On Wednesday 29 December 2010 04:16:51 wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au wrote: > [I'm surprised at the reaction of some people on learning of my > intentions. Some regard me as a mindless iconoclast (don't mind > that), others give me a penny lecture on the superiority of > Microsoft over everything (do mind that).]
Did you ever see a film called Se7en ? .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_%28film%29 the plot of the film is so like everything to do with Microsoft and winduhs Se7en that it's hard to tell the difference. > So:--- > > 1) Have never considered the 64-bit version of Ubuntu. Are there > any caveats? It's a lot nicer to use than it was when it first arrived. Shouldn't be any problems. Bazerick Beerkat 10.10 would seem to be good software. > 2) There's a TV tuner in it (didn't ask for it, but it came > anyhow). Will wiping Windows and installing Ubuntu affect this? Uhhmm... dual boot might be useful ? Not sure about the TV Card with Ubuntu. Problem I have with this is that Tosh graphics didn't used to work with Linux. But, that changed some years ago. The TV card might still be winduhs centric. Try booting from a live CD and run that before you do an installation ? I'm supposing that you do wan to use the TV card. What does it say in the winduhs control center about the TV card hardware ? Post that here. > 3) Whilst trolling the Web, came across mention of a Toshset > package, installation of which causes all Toshiba-related Ubuntu > problems to evaporate. It's the result of someone > reverse-engineering some Toshiba interfaces. Has anyone heard of > Toshset? Sorry, no, not heard of that one. -- Richard http:/www.sheflug.org.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
