Autumn Dusk Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) I have a wireless card...but I dunno which kind. Its a 2yo IBM that I have so it should be pretty good. I'm picking up someone elses wireless (one of my neighbor's I suppose) and my connection speed makes no sence. It can go from a signal strength of 18 (a good connection) to 8(a "weak" connection) without me doing a thing. And if its the house I think I'm getting it from no one was home at the time of the fluctuation. errmmm its bad if top sais "2 users" isn't it or is "root" and "autumn" two different users? Edited July 14, 2008 by Autumn Dusk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommas_boy Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) [quote name='Autumn Dusk' post='1599444' date='Jul 13 2008, 08:28 PM']I have a wireless card...but I dunno which kind. Its a 2yo IBM that I have so it should be pretty good. I'm picking up someone elses wireless (one of my neighbor's I suppose) and my connection speed makes no sence. It can go from a signal strength of 18 (a good connection) to 8(a "weak" connection) without me doing a thing. And if its the house I think I'm getting it from no one was home at the time of the fluctuation.[/quote] I'm not a wireless guru, so I couldn't really help you out, much. [quote]errmmm its bad if top sais "2 users" isn't it or is "root" and "autumn" two different users?[/quote] Short answer: that's normal. Long answer: "root" is the name of the system administrator, a concept that Windows lacks, and is the source of many of Window's insecurities. "root" is omnipotent on the *nix computer, capable of doing anything. The problem is that when a program goes awry caused by a hacker, it can allow the hacker to take on the identity of the user that is running the program. So, if the hacker manages to take over a program being run by "autumn", it's no biggie, because the hacker only becomes "autumn". But if the hacker manages to take over a program run by "root", that's a big deal, because the hacker becomes the all-powerful "root" user. Windows doesn't offer this security feature. So, if a hacker manages to hack a normal user, and become that normal user, the normal user is "all-powerful", and this give the hacker the ability to do anything on the computer. Linux closes up this hole by limiting the number of programs that "root" has to run, and then making those few programs super secure so that no hacker can hack them. Then if a hacker does hack your computer, he's just limited to what "autumn" can do on the computer. I hope that this is easy to understand. [b]EDIT[/b]: In short, this is perhaps Linux's single-greatest security advantage over Windows. Rejoice and be glad, for the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds"]Lord Linus[/url] is good. Edited July 14, 2008 by mommas_boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Anyone here run Ubuntu or Ubuntu Studio via Parallels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 the reason I ask is that I have ubuntu running in Parallels but can not get the Parallel tools to install, or adjust the Screen Res or hear sound from the OS. Anyone know why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Dusk Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Oh one more question for the Guru. What in the world do I need to do to make my Creative Zen Vplus to work with linux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) [quote name='KnightofChrist' post='1599703' date='Jul 14 2008, 01:19 AM']the reason I ask is that I have ubuntu running in Parallels but can not get the Parallel tools to install, or adjust the Screen Res or hear sound from the OS. Anyone know why?[/quote] Maybe you already saw it, but I saw [url="http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/04/27/how-to-install-ubuntu-feisty-fawn-in-os-x-using-parallels-a-complete-walkthrough/"]this walkthrough on running it in Parallels[/url]. It's for "Feisty," but should work for "Hardy" as well. Did you miss something? Edited July 14, 2008 by Lounge Daddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 [quote name='Autumn Dusk' post='1599784' date='Jul 14 2008, 06:50 AM']Oh one more question for the Guru. What in the world do I need to do to make my Creative Zen Vplus to work with linux?[/quote] I saw at some help forums that heading to your Synaptic Package Manager and having it install Gnomad2 oughtta get your Zen up and running. Does that help? Saw it mentioned at[url="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=311419"] Ubuntuforums[/url], and [url="http://www.savvyadmin.com/creative-zen-v-plus-in-ubuntu/"]Savvy Admin[/url]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 [quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1585432' date='Jun 28 2008, 01:19 AM']Hmmm... running the Ubuntu Studio right now. It may just be my favorite "flavor" yet! It's still much more simple than Kubuntu, but just slightly more flexible than the regular Ubuntu. At least, that's my first impression.