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Ubuntu users?

#23
playinpearls said:
used it for a while, but it started becoming a pain in the butt trying to figure out simple things like playing a dvd. Wife lost patience, and i lost linux.:D

for a music player i really liked Exaile. What dont you like about it? The way it pulls info, tabs, and lyrics was very useful when i was learning songs...it doese take some getting used to....i forget if it had a cd burner or not, which was a big issue for me until cdburnerxp was discovered...


I didn't care for songbird much. You could try for Media Monkey, but i dont know if they have a linux version. DONT use it to sync ipods without doing a trial run with backup in place though. It deleted a bunch of my files by naming all the songs in one album the same FPRN.mp3 filename. Then i'd pull them back and only have the last song of the album.
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You need to install the Medibuntu repositories, specifically libdvdcss2 or something like that.
 
#25
ThatGermanDude said:
Part time here. I need Microsoft Office and Excel and PowerPoint do not work right with wine. Not to mention some other things like a good 3d modeling/CAD software.

So I dual boot Win7 and Ubuntu 9.10.
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To get MS Office to run properly, use Crossover Office -- it's based off of Wine, but it's tweaked specifically to install and properly run MS Office, Adobe suite, IE7, etc. It's not free, but it's fairly cheap, and I haven't had any problems yet, except with Office Outlook.
 
#26
Raven2k360 said:
To get MS Office to run properly, use Crossover Office -- it's based off of Wine, but it's tweaked specifically to install and properly run MS Office, Adobe suite, IE7, etc. It's not free, but it's fairly cheap, and I haven't had any problems yet, except with Office Outlook.
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I could. But than again, I already have Windows7 and office installed so why pay more money. Got Win7 for free through my college and office when I got the computer. Now if windows would just add virtual desktops...
 
#28
I use Ubuntu and windows 7. If it were not for photoshop (gimp is good, but it's not photoshop) and steam (left 4 dead2) I would probably just go with Ubuntu. I think they make Reaper for linux as well, I'd need a new sound card though I have the emu1820m.
 
#33
Blisshead said:
I use Ubuntu and windows 7. If it were not for photoshop (gimp is good, but it's not photoshop) and steam (left 4 dead2) I would probably just go with Ubuntu. I think they make Reaper for linux as well, I'd need a new sound card though I have the emu1820m.
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IIRC, Crossover supports Steam. Codeweavers not only have Crossover Office, but Crossover Games. It's not perfect, but they've got a decent selection of compatible games, and it keeps growing. And, like I said, I think it supports Steam.
 
#34
ZoomBoy said:
We have 2 in the house: An HP and also a Dell that has wireless. I don't print alot at home but the option would be nice. Then again we have 4 windows machines in the house too so if I need to print I use them.
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There shouldn't be any issues with the HP, that's the most-compatible brand with Linux. As for the Dell, I'm not sure who manufactures that one -- if it's Lexmark, you're S.O.L.
 
#38
Raven2k360 said:
They do have it -- Microsoft Virtual Machine... You can also download VirtualBox as was mentioned.
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I didn't mean virtual machines, but several desktops/workspaces that you can switch in between. Like Spaces for macs and the desktop wall you can get through compiz effects.

When I'm on the ubuntu side, I'll usually have one reserved for web browsing, one for music, one for email, and then 3 more for whatever else I'm working on.
 

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