you could always try it off the live cd. i dont have a kvm so i dunno how good k/ubuntu is with them. i have had considerable success duel booting kubuntu and windows xp as well as vista. i know im probably sounding biased to other distros, but thing is with kubuntu i have never seen at least on laptops as well as for the short time i had it on this desktop so much stuff work correctly out of the box. for instance my tablet laptop i for a yr or so had issues getting kubuntu to work. i tried open suse and had night mares with sound playing out of the speakers while headphones are plugged in kubuntu i havent had this issue. now i have kubuntu and when i installed it i was impressed i had direct rendering for my video card out of the box.
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send MLUG-list mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of MLUG-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Vga resolution again! (Charles .) (Jonathan Aquilina) > 2. Re: Vga resolution again! (Charles .) (Charles .) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:11:58 +0200 > From: Jonathan Aquilina <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT <http://linux.org.mt/>] Vga resolution again! > (Charles .) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > i have used kubuntu for a while. im not sure if you are a gnome fan or kde > fan. but i have used kubuntu and tried ubuntu with great success. it > detects > my resolution correctly even when booting off the live cd as well as after > installation. > > kubuntu can be downloaded from > > www.kubuntu.org (kde) the next release is due out on the 23rd of this > month. > www.ubuntu.com this is the gnome version. > > these are debian derived distros. the release cycle for this distro is > every 6 months. > > good luck with it and if you runninto issues with ubuntu or kubuntu on > irc.freenode.net i monitor and help in the ubuntu-mt (maltese channel) i > dont speak maltese though. hopefully this will hit the ears of other > kubuntu > and ubuntu users. > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Send MLUG-list mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of MLUG-list digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Vga resolution again! (Charles .) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:49:17 +0200 > > From: "Charles ." <[email protected]> > > Subject: [LINUX.ORG.MT <http://linux.org.mt/> <http://linux.org.mt/>] > Vga resolution again! > > To: Malta Linux User Group - general list <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Good morning all, > > I am still having trouble using a KVM switch with Linux loaded PCs. My > best > > results so far has been using Puppy Linux. This really small distro > really > > works! At least it lets me try out different vga resolutions. My previous > > distro was linux mint, and was able to update the nvidia driver using > envy > > ng with no kvm. The result on startup was bizarre; the resolution was so > > high that i couldn't read anything on the desktop, the toolbar for > instance > > was barely 3mm high. > > Can I use another method to have a decent desktop? I do have the specs > for > > my Daewoo 19' monitor. > > Thanks, > > Charles > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > > http://linux.org.mt/pipermail/mlug-list/attachments/20090418/85d690c9/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > End of MLUG-list Digest, Vol 59, Issue 6 > > **************************************** > > > > > > -- > Jonathan Aquilina > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://linux.org.mt/pipermail/mlug-list/attachments/20090418/477153c2/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:57:17 +0800 > From: "Charles ." <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT <http://linux.org.mt/>] Vga resolution again! > (Charles .) > To: Malta Linux User Group - general list <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Jonathan, > Thanks for your interest, but as I wrote in the mail I have to use a KVM > switch, as I usually have 2 PCs running. Have a look at Puppy Linux 4, and > see how easy it is to use, especially setting up the vga drivers; I think > that it can be classified as 'Stupid-Proof'. For a classy look there's > Dream > Linux, but I believe that it does not go well with windows partitions. The > main problem with Linux distros is that they cannot see the monitor through > a KVM switch, unlike windows distros, and that is what is so frustrating. > Well anyway thanks again. > > Charles > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Jonathan Aquilina > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > i have used kubuntu for a while. im not sure if you are a gnome fan or > kde > > fan. but i have used kubuntu and tried ubuntu with great success. it > detects > > my resolution correctly even when booting off the live cd as well as > after > > installation. > > > > kubuntu can be downloaded from > > > > www.kubuntu.org (kde) the next release is due out on the 23rd of this > > month. > > www.ubuntu.com this is the gnome version. > > > > these are debian derived distros. the release cycle for this distro is > > every 6 months. > > > > good luck with it and if you runninto issues with ubuntu or kubuntu on > > irc.freenode.net i monitor and help in the ubuntu-mt (maltese channel) i > > dont speak maltese though. hopefully this will hit the ears of other > kubuntu > > and ubuntu users. > > > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Send MLUG-list mailing list submissions to > >> [email protected] > >> > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> [email protected] > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> [email protected] > >> > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> than "Re: Contents of MLUG-list digest..." > >> > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Vga resolution again! (Charles .) > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:49:17 +0200 > >> From: "Charles ." <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [LINUX.ORG.MT <http://linux.org.mt/> <http://linux.org.mt/>] > Vga resolution again! > >> To: Malta Linux User Group - general list <[email protected]> > >> Message-ID: > >> <[email protected]> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >> > >> Good morning all, > >> I am still having trouble using a KVM switch with Linux loaded PCs. My > >> best > >> results so far has been using Puppy Linux. This really small distro > really > >> works! At least it lets me try out different vga resolutions. My > previous > >> distro was linux mint, and was able to update the nvidia driver using > envy > >> ng with no kvm. The result on startup was bizarre; the resolution was so > >> high that i couldn't read anything on the desktop, the toolbar for > >> instance > >> was barely 3mm high. > >> Can I use another method to have a decent desktop? I do have the specs > for > >> my Daewoo 19' monitor. > >> Thanks, > >> Charles > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >> URL: > >> > http://linux.org.mt/pipermail/mlug-list/attachments/20090418/85d690c9/attachment.html > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MLUG-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >> > >> > >> End of MLUG-list Digest, Vol 59, Issue 6 > >> **************************************** > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Jonathan Aquilina > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://linux.org.mt/pipermail/mlug-list/attachments/20090418/3c7a49ad/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > End of MLUG-list Digest, Vol 59, Issue 7 > **************************************** > -- Jonathan Aquilina
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