[/quote] Nice! [quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1589617' date='Jul 2 2008, 10:04 PM'][attachment=2764:Become_A...er_039_2.png[/quote] Best. Avatar. Ever. [quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1590577' date='Jul 3 2008, 08:41 PM']Hey, I have been running ubuntu studio for a week now. I really dig it! I just made sure to get it online and run the updates immediately after intall--before i did anything else. No problems. It's very simple and clean, like the standard ubuntu. But it's a bit flexible--the only real presets are focused toward the entertainment things, like the video and audio players and editors. These programs you have an opportunity to decline at install, though. So my personal impression is that this is a great ubuntu distrobution for someone interested in a nicely setup "media center" Linux os. I like it because I like to watch EWTN, and movies on my laptop. I also sometimes rent certain movies and then edit them so that I can watch them with my kids. You know, those movies that you find yourself saying "this would be a great movie for the family... but why oh why did they put that scene in it?" hehe I had set a lot of that up already with the previous ubuntu flavor that I had—but it was nice to have a lot of this already set up upon install with ubuntu studio. And it was largely better configured too. [/quote] Okay. So did you migrate to that flavour or did you clean install? I do want to try it... again, I'm still lacking memory... must... fix... broken... 20gig HDD... (Won't format ) Anywho, when I get back on linux, I wanna show off my cool Desktop Cube and program dock... had a friend over the day before who is a regular Linux user. He hooked me up w/ some goods, yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 [quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1599874' date='Jul 14 2008, 10:51 AM']Maybe you already saw it, but I saw [url="http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/04/27/how-to-install-ubuntu-feisty-fawn-in-os-x-using-parallels-a-complete-walkthrough/"]this walkthrough on running it in Parallels[/url]. It's for "Feisty," but should work for "Hardy" as well. Did you miss something?[/quote] That helped but the main problem was that the build of Parallels I had was not compatiable with Ubuntu 8, got one that was and now it works. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Hey! This is cool: [url="http://www.getdeb.net/release/2798"]get google gadgets on your Ubuntu desktop[/url] I just tried it out and it seems to work perfectly. Just as well as they worked on my Vista desktop, and maybe even a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I wanna migrate soon to Ubuntu Studio... quick question though... if I could format another hard drive to a linux format, then move all the files of my linux ot that hard drive, and replace it w/ the old drive, could it still boot? (eg, move stuff from 4 gigs which is current second [linux] drive, to 20 gigs, then put 20 gigs in place of 4) Or do I have to wipe linux out, reset master boot record, put in "New" hard drive and install from scratch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommas_boy Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) [quote name='Sacred Music Man' post='1601664' date='Jul 17 2008, 12:59 AM']I wanna migrate soon to Ubuntu Studio... quick question though... if I could format another hard drive to a linux format, then move all the files of my linux ot that hard drive, and replace it w/ the old drive, could it still boot? (eg, move stuff from 4 gigs which is current second [linux] drive, to 20 gigs, then put 20 gigs in place of 4) Or do I have to wipe linux out, reset master boot record, put in "New" hard drive and install from scratch?[/quote] Ok. Let me make sure that I understand you right ... You want to copy all of the files from your old hard drive (4GB) to your new hard drive (20GB). Then, you want the 20 GB drive to boot? Ok. This could work. You [b]will[/b] be able to copy over the files. However, you [b]will not[/b] be able to boot. Here is what I suggest to make everything work:[list=1] [*]Install the new drive alongside the old drive. [*]Go ahead and copy as you mentioned. [*]Remove the old drive. [*]Load a Linux install disk, and boot this install disk. [*]Once inside Linux that you booted from the CD, get to a terminal/konsole window. [*]Then run the following commands: [/list][code]$ sudo mkdir /mnt/alpha $ sudo mount /dev/device_name_of_harddrive /mnt/alpha # Mount whatever other partitions you made on the harddrive under the /mnt/alpha # directories. That is, if you have a partition for /usr, mount it at /mnt/alpha/usr. $ sudo chroot /mnt/alpha /bin/bash $ sudo apt-get remove grub $ sudo apt-get install grub $ exit $ exit[/code] This should hopefully re-install grub for you in the MBR of the new drive. Currently, grub is installed in the MBR of the old drive, and will not be copied over with the simple file transfer. Hope that this helps. Kris Edited July 17, 2008 by mommas_boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommas_boy Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Oh, by the way. The "$" signs are there to denote the command prompt. Be sure that you don't type them in, or bash will complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Yes! Google gadgets work great on ubuntu--the sidebar and everything. They actually load faster. Big surprise, right? lol I can honestly say that the sidebar with a few gadgets were the only thing that I "missed" about my Vista desktop, if I had to say that I miss anything at all. My desktop: [attachment=2787:desktop.png] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nleyetn Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 SMM, you'll also need to update your /etc/fstab since it will still be pointing to the UUID for your old partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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