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Ubuntu How-To Videos

12 Responses (Add) | Thursday, September 27th, 2007 at 12:40am

We’re giving away that Ubuntu computer next week (to one of our lucky YouTube subscribers, if you’re one of ‘em). Setting up that PC gave rise to a new series of questions that Matt Hartley helped answer.

I’m still not so sure I’d recommend the OS (or any Linux distribution) to anybody who considers themselves less than an “average” user. OS X has geeky underpinnings (in UNIX), but Apple has rightfully gone to great lengths to hide inadvertent access that power.

For Ubuntu to succeed in widespread adoption, it must gain wider hardware support and become a lot less… Linuxy. ;)

Setting The Default Sound Card – USB Headset:

Flash 9 for 64 Bit Ubuntu:

Ubuntu Black Screen Recovery:

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12 Comments

Rob Fahrni

September 29th, 2007
at 4:03pm

Chris Pirillo: “I’m still not so sure I’d recommend the OS (or any Linux distribution) to anybody who considers themselves less than an “average” user. OS X has geeky underpinnings (in UNIX), but Apple has rightfully gone to great lengths to hide inadvertent

Matt Hartley

September 27th, 2007
at 1:06am

New questions can be directed to matt@lockergnome.com – be sure to put Just Ask Matt – Linux Edition in the subject so I can see it. Thanks!

http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/linux/

qwerty4333(my youtube username)

September 27th, 2007
at 5:27am

Love it!

irishgeek

September 27th, 2007
at 8:47am

no way ive just been trying today to install ubuntu its not going well hopfully these will help

pirillo pwnz

lisa coultrup

September 27th, 2007
at 9:13am

I dont know Chris,

I was far from an average user and set this up all by myself! I have had all sorts of problems with hardware ect, but have managed with just the use of the forums to get the problems all worked out
I do say tho, that maybe Ubuntu can work a bit more on getting the how tos in a better place or sticked, as there are far too many to follow, and one needs to really work at finding which are the best.
would love to win a new Linux machine, would make my year
:-)

Thomas

September 27th, 2007
at 9:21am

I dunno I am a “let the damn thing work” kind of user and don’t want to deal with the DRM, Virus, and Spyware issues of Windows. I couldn’t afford a Mac when my last machine died, I have been using Ubtuntu for the last 4 months. I’ll admit I had some trouble with the set up and had to have a friend help, but once an established on machine I found it far easier than deal with on a daily basis.The Wine interface when I did need to use a Windows program is great. I would highly recommend it to anyone. That said I am not a gamer, I use Open Office, web browsing, and a few other internet aps.

Gerald Gazda

September 27th, 2007
at 9:22am

I agree, I work with inner city latino families and build a give them computers to access the information culture ( we call ourselves the techAmigos) and would be delighted to provide linux as an operation system since we can only get licences for a limited number of computers since we have no funding. But since many of these computers have a bios prior to 2000 linux is really flakey in installation. Sometimes it works, but on the majority of computers like Pentium 3 – 500 mhz machines the system fails in installation since the BIOS isn’t supported.