Opistorincos:



4gb ram, 800gb free space, core i3

That's surprising, your cpu specs should be able to handle almost anything thrown at it (unless you're trying to run a high end console emulator).
Anyway you can still try installing mate or cinnamon and use that as a window manager instead. I'm not a fan of gnome3 myself and don't use it, so I don't know about any issues with it

bukiii:

Intall from flash

Are you saying you have already boot ubuntu and you're trying to install or you're still trying to boot?

Opistorincos:
I'm on Ubuntu artful aardvark and I must say, it lags a lot... How can I rectify this?

What is the specs of your pc? Ram? CPU? How much free disk space do you have?

Your pc performance is dependent on this. If your cpu is a celeron or an atom or your ram is less than 3gb, install xfce or mate as window manager instead of using gnome3

EvilMetahuman:
if you had gone through the discussion carefully, you woulda realized that im not comparing the speed of mobile cpu with that of pc.

thank you.

Well be that as it may, the fact still remains that while I do admit that there are some pc cpu tasks that your mobile cpu can handle, the raspberry pi and similar mini pcs are a testament to that, there are also tasks that your mobile pcs either can't handle or handle frustratingly slow.

By the way i did mention the reason reason why phone cpus haven't attained the clock speeds of pc cpus, and it wasn't because the phone manufacturers are holding it back, it's because of power and heat management. You put the average pc cpu in your phone and if you don't burn the board, you'll probably run down your battery in one-third the time it would last with the normal phone cpu. You think your mediatek cpus are hot? At least they don't need heatsinks. Believe me, the day a phone manufacturer gets a 10ghz cpu that will consume as little battery as the average mobile cpu without generating much heat, they will release it and brag about how superior their phone is to other manufacturers' phones

EvilMetahuman:
did you actually read my post before posting this.
Who said mobile processors are more powerful than pc processors?


In the process of acting like you know something, you just turned the whole topic of discussion upside down.

Go back and read that post 2 more times, this time, take your time to digest it.

i was posting in reply to this:

EvilMetahuman:
smartphone processors can handle the same task as pc processors

and my point is that there are task that pc processors can handle that your smartphone would not handle resonably

EvilMetahuman:
nope.
4 gigs of ram is the same everywhere. both on pc or phones.
problem is, you people cant really differentiate between ram and processing power.

chip manufacturers limit their processing power to what they think os or the phone needs at a time just like pc. thats why you havent seen mobile processors going above 2.5-2.8ghz while pc proccessors have crossed 4ghz.
smartphone processors can handle the same task as pc processors, only difference is the number of cores or power you need for a particular task.

e.g, you don't expect a core 19 or amd ryzen threadripper not to be more powerful than snapdragon 835 chip.
now imagine core19 in a smartphone, will it suddenly become less powerful? nope.

apple A10 and A11bionic chips are being used in both their laptops and phones. macbooks are some of the fastest laptop in the world.
making them smaller doesnt mean less powerful.
or will you say a sd card of 20gb is less down a big hard drive of 10gb?


did you know, snapdragon have started putting their processors in laptop running window 10? google it.

Hmm, you're not really a techie are you?
I will tell you why mobile processors aren't in the same league with PC processors, why even laptop processors aren't in the same league with desktop processors: the reason is power management.
There is no phone processor - not even the new snapdragon cpu - that is on the same level with your average core I3 yet, much less an I7 when it comes to computing power simply because of this: your phone is expected to last a day, most laptops don't go beyond 4 hours of continuous use, while desktops are always powered on. Laptop CPUs are generally more energy efficient than desktop ones and therefore a desktop of the same price as a laptop would usually have a more powerful CPU.
There is a reason why intel CPUs don't do well on phones.

Don't take my word for it, you can check

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmark-List.2436.0.html

for cpu benchmark comparisons. Note where the snapdragon processors start from

I decided to look up reviews on one of those laptops that run snapdragon cpus. Here's a link:
https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-envy-x2-series/review/

scroll down to the performance section and you see that even they don't rate it anywhere in the league of the core i3 cpu

bukiii:
I can't install Ubuntu am get grub error

Do you get the error when you try to install or when you try to boot it from cd/flash?

