Re: [nlug] Ubuntu 9,04 and Windows 7 problem.

2009-11-20 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Robert Simpson codge...@gmail.com wrote: This is not a major problem but it is irritating. I have two hardrives in my PC. One has Windows 7 and the other has Ubuntu 9.04. If I want to boot to the Ubuntu I have to go into the bios and tell the machine to boot

Re: [nlug] Ubuntu 9,04 and Windows 7 problem.

2009-11-20 Thread Robert Simpson
Thanks for the link. This helped. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Andrew Farnsworth farn...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Robert Simpson codge...@gmail.comwrote: This is not a major problem but it is irritating. I have two hardrives in my PC. One has Windows 7 and the

Re: [nlug] Ubuntu 9,04 and Windows 7 problem.

2009-11-20 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Robert Simpson codge...@gmail.com wrote: This is not a major problem but it is irritating. I have two hardrives in my PC.  One has Windows 7 and the other has Ubuntu 9.04.  If I want to boot to the Ubuntu I have to go into the bios and tell the machine to boot

Re: [nlug] question about which Linux OS to put on old computer

2009-11-20 Thread Michael Chaney
Apparently Chris is wanting this for his daughter to play flash games on the internet. I'm not sure if this was stated outright, but I've pieced this together from the various comments here. If so, the entire conversation is moot. Steven mentions this above, but it bears repeating as the thread

Re: [nlug] question about which Linux OS to put on old computer

2009-11-20 Thread Chris Faulkner
Michael, Apparently you didn't read my request thoroughly. Anyways, my child hood friend's computer, the 400mHz 256MB ram, is actually fast enough to run Farmtown on Facebook, because I am actually looking at it right now. Runs ok and it may run ok for her as well. She could be used to the

Re: [nlug] question about which Linux OS to put on old computer

2009-11-20 Thread Chris McQuistion
I've got a really old P4 Williamette system around here with 1.5 GHz P4 and ~384 MB PC100 SDRAM (not sure about the exact amount, it might be 512 MB.) If you're interested, let me know and I'll wipe the drive. Chris On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Chris Faulkner cfaulkne...@gmail.comwrote:

Re: [nlug] question about which Linux OS to put on old computer

2009-11-20 Thread Chris Faulkner
I may be interested in that as well. I usually run into people that can't afford computers or are still running the old type of computers. I try to keep their computers running as best as they can but it sorta gets into a time is money issue with me and i'd rather just replace their setup with

Re: [nlug] question about which Linux OS to put on old computer

2009-11-20 Thread Chris Faulkner
Actually, nevermind on this request... I was going to build a backup firewall for my home office with this other PC I have, but i think i'll just use this and give it to her so everyone stand down... I appreciate the offers on all these but I think this one will help out a bunch more... and

Re: [nlug] question about which Linux OS to put on old computer

2009-11-20 Thread Michael Chaney
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Chris Faulkner cfaulkne...@gmail.com wrote: Michael,   Apparently you didn't read my request thoroughly.  Anyways, my child hood friend's computer, the 400mHz 256MB ram, is actually fast enough to run Farmtown on Facebook, because I am actually looking at it