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| Posted: Wed Aug 24th, 2011 04:44 pm |
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luther License Holder 
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I finally got the nerve to install and do the boot repair to run beside my xp. The more I use it the more I like it. Thanks Jim and all for this post. I would never have tried it without seeing people I feel know what they are doing using it. If I get a new pc ubuntu will be the first thing I do to it. I can't believe how much faster everything works without being dragged down by avg.I've even found a free image editor I would compare to the acdsee I've always used because it is so easy to use. The only thing different is this one didn't cost 80 bucks. thanks guys! Last edited on Wed Aug 24th, 2011 04:48 pm by luther |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24th, 2011 04:51 pm |
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Jim 127.0.0.1 
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Glad you are enjoying it, I use it daily on 3 computers. if there is anything you miss about windows we would be happy to supply alternate ubuntu friendly methods 
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24th, 2011 05:01 pm |
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Marty Helpy Helper 
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I just used it yesterday to field test the hardware on a friends computer. Worked Awesome. He thought his WiFi card was dead. I USB Booted into Ubuntu and everything worked. Easily proved it wasn't hardware that was the issue. Turned out his Antivirus/Firewall was the cause. LOVE IT
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24th, 2011 10:13 pm |
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Jim 127.0.0.1
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I was having a brightness issue on a dell laptop after a windows XP update. Simply inserting the ubuntu live CD cured the problem. Didn't even have to boot to it. I just did a dual boot windows 7/ ubuntu laptop. Windows tried to warn me that there was something wrong with the hard drive the next time I booted into windows, I had to tell it to shut up. Will not read the ext partition. Ubuntu boots just fine, can see all the windows files without a problem, it treats windows like a hobby. Windows tries to not admit ubuntu exists. Open office can write to an ODT file, or just about any version of microsoft office file. Will read any version of MS office files. Office will not read ODT files and will only write doc or docx. Filezilla works great on Ubuntu. Native terminal works incredible, like built in putty. Chrome, firefox, works incredible on ubuntu. Gimp produces a smaller file size with the same quality for pngs than photoshop or PSP. The ONLY reason there are still windows computers in the house is for testing sites using IE as a browser. Did I mention I can go to a site knowing it has a virus, diagnose it without getting the virus or spreading it? I use the ubuntu live stick (I have 32, 64 and 64 server on SD cards) to partition and fix any drive problem. It reads NTFS, FAT, FAT32 AND will format if you want it to in all those (gparted utility). Try reading a EXT partition with windows.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26th, 2011 12:49 pm |
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Di It's so obvious..... 
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Jim wrote: I was having a brightness issue on a dell laptop after a windows XP update. Simply inserting the ubuntu live CD cured the problem. Didn't even have to boot to it. yeah that was my laptop and now he cant get the brightness down lol. Im blinded every morning when i open my laptop to check email and such 
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26th, 2011 01:26 pm |
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martin_wynne Licence Holder 
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Di wrote:yeah that was my laptop and now he can't get the brightness down lol. I'm blinded every morning when I open my laptop to check email and such Hi Di, Make him buy you a nice pair of sunglasses.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26th, 2011 01:29 pm |
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Di It's so obvious.....
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martin_wynne wrote: Hi Di, lol Jim will tell you he bought me a nice pair of glasses with the transition lenses that would probably darken with all that brightness, but i refuse to wear them more often than not 
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26th, 2011 09:42 pm |
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Marty Helpy Helper
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Used Ubuntu today to recover 30GB of files off a NTFS partition for a friend today. Looked like some kind of Virus was making her entire "My Documents" folder non-existent. I pulled the drive out of the Case, hooked it up to my Mac using a IDE to USB Adapater. Booted Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine and was able to access the folder. NICE.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27th, 2011 12:09 am |
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Jim 127.0.0.1
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Root is power
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27th, 2011 12:34 am |
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Marty Helpy Helper
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Here you go. Attached Image (viewed 63 times):
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27th, 2011 10:47 pm |
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luther License Holder
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where can I find a good html editor for ubuntu?
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27th, 2011 11:16 pm |
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Jim 127.0.0.1
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As far as graphical (like front page) or just a colored text editor (like context)?
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28th, 2011 12:03 am |
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luther License Holder
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I guess like front page. I use coffee cup and web express now in windows.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28th, 2011 12:29 am |
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Jim 127.0.0.1
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I've played with bluefish, it reminds me a little of dreamweaver. I do HTML by hand and don't use an editor. The way the board looks shows it LOL.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28th, 2011 02:06 am |
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martin_wynne Licence Holder
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luther wrote: I guess like front page. I use coffee cup and web express now in windows. Hi, There is a very good HTML editor included in your cPanel. Go to the File Manager section, select the file, click the HTML Editor icon in the top row. It's full WYSIWYG, with Design, Source and Preview tabs (bottom left). Excellent, if you don't mind working online. There is also a Code Editor, with syntax highlighting for several languages including HTML, Javascript, PHP, Perl, C, etc. And a plain text editor. All browser based so presumably works in Windows, Mac, Linux, anywhere. regards, Martin.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28th, 2011 02:52 am |
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Jim 127.0.0.1
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I just played with it and it is pretty cool for whipping up tables, links, stuff like that. It lacks in the area of formatting, no head/body tags I could find, no doctype, things like that. Front page actually added too much but was REALLY EASY to use and had plenty of features. Additionally not everybody has a cpanel, though most who inhabit this board do. Thanks for the tip, I can't remember the last time I played in there.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28th, 2011 02:59 am |
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Marty Helpy Helper
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Using that editor has saved me many times in a pinch when I am at work and cannot FTP etc....
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28th, 2011 06:32 am |
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tanygaer TOIDI 
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I use VS (Visual Studio) all day every day and for $99 you can buy it for php http://www.jcxsoftware.com/vs.php, don't know if it works on unix or not but It might there is a free trial.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28th, 2011 11:18 pm |
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luther License Holder
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didn't think about cpanel. thanks.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18th, 2012 08:03 pm |
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martin_wynne Licence Holder
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I'm late joining the party, but I'm just trying Linux for the first time. I have Ubuntu on a dual-boot system with Windows7 (dual-boot created with wubi.exe). So far I like what I see. My real interest is experimenting with Wine to run my own Windows software. Apart from some issues with the installed fonts it is working much better than I expected. A question for the Linux experts to which I can't find an answer anywhere. I understand that Linux itself is almost immune to viruses. But while connected to the internet on Linux on a dual-boot system, is it possible for any malicious web site to interfere with the dormant Windows installation? There must be some common code -- the drivers for the hard disk for example -- and all the Windows code is on the same drive which Linux is using. Thanks for any advice. regards, Martin.
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