Tinaslim:

25k.
16y

Ok have you bought anything from Konga before? Are you in Lagos? I can see a Tecno spark k7 listed on their website for around that price. On the Slot website, I can see a gionee p5 mini also around that price. You can get a samsung J1 prime mini for 26k

If you can, I would say go for the tecno spark K7

Tinaslim:
Lagos yeah.I intend getting a UK used. Probably
And yes, she would anything good.

Oh ok.
Personally i'm not a fan of used phones, but whatever rocks your boat. How much are you getting it for? Maybe I can recommend another phone. One other thing, how old is your sister? I personally think she would prefer the iphone if the choice is strictly between the two phones

Tinaslim:
Hi guys. Please I need your advice.
I intend getting a small phone for my kid Sis between iPhone 4s or infinix hot 2. Help, which is better

Well this is an android group. Are both phones brand new? Why is the choice between those 2 phones? On Konga an Iphone 4s is about 70k
You can get a 3gb infinix note4 for that price and still have change.

Before I can give you informed advice, I need to know your budget. Also this kid sis of yours, is she an apple fan or she will take whatever phone she can get? Also, are you resident in Lagos? If not which state?

The truth is that it's easy to develop feelings for someone if you hang around long enough with the person.
Like Beinmon has said, your best bet is to maintain a distance with him. That is the right thing to do, regardless of how you're feeling.

Opistorincos:



I already installed GNOME and I'm loving it

Oh so recreating the bootable flash worked?

But the stadium is still empty na, see all the empty tiers

Sorry about your situation.
I'm guessing it was one of those phones shipped from overseas. Personally I try to avoid such phones; and with a brand called homtom, I will do my research : search online for specs and reviews on the phone before even looking at buying it.

Opistorincos:



I created it with Rufus

Have you recreated it? what's the size of the ISO anyway?

Opistorincos:



Flash

How did you create the bootable flash? Try recreating the bootable flash

Opistorincos:
Blackweaver I got these plenty errors while trying to install Ubuntu, kindly help

What are you booting from? flash or cd/dvd?

Opistorincos:


what i want is a recommendation, I am new to this, my only requirement is for it to be suitable for heaving browsing

Recommendation of what? You already said you want to try out Ubuntu. Before we can make any recommendations, you have to give us more details, else I would say just try Ubuntu out, it really doesn't matter. Conversely you can try linux mint, they are essentially the same with some differences. The main difference you would notice is that they have different default window managers

Opistorincos:
Hey guys, I want to join the Ubuntu community, I use a laptop with 4gb ram, core i3 and 1tb of space, which one will be suitable for daily surfing

Which what? I don't understand. Your laptop is more than capable of running any ubuntu variant, it all boils down to preference

Sunkyphil:
its the cord that has gone bad i tested it on anoda phone it was slow,but here is the main issue to get a cord that will charge my phone fast

I thought that might be possible.
Some of these oems have proprietary cables that only do fast charging on their cables and not on any others, you could try checking jumia/ konga or go to any phone shop to check if the have the cable for that model of phone

Sunkyphil:
Any solution to this,my phone started slow charging,normally it takes like 2hrs to get fully charged from 4% now av been charging since 7:30am it still on 36%

What is the model of your phone?
Can you get the USB that came with another phone of the same model?
Also try charging when the phone is of. Does it charge faster?
Is the battery removable? If so, try replacing it

Sapiosexuality:
Thank you. This is the third I'm buying around. I'm tired. How do I identify an original and you recommend a good place I can get one in Lagos. Just 16 or 32 GB is okay.

don't buy on e street, buy in a credible looking shop. Unfortunately even there you might still buy a poor quality one. I once bought 2 memory cards from slot, one didn't last 48hours while I used the other for years

Justiceotuya:
Ok.. I learned the hard way. So I am using Ubuntu 17.04 zesty and will like to upgrade to 17.10 without loosing any file. How do I do it?

Secondly what are the advantages of using other Linux distribution.

