Did you even try to install your drivers for your graphics card (I'm guessing NVIDIA), before complaining about screen resolution? Or at least a message at ubuntuforums.org? You'll find that a lot of users here use Ubuntu and are quite happy with it. (My father and 2 sisters use Ubuntu, for instance). I tried out DreamLinux and I wasn't impressed by the Mac imitation.
Also, you can get the "floating launchpad" on pretty much any other distro.. Anyway, welcome to the MLUG :D I use Arch Linux. On 01/07/2009 07:36 PM, Charles . wrote: > Hi Anton, > Tnx for the quick reply. Actually when I had just sent the msg I > realised how stupid my help plea could., and actualy refreshed the > list, and presto it came up. The version that was downloaded was the > 0.86, which really is an old one as the equalizer is the fixed one. A > later version the 0.96 has a fully fledged one, and has more > visualizations. But anyway it least I am now very satified with the > result. Incidently before this distro I tried Ubuntoo, but man, that > is not for me. I couldn't get screen resolution higher than something > like 640 x 3...@50. I was actually using a newer machine with an > integrated vga using an NForce6 hardware. I'm now running dreamlinux > on a amd 2800XP, 768Mb Ram, on an old. 20Gb hdd, 1024 x 7...@70 res. > The GUI imitates the latest mac os with that floating launchpad. > Well anyway which distro are you using? > > Regards, > Charles > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Anton Xuereb <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > I don't have any experience with dreamlinux per se, but it appears > to be debian based or ubuntu based from what you are mentioning. > Usually errors such as 404 file not found in repositories are > fixed in a few days when a human error is done by misplacing a > file or a file being updated but the file list not being updated > thus getting an old link. Try reloading your repository list (I'm > guessing you are using apt: sudo apt-get update [or reload button > in synaptic]) and post a friendly message on their support forums > maybe a mantainer will spot your post and fix the package. > > M > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Charles . <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Name here is Charles. > Looking around for a easy to install Linux distro I came upon > Dreamlinux.I downloaded it and after running it I installed it > on my hard disk. It seems to suit my needs as included is a > folder called Easy-Install which helps newbies to install the > more common programs. One program which I would like to > install is VLC, as I found it very good to use in Windows. I > tried to install it through the Synaptic Package Manager, but > I keep getting a 404- File not found msg. Looking through the > downloading site - > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/v/vlc, I found that > the needed files have been superseeded by others. > Any ideas on what to do? > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
