Comments on: Ubuntu Installation Now Easier than Ever in Windows

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:48:03 +0000

I was trying it out on my laptop which I’m able to connect a second monitor to on Windows. I even tried just mirroring my screen which is something I would need to do if I was giving a presentation, but that didn’t even work.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:17:02 +0000

Yeah, tried that too. I installed an old video card I had lying around. While Windows detected the “new” video card flawlessly, Ubuntu wouldn’t boot. I couldn’t even get to the Linux shell as my computer got stuck on the boot screen. Bummer.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:13:39 +0000

My audio card works, but my microphone doesn’t work. That’s one area that Ubuntu needs to give a little love to for their next release. Of course my dual monitor setup doesn’t work either.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:31:56 +0000

My microphone doesn’t work properly with Audacity, Skype or any voice-enabled program for Linux either. I could dig into it, but I don’t feel like doing that right now.

By: bake2999

bake2999 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:12:37 +0000

Just to let you know I know why my Skype will not work I have a diff. sound card not on the list………………oops

By: bake2999

bake2999 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:08:04 +0000

For some reason I can not get Skype to work (no sound or mic) any ideas. Oh I’m trying out the Ubuntu 7.10 everything works but Skype.

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By: pdedecker

pdedecker — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:48:43 +0000

Wow. That wizard sure could help lots of people make the switch easily.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:37:47 +0000

policomm wrote:

Can I down load this software directly to an external USB Hard drive (320GB)and simply run it from there and leaving the hard disk on my Laptop untouched? I've run out of space- only 4GB- left on the laptop hard drive. Thanks for any comments for I am nervous of installing something that might mess up my windows hard drive up.

No, this doesn't support installing Ubuntu on a secondary drive at this point, but they are working on it.

CoryC wrote:

I've always has a few concerns when it comes to any Linux distro. 3. Will all my hardware and devices be supported?

If you want to find out before hand if you computer will be supported checkout the Ubuntu Hardware Support Guide. It is the most amazing one of any Linux operating system that I have ever seen. If you have a pre-built desktop or laptop just click on one of those categories and it will tell you when someone last tested it with the computer (with what build of Ubuntu) and what issues there was with the hardware. If you don't see your PC you can always look at the individual hardware pieces.