Ubuntu Linux

although i did some research and no body with that type of laptop seem to have the problem you are having with the ubuntu freezing up and stuff ,  which make me think that it could be a case of a badly burnt ISO image. in any case to be sure try what esquire said

when you insert the ubuntu CD and it boot before you choose whether to install or test you need to add some parameters to your boot options ,  so press F6



at this stage press F6

then would see something like this


now put after quiet slpash-- just has i have done in the above screen shot ,  once that is done you can then processed to choose to install/run as live cd ,  tell me how it goes ,  am always on yahoo btw and my ID is bigbrovar

am happy it worked for you ,  you see the advantage of a live cd ,  give you the opportunity to look before you leap. so you know what works and what doesnt ,  now before you try anything ,  i want you to run the following commands and post the output of each here


short for "list hardware" what it does is show list of all the hardware of your machine ,  wireless webcam and all

second run this short for list usb what it does it list all usb peripherals attached to your computer. (some webcams are actually usb )

now i want you to test if wireless works for you. or run this  which would display what type of network card your are using , 

also i would like you to post a picture of your starcoms card ,  so i know which type it is ,  some cards have been proven to work ,  some have not been tested ,   

about the dualbooting ,  i wrote a guide in my blog but it is based on feisty and hence old and probably outdated ,  try this guide instead ,   http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_first.htm its very comprehensive and easy to follow ,   study the guide (that was what i did) preferably have a spare computer beside you,  or print the guide ,  its actually not hard to follow ,  about the scanner ,  u can use the life cd again ,  plug in your scanner and try this tool called  Xane imager scanner ,  its under Application/Graphic/Xane imager scanner on the top menu panel ,  it should detect your scanner automatically ,  if not post the model so we can do some research on how to soil it to work (some hardware makers dont release their drivers for linux ,  or even give specification to the linux devs on how to create a driver for linux ,  to get this things to work the community has to reverse engineer the hardware by creating their own driver to work with it ,  which works most times but other times can be shakky)

edit to run the above commands you use Terminal ,  its under /Applications/Accessories/Terminal

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@esquire
It's not correct to say so that Ubuntu linux can not be partitioned to work alongside with Windows vista. My system is partitioned and it has been working perfectly well - EXCELLENTLY WELL. Maybe you are using a much earlier version. or that version of ubuntu linux that you are using is incompartible. I use the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS hardy heron and I can't see a system that work so perfectly. If you may wish to know, I use vista ultimate. I have also done the partitioning XP and it also worked well.

Well done guys, please keep it up

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@ slovely good to see that you are using ubuntu for serious work,  about the partitioning i agree with esquire that its safer to sue the vista partitioning tool to create a partition for ubuntu ,  for some weird reasons the free disk space that is displayed in windows explorer is not the actual disk space available for your machine. its much smaller that it displays ,  the biggest problem is the fragmentation of files all over the disk making it difficult to create a partition,  add pageing files and system reinstall which make use of your hard disk then u have windows making use of more hard-drive than it clams.

My screenshot

i have not installed ubuntu on my system yet. i created a virtual machine, got a training manual and i am practicing my ubuntu kungfu in the vm

pidgin does indeed supports proxy. infact it can intergrate with the gnome global proxy in ,  /system/preference/network-proxy ,  u can set proxy for pidgin in /tools/preference/network/ then scrol down to proxy server and choose http ,  from there u can put the the necessary proxy settings,  btw althoug i have wine installed ,  i havnt used any MS technology or application for about 1 year. i use FOSS for all my stuffs.  but its always good to have it around.

If you've seen dreamscene on Vista and it makes you wow and you feel its not possible in linux check this link http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/search/label/Video%20as%20Wallpaper%20Ubuntu

hmmmmm wit all dis cool stuff am tinking of tryin out ubuntu again d tin is i dont hv d recent release
@flyuche which 1 did u use on your lappy? can u put som screenshots?

@bigrovar can i instal faisty fawn on a pentium 3, 40gig, 128RAM^{(not sure)} or wil intrepid ibex go on it?tnx 4 your response

i sometimes use the puppy version.

i the last post i meant i wont advise u use feisty the modify icon coudnt be found so i couldnt edit the typo

i feel your reservation ,  but u have to understand that puppy was not meant to be your general desktop distro. but rather for rescue and recovery purpose,  or for on demand access to a desktop environment ,  having said that puppy is still linux,  and you can still create a non root user since it uses the same command syntax as Linux ,  u might just have to install  something like gdm am sure a few googling should do it

my Ubuntu 8.10 desktop

its been a great experience. besides Mac OS X theres nothing to beat it (PcLOS comes close for ease of use)