I don't think the official release of 17.10 is out yet, it should come out later this month. The update manager should prompt you about the update when it's available

The decision to use another distro is based on preference. Debian -based distros like Debian, Ubuntu, Linux mint etc are similar and to a large extent binary compatible, same thing for redhat based distros like redhat, Fedora, centos etc. Each distro has its philosophy and you might have to try out a few to discover which one you like best.

You can check distrowatch.com for more information

Deicide:

HSDPA D800 its a usb modem

I don't know if this link will work out for you;
http://rnavagamuwa.com/open-source/setup-usb-modem-on-ubuntu/

Deicide:
Please how can i use my internet modem on my ubuntu?

what kind of modem? What's the model?

Romeo386:
I used the tutorial in this vedio https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLSmXPSsgkZLsiemyy_Rzcqf_0iED8ZfHS&v=xbQu4QRud6g
Someone should help mea ln[8

on your bootable flash, see if you can install testdisk or photorec. You will probably need an external harddrive to recover to

Romeo386:
Bro, I followed the instructions in that video that I sent to you and now I can't access windows. My system always boot directly to Linux mint. Does that mean that it erased my windows partition? I am finished oo

I really hope not. I actually don't like following instructions in videos, i prefer reading them, so coming back to a point is pretty straightforward.
Wow, i'm just looking at the video and that is not a method I would use to install linux mint.
I hope you chose the install mind alongside windows option because if you use the erase disk option, you WILL lose your data.

Romeo386:
No oo, I didn't install it, I am waiting for your response. I downloaded mate and even write/burn to the flash. I hope the installation process is the same with that of xface ( I don't want to lose my data ooo) And please what should I do after the installation? Please check out this video. Thanks. https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLSmXPSsgkZLsiemyy_Rzcqf_0iED8ZfHS&v=xbQu4QRud6g

Oh you have mate? don't worry about xfce. Don't worry after installation you're good to go. I'm guessing you're using a live boot at the moment. That's fine until you're sure you want to install on your harddrive

blueAgent:



Am confused are you an Atheists or not?

No I'm not an atheist, but at the same time, I believe in using my head instead of swallowing things without analysing for myself

Romeo386:
Thanks for the prompt response. If I have like 2gb of data tethering from my phone, will it be enough to install the KDE? The synaptic package manager, is for pc abi? Should I format my flash before I burn the ISO to it? What is the size of the partition I should use? And finally, should I create the partition before before installing it or during the installation? I don't want to make mistakes Bro, am a novice. Thanks a lot. God bless you.

sorry i've been out of contact for a while. Have you been able to install mint?
While 2gb should be able to install kde and all its packages, you might not have much data left on your phone.
You don't need format your flash per se, if the flash needs to be formatted, the boot disk maker will format it for you.
30gb space should be more than enough for you, i've installed linux on a 10gb partition without much issues

Romeo386:
Does the installation require connection? What is the extention of the apps used in the Linux mint xface? (like ".exe" in windows) What are the apps to download after the installation? Are there sites where I can download Linux mint xface apps (data is not smiling so I don't use my laptop to browse, I use my phone to download apps) I will install KDE, what do you think? Thanks.

You don't need internet connection to install, though you might want to use it to enable mp3 support. Alternatively you can install and later download the packages for mp3 support, although mint xfce comes with vlc which can play mp3 files without need to download other files.
You can download linux mint apps using synaptic package manager. It's sort of like an app store.
Mint is based on ubuntu which is based on debian, the program extension is .deb.
If you want to install kde, you better be using wifi or have a lot of data.
While linux mint comes with libreoffice, you might want to use wps office instead http://wps-community.org/downloads
it's more like microsoft office.

Romeo386:
Bro how did you create the partition? The guy in the video, created the partition during installation. Please share your experience with the Linux mint xfce with me. Thanks.

N.B

Would I be able to access music, videos and other files in the other partition? (windows partition)

Use gparted to create the partition, i believe the installer should come with gparted. Also, you WILL be able to access your music and files on your windows partition. If you can't, you probably didn't shutdown windows properly and will need to reboot to windows and shutdown/reboot. Hibernating won't work i'm afraid