blackweaver:

are you serious or you're just trying to be funny?
oya tell us, what steps have you tried? posting on nl or any other forum doesn't count

beatsbug: what are you feeling like bro...shutdown man, I will just go thru the whole thread.

blackweaver:

are you for real? why would you want to go through all that pain just to get that info when a simple google search will get you more than enough material, some much better than you could get on nl, say for instance you go to google and type install ubuntu on laptop blah blah blah ... That's the reason we aren't always as welcoming as you'd like us to be.

dl_jbd: Please, I'm having issues here Ooo. After installing on VBox, it asked to restart and I clicked continue, it later says that I should remove the disk and press enter, now it's on VBox, sup with the disc. I pressed enter anyway and it's not responding sef. Now trying to start all over again, the VBox hangs after I click continue to restart. What's next please?

dl_jbd: Please, I'm having issues here Ooo. After installing on VBox, it asked to restart and I clicked continue, it later says that I should remove the disk and press enter, now it's on VBox, sup with the disc. I pressed enter anyway and it's not responding sef. Now trying to start all over again, the VBox hangs after I click continue to restart. What's next please?

are you installing from a .iso or from a physical cd?

what version of ubuntu are u installing?

have u installed the guest additions addon to virtualbox?

dl_jbd: .iso
it has not gone past this stage.

brightk:

my guy get vmware workstation 9.0..its pretty cool.. abt 450mb.. am running ubuntu 12.04 lts, winxp, win2012server,n so other vms...win7 n other vm on my pc...

bigrovar: `I got a new work computer and decided to run xfce since am already running kde on my personal computer. I installed mint xfce 15 (which imho is the best xfce implementation around) after all said and done. Here is my setup .. (of cause extensive use of conky for the time and system information all made to blend with the wallpaper.)

I have to say having used kde for close to 5 years.. xfce is a refreshing change. This thing is fast and even though I changed the compositor for compton (which gives a tear free experience) and also have some non lightweight config installed. The laptop just uses 200MB on startup with rhythmbox playing.. and everything is fast. snappy and very clean. I embodies the unix philosophy of KISS (keep it simple stupid).. I do miss out lots of features from kde though.. things like nepomuk (for analytic and search function) and akonadi which allows seamless PIM integration with google calendar, mail and address book allow a 2 way sync btw my android and phone hence I won't be leaving kde anytime soon. but I hope to keep xfce around as an alternative desktop for when am off work and just need something to play around with.

NB If you are into web development (java script, php, css and database manipulation.. and won't mind working in a Linux environment and also happen to live in abuja or won't min d relocating.. give me a buzz @bigbrovar on twitter.

dl_jbd:

mehn...I've got a lot to learn mehn
I'm so gon kill myself with these stuffs

dl_jbd: I must confess , I'm really considering change my system OS completely from Windows to Ubuntu . Didn't know I have been wallowing in oblivion using Windows all my lifetime ...Ubuntu is the light at the end of the tunnel and I need shades cos the light is kinda too bright right now . Guys, what do you suggest? I use a DELL N4050, i3, 500HHD, 4GB ram, 1GB dedicated graphic card...how would this perform ubuntuly?

dl_jbd: I must confess , I'm really considering change my system OS completely from Windows to Ubuntu . Didn't know I have been wallowing in oblivion using Windows all my lifetime ...Ubuntu is the light at the end of the tunnel and I need shades cos the light is kinda too bright right now . Guys, what do you suggest? I use a DELL N4050, i3, 500HHD, 4GB ram, 1GB dedicated graphic card...how would this perform ubuntuly?

4llerbuntu: Hello gentlemen.

Something just occurred to me. I have not tried to setup a dualboot of win8 and ubuntu.

Probably never will for myself. Its not so much as an issue with windows but more of a total dislike for win8.

BUt there is a good chance I may be conscripted to do it for someone else.

Is there something I need to know beforehand esp with this secureboot etc shebang?

Or other quirks? If hate to be stuck

zion32: I have tried it and its working fine.My pc came with windows 8 peinstalled and now i have successfully dualbooted with ubuntu12.04 LTS.Two things are (1) disable secure boot (2) leave uefi mode enabled. with this two set in your bios you should be fine.The only PROBLEM is after installing ubuntu when you restart,it will take you straight to windows 8,To boot ubuntu restart and go to boot manager (on my hp 650 laptop i get there by pressing f9 ) you should now see your ubuntu partition,select it and grub 2 shows up.(you will need to do this everytime you want to boot to ubuntu.

brightk:


everytime ke.. dat one go tire me oo.. na jst 2 virtualize be d next option

blackweaver: Win8 bundled pc? God forbid bad thing

kabayomi: pls i'm new to linux...i deleted ubuntu partition frm win8 disk manahement tool...now i cant boot all i see is grub rescue....i tried google nd saw some few solu but i dont ave a cd drive.....i want to reinstall win bootloader but i dunno if dere iz a way of live booting win8 frm a usb stick..
pls help!!!

kabayomi: pls i'm new to linux...i deleted ubuntu partition frm win8 disk manahement tool...now i cant boot all i see is grub rescue....i tried google nd saw some few solu but i dont ave a cd drive.....i want to reinstall win bootloader but i dunno if dere iz a way of live booting win8 frm a usb stick..
pls help!!!