a go, after my brother has fully moved over to it from windows.
Everything is awesome.
I'm enjoying it mostly, after spending a few hours getting things to how I want them -- which would probably only take less time on windows because I've done it so many **** times.
Here's a site people may find useful, I certainly did, its mostly just a huge long guide to everything you'd want to do in Ubunbu that doesn't come as standard. (mp3 + DVD playback for example, or p2p clients like DC++ and Torrent clients.)
The only thing I can fault is the monitor/resolution detection by X. which is irritating, and not a simple thing to fix. Basically the thing I need help with now is setting the resolution to 1280x1024 at 85Hz. I CAN get it to any resolution, but changing refresh rates is beyond me apparently... Twice I accidently destroyed it so X couldn't start, luckily I'd made backups and remembered how to fix it all
so yeah... hopefully someone can save me from doing it again
Everything is awesome.
I'm enjoying it mostly, after spending a few hours getting things to how I want them -- which would probably only take less time on windows because I've done it so many **** times. Here's a site people may find useful, I certainly did, its mostly just a huge long guide to everything you'd want to do in Ubunbu that doesn't come as standard. (mp3 + DVD playback for example, or p2p clients like DC++ and Torrent clients.)
The only thing I can fault is the monitor/resolution detection by X. which is irritating, and not a simple thing to fix. Basically the thing I need help with now is setting the resolution to 1280x1024 at 85Hz. I CAN get it to any resolution, but changing refresh rates is beyond me apparently... Twice I accidently destroyed it so X couldn't start, luckily I'd made backups and remembered how to fix it all
so yeah... hopefully someone can save me from doing it again
