@bigbrovar

ah!. i see. was thinking of the other big brovar. cool.

well im glad we have all the OS flame sorted then.


meanwhile it seems ralvie has taken a liking to you for tickling his ego.

a lawyer eh? what firm are you with? Goldberg, Lyer and Shyster?

dont get me wrong, im not a trained programmer, just something i picked up as a hobby. by day im a mild mannered financial analyst, by night im a caped uber tinkerer.

well im glad we have all the OS flame sorted then.

abi , it is nice , the discussion i and i gained a lot from u

a lawyer eh? what firm are you with? Goldberg, Lyer and Shyster?   

i work for the undercover open standard institute ,  lol its a largely unkown group aimed at stopping the evil empire headed by THE MAN ,   

don't get me wrong, im not a trained programmer, just something i picked up as a hobby. by day im a mild mannered financial analyst,  by night im a caped uber tinkerer.

  bro i would like to read about programing too ,  can u help me on guides or ebooks

the best guide is to start small. i began with basic way back then, and move off. ebooks eh? will riffle through my virtual drawers and send you some.

Open standard institute? must be hush-hush. never heard of it.

becareful, The Man is listening and watching.

hush-hush. never heard of it.

becareful, The Man is listening and watching.

yeah that is true

hey Mr, i've seen ur post n maybe u can help me with what have been delaying me from switching completely to ubuntu,

how do i connect my nokia 5300 phone to it. i want to use the modem for dial-up, and the pcsuite wont install.

also i have this popular bluetooth device that i plug into my win vista but wont work with my ubuntu cause' the drivers wont install,


is there anyway i can get to resolve these exceptions,

Well i use a 5300 with probably the same bluetooth u use. However in linux the drivers are already part of the os so you don't need to install drivers. I use the usb cable to connect to the internet since its faster than bluetooth. Try www.ubuntunigeria.

This life is very hard oo can't a man express his feelings any longer its so funny and Neoteny we use to know you back then in the phone section as symbian evangelist but this your sudden brouhaha over microsoft windows na wah o na which time you turn windows fanboy. Because when nairaland use to be nairaland i hardly see your post in the computer section xcept the phone section. Make una guru thread softly oooo and make fight no dey again.
Brovar. wetin dey happen now?

Bros wey get Nokia phone open terminal or use either kppp or gnomeppp whichever and cable modem is always nice and straight forward in linux - and follow the tutorials on the ubuntunigeria site and am sure you'll be up and browsing in no time. cheers

@esquire

shebi na my yown hopinion i espress wey yer bros com wan flame me so. anywaa i don outgrow symbian since before i took a bite of the dreaded apple, for a while i did winmobile (had ipaq, imate, xda2i and htc touch)but im not really one for bloatware and stylus (touchflo is overrated, had something similar ight from my ipaq days)

im not a windows fanboy, but i do admit i use it a lot and it satisfies some of my urges. 

but then, bigbrovar's desktops have convinced me to embrace the evil of open source, so im ditching vmware on my fave lappy and triple-booting  with system commander 9.

and the reason i wasnt posting in the pc section back then (i did, but not as profusely as now) was because i was on os X Tiger and tying out vista RC 2 and mostly use someone else's xp.

convinced me to embrace the evil of open source

SOON VILL VILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD

HU HU HA HA HA HA

ze linux dark side vill be quarantined mua hahaha

seriously, i DL'd hardy Heron iso yesterday, i like the new installer that lets you install within windows, and the fact that now it can read/write ntfs.

<sarcasm>
yay! go linux!

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seriously, i DL'd hardy Heron iso yesterday, i like the new installer that lets you install within windows, and the fact that now it can read/write ntfs.

u most be talking about wubi , right , it and the ability to read and right on ntfs came preinstalled in gutsy only that the wubi in gutsy was just experimental , however i would still prefer a hard drive installation any day i cant trust windows with my ubuntu files , but i have to say its another good and friendly way to install ubuntu esp. for pple new to linux,
NB i think u will do every well in Linux, and just give it a try,problem arise , but its nothing a good cup of coffee,a face towel, and a time with google wont solve , look forward to hearing from u on how it went ,

Did u see my mac mod ?

how close was it ? https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-124458.0.html

yah, i don't like "experimental" or "unstable" but the wubi in hardy is pretty stable, you can trust it with your WINDOWS files. i got a 3cd red hat 9  pack but yum is such crap, and im sorry but the packages are weak compared to the kubuntu i virtualized long ago (6.06). looked around but repos are relatively fewer than ubuntu's at every hit in google. me, i like tons of repos.

media plays right off in ubuntu (except for mp3 codecs) but in RH i had download xine, flac, libfame, alsa and tons of libs and rpm'd - ivh like crazy in xterm just to play dvds and mp3s. sharpish i took it off and reverted to ubuntu on the partition. i left redhat from version 7 but ithought by now they have gone farther than these debian offshoots but sadly im diappointed. you'd think they'd advance way beyond canonical by now.

hey, is there anything like wine, but better? i have some games i need to play. ive gone a bit rusty on my linux, that manual of yours sure would help.



your mac clone looks good, but its closer to tiger than leopard, even though you have stacks in grid view on the dock. you may want to replace the dock icons with proper pngs of os x icons, and that honking big butt ugly clock is marring the sublime desktop somewhat. mac doesnt have your fire fonts, but i wish it did.

impressive.

