[freaking]

I installed v6.10 yesterday with success... (this is my first linux os ever) together with XP

My observations:
- Every driver was recognized and installed without any conflict... (eat this M$)
- There is no high learning curve (if you know windows -> you know ubuntu)
- It looks slick (well enough for me that is)

Remarks: (probably because i'm a total noob to linux configurations)
- Sometimes my wireless intel chip loads and sometimes it doesn't (don't know where to load hardware)
- The NTFS partitions are mounted on the desktop (i thought only Fat32 could be shared) My Fat32 partition i created for sharing between OS's does not mount at all. I even formatted it back to NTFS but it didn't mount eighter. (again, i don't know how to configure hardware probably)
*** If i could have some answers to my remarks that would be great ***

I saved the best for last:

People listen: It is faaaasst !!!!
and i din't think i would say this, but if i can get everything up and running (no doubt that it wont) i throw out Windows in a second.

cheers

[CouchMaster]

OMG - this is soooo cool, I never knew....
Typical reaction these days for every noob who installs Linux for the first time.
Yes, you really can get rid of M$ for good - and free to boot!

[Bartender]

Originally Posted by freaking

- There is no high learning curve (if you know windows -> you know ubuntu)

I wouldn't agree with that statement, but I'm happy to hear you've settled in so quickly. I don't know anything about wireless, but have seen lots of posts on the subject so the info's out there on what works and what doesn't. I imagine next version will have better wireless support.
Don't try writing to your NTFS! Reading is OK but writing is still not safe.
Print out this page and read it thru until you feel like you understand what aysiu is saying. Towards the end he addresses FAT32 in Ubuntu 6.10. First change that FAT32 partition back to FAT32, then very carefully follow the directions.

[freaking]

Thanks Bartender for your quick reply on the matter...

About the statement:
It should read like: if you know windows through and through then you should know ubuntu. (Don't do anything without thinking it through)
But never the less:
I do not know everything... and with some years experience of trial an error in windows I should be able to get everything right... with the help of this great community off course and most likely not from the first attempt...

Thanks for the warning on the partitions! Hopefully I receive some news on the wireless bug also. I've already read somewhere that windows keeps his DHCP active, therefor it's not released when ubuntu loads... Don't know if it's true or not... but i will keep looking for an answer...

[fenderfreek]

Ubuntu uses DHCP as well, so when it starts up, you get a new lease, and leases are always released when a system shuts down. If you've got any Ubuntu-specific questions, feel free to send me a message. I'd been using it on two of my computers off-and on for about a year, and on a daily basis for about the last 6 months now, so I'm pretty familiar with anything dealing with configuration or interface-specific stuff.

Glad to hear we have another convert from the dark side of the Operating System world