I definitely wont recommend you to install ubuntu on PIII, though it will install itself in it, it wont run as smoothly and nicely as you would want it to. I think minimum of PIV and 256 RAM with 512MB of swap is necessary for the machine to run ubuntu well. Now as for your internet one more thing that i would like to know is what kind of connection is Hons, is it pppoe, dhcp, or static connection. Could you let us know how you connect in Windows so that we can help you with the corresponding procedure in Ubuntu.
Cheers On 3/31/08, Utsav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi shishir and guys, > > I am using a Hons connection 64 Kb night surfing 8 PM -8 AM). (I hear > its wlink service under a different name but again that's not the > issue here). My hardware supports it (you've got that one right). > > I had given up on Ubuntu... after the earlier fiasco and am thinking > installing it on my old P III 450 Mhz computer (192 MB Ram). A friend > recommends against it; says it requires more memory? what's ur take on > it? > > looking forward to a solution/tutorial. > > regards, > Utsav > > > > > > On Mar 31, 8:50 am, "Shishir Jha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > can you write in a bit detail about what kind of internet connection and > > which ISP's internet connection are you using to get connected to the > > internet so that we might help you with a solution. As far as your > hardware > > is concerned its definitely compatible and i doubt the use of router for > you > > to get connected to the internet. Do write back, so that we can > collectively > > correct your erroneous prejudgment further more. Or better u can also > use > > the #ubuntu-np on irc.freenode.net channel, where you will get online > help > > from many ubuntu users in Nepal. > > > > Cheers > > > > > On 3/30/08, Utsav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot Shishir for the update and for correcting my > > > misconception, > > > > > I did my initial bit of research and there are a lot of pesky bloggers > > > who did get pissed off at Ubuntu.. i.e, I was not alone in my > > > disappointment. I even went ahead and wrote a blog post about it > > > <http://fafdajalebi.blogspot.com/2008/01/disappointed-with-ubuntu- > > > gutsy-gibbon.html>. Thanks for correcting my erroneous prejudgment on > > > Ubuntu > > > > > Rather than posting what I posted earlier at the Ubuntu forum and > > > crowding this post, my thread is still here < > > >http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=657433> I would appreciate > > > you help in this matter, or perhaps you could do a tutorial on it if > > > its not asking for too much and correct the discussion on Ubuntu > > > forums as well, because after reading the thread on Ubuntu forums, I > > > am sure a lot of other newbie enthusiast may have lost interest. > > > > > This definitely is a rebreather! looking forward to a tutorial and > > > eagerly waiting on the local repository. > > > > > Any chance of you guys starting up on a ubuntu wiki as well. > > > > > regards, > > > Utsav > > > > > On Mar 29, 6:39 pm, "Shishir Jha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello utsav > > > > > > On 3/29/08, Utsav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > hi prajwal, > > > > > > > i am also a ubuntu newbie. I didn't do my bit of initial research > b4 > > > > > installing it on my xp desktop. > > > > > > > A few warnings if you haven't already installed Ubuntu. > > > > > > > Can't listen to mp3, watch videos and the like with when you > install > > > > > from the installation CD/DVD. > > > > > > True you cannot do that from straight CD installation, it needs > extra > > > > packages which can be downloaded from the internet. > > > > > > You need to download separate files/codecs to do that from the > > > > > > > system. > > > > > > > and also you cannot connect to the internet, Ubuntu does not > support > > > > > PPoE re. > > > > > > Well seems Utsav, you have not done enough research otherwise you > would > > > > never write that ubuntu does not support pppoe. I myself have > configured > > > > pppoe for wlink issuing a single command to set it up and another > one to > > > > connect to it as and when needed. So please make sure that you do > know > > > what > > > > you are writing. Because what you write can alter the perception of > > > people > > > > towards linux. > > > > > > And thing about router is another crap, and just so that you know, > if > > > you > > > > needed help about getting connected to internet using broadband, you > > > should > > > > have writted to this forum rather than writing to ubuntu as we know > the > > > > system of internet here better than people in ubuntu forum. > > > > > > If you are subscribed to the internet like i am (night surfing wlink > > > > > > > or hons and the like you are in deep shit you will need a separate > > > > > router to use the internet(that's the answer i got from ubuntu > forums. > > > > > so ubuntu for me is on permanent halt unless i buy me a router) > > > > > > As far as your local repository is concerned we are working on it > and if > > > > everything goes well then we will surely have a local mirror for > ubuntu > > > in > > > > Nepal from where you can use apt-get to install what ever you want. > > > > > > my questions to the ppl at wlink who've hosted the ubuntu ISO's? Any > > > > > > > chance of doing that (getting the mp3 codecs n other from > > > > >http://opensource.wlink.com.np?? > > > > > > > good luck > > > > > Utsav > > > > > > Dont take it personally, but such points needs to be clarified so > that > > > > people dont get misleaded and alter their views towards linux. And > for > > > how > > > > to get the things(internet and music and video) working please refer > to > > > > Jwalanta's mail, he has provided the relevant links. > > > > > > Good Luck to you as well > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > On Mar 29, 12:36 am, "nepbabu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thus spoke Prajwal Adhikari on Friday, 28 March 2008 at 23:51:55 > > > +0545: > > > > > > > > > Himanshu ji, > > > > > > > > > I have already downloaded ubantu cd image, but this wubi seeks > > > > > internet to > > > > > > > download actual installation files. Ain't There any other way > to > > > > > install it > > > > > > > offline. > > > > > > > > Yes using Ubuntu install CD. > > > > > > > > Pop the Ubuntu CD in. reboot your computer and set it to boot > off > > > from > > > > > CD. Then follow the prompts. > > > > > > > > Before you do this however, please read the Ubuntu installation > > > guide. > > > > > Here's a small converation with Ubotu for helping you out. > > > > > > > > ------------------------ > > > > > > <nepbabu> !installation > > > > > > <ubotu> Ubuntu can be installed in lots of ways. Please > > > > > seehttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installationfordocumentation. > > > > > > > > Problems during install? > > > > > > Seehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommonProblemsInstallandhttps://wiki.ubuntu.c... > > > > > > > Don't > > > > > > > want to use a CD? Tryhttp://tinyurl.com/3exghs-Seealso !automate > > > > > > > > > <nepbabu> !automate > > > > > > <ubotu> Ways to automate installation of Ubuntu on multiple > machines > > > are > > > > > > > > described > > > > > > athttps://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/installation-guide/i386/automatic... > > > > > > > > - See also !cloning > > > > > > ------------------------ > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Bikal KC (Please use: nepbababucxspamfree_at_yahoo DOT ca) > > > > > > Journal:http://nepbabu.livejournal.com|| pubkey: see header > > > > > > "Rule 6: There is no Rule 6." - Rob Pike > > > > > > > > "Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit > > > > > atrocities." - François-Marie Arouet > > > > > > > > application_pgp-signature_part > > > > > > 1KDownload > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Shishir Jha > > > > EPC 1970,GPO 8975, > > > > KTM,NEPAL > > > > -- > > Shishir Jha > > EPC 1970,GPO 8975, > > KTM,NEPAL > > > > -- Shishir Jha EPC 1970,GPO 8975, KTM,NEPAL --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