yah, i don't like "experimental" or "unstable" but the wubi in hardy is pretty stable, you can trust it with your WINDOWS files. i got a 3cd red hat 9  pack but yum is such crap, and im sorry but the packages are weak compared to the kubuntu i virtualized long ago (6.06). looked around but repos are relatively fewer than ubuntu's at every hit in google. me, i like tons of repos.

media plays right off in ubuntu (except for mp3 codecs) but in RH i had download xine, flac, libfame, alsa and tons of libs and rpm'd - ivh like crazy in xterm just to play dvds and mp3s. sharpish i took it off and reverted to ubuntu on the partition. i left redhat from version 7 but ithought by now they have gone farther than these debian offshoots but sadly im diappointed. you'd think they'd advance way beyond canonical by now

well i cant say that am surprised , redhat is actually ment to be used as a server and not a desktop , hence the problem! but if u are really crazy about redhat then u should try fedora , which is not just ment for the desktop but is actually as free as air , and its desktop friendliness is way better than RH, although its not has user friendly and easy like ubuntu , but u should know that the mein purpose of ubuntu is to create a linux based os that is targeted at desktop user, and that is ment to be friendly,

hey, is there anything like wine, but better? i have some games i need to play. ive gone a bit rusty on my linux, that manual of yours sure would help.

well am not much of a gamer but i heard that cedega is a very good program for playing window games in linux, and its targeted particularly at windows games , cedega is a translation layer -- it translates DirectX and Windows API calls to OpenGL, OSS/ALSA, and Linux APIs - its suport the following games World of Warcraft, Civilization 4, Battlefield 2, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Half Life 2, Counter Strike, and Fifa 2006 -- just to name-although not everything runs perfectly.but its way way better than what u can get in wine, u can read more about how to install cedega here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cedega u can also check here , http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=9473 , i heard that its not free beer and it cost 5$ a month anyway check the ubuntu forums there are bond to be guides on how to better play windows game in linux.

am still working on the guide oh i have sooo much on my head but am almost thru with it , just the screenshot which i need to take for illustrations that remains ,

your mac clone looks good, but its closer to tiger than leopard, even though you have stacks in grid view on the dock. you may want to replace the dock icons with proper pngs of os x icons, and that honking big butt ugly clock is marring the sublime desktop somewhat. mac doesnt have your fire fonts, but i wish it did.

impressive.

thanks bro am actually working to get as close to a mac as i can get ,

Ill just say

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE.

This thread has really been hot and educative. bigrovar (Bigbrother) thanks for the knowledge you have imparted. You have done justice to some stuff here.

Personally im migrating from MS to UBUNTU, cos i dont like running pirated apps and MS is not fully customizable to a users tast. Too many restrictions.

With Gnome, i think Linux has made it to the Desktop, and it is here to stay. The world is slowly going Open Source. I think if Stalwarts like Sun Microsystem is in then there is no going back.

No beef with MS, but the truth is if all Nigerians had to buy Original Copies of MS then we would really appreciate Open Source Projects. Open Source is truly the way for Africa. Developed countries are Migrating to Open Source, because of all its advantages.

I got mad a couple of days ago when i saw a Zinux Laptop loaded with Windows XP Starter Edition for Africa. So much was disabled on this Box that i got mad. Whats Starter Edition Can anybody tell me.

Hey lets share the spirit of UBUNTU.

Bros bigrovar ill be expecting your Manual oh. YOU TOO MUCH.

If you are finding it difficult in downloading UBUNTU GUTSY,or you cant wait for the shipment, send an email to schibaba@yahoo.com with the subject Free UBUNTU. Ill burn and send it to you in the spirit of UBUNTU.

schibaba:

I got mad a couple of days ago when i saw a Zinux Laptop loaded with Windows XP Starter Edition for Africa. So much was disabled on this Box that i got mad. Whats Starter Edition Can anybody tell me.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!

Hey bigbrovar. for all its worth. The reason Ubuntu is dat Customizable is Cuz they wanna Try and buyout some WINDOWS FAN BOY like me to Ubuntu. But dat aint gonna work. U know wat, i just finished Playing Winning Eleven on my VISTA. I thinks you should try it on Ubuntu

Thanks but no thanks ,  am not much of a gamer so i think i'll pass,  but i catch your drift and the moral of your sacasm is the Linux Suck at games ,  well u know what ,  that is cliche ,  but the good thing is that u are allowed to dual boot ,  hense u can keep your vista game box,  while u use ubuntu for serious work ,

Hi brigrovar i realy enjoyed ur post. But d truth is that i av neva use any os apart 4rm windows. But i would realy luv to try UBUNTU cos i luv to learn new things. so, i av some few question.
1 how do i get UBUNTU
2 can i run it with other os on my sys.
3 is it easy to use.
Pls u can send d reply to koolkamzzy@yahoo.com.tanx &
Much luv.

all u need to know about ubuntu is here , www.ubuntunigeria. www.ubuntu.com or u can check my new guide www.bigbrovar.

bigrovar, why not just answer his questions right here??

dragnet:

bigrovar, why not just answer his questions right here??

I have written a 12 page Guide on how to use ubuntu which i posted in my blog , i and friend also wrote series of guides on ubuntu which were posted in ubuntu.nigeria , to allow pple not just Nigerians but pple world over to read and appreciate , so u want me to answer his question by duplicating the same tutor here , what is wrong in pasting a link which provides the answer to question ? i and some other guys wrote those guides as a poin to of rereference , so is it a sin to point some one to it , mahn i dont get u perphaps u should explain ,