[SWLUG] Hello SWLUG

[Kris Zani]

Hi Mark & welcome

just a couple of comments

while ubuntu is friendly it is aimed at the same market as windows and 
as such requires a pretty hefty
amount of power to run well.  so if this old pc is not up to spec then 
everything could be going
wrong based on that.

Linux for older hardware - while possible is not newbie friendly and the 
distros for this purpose
are not very nice.

The best way forward with linux and ADSL is to get a router.  there are 
some nice ones on the
market at the moment.   I bought a dlink one recently four port switched 
ethernet with wifi and
adsl modem for about £45.  adds an extra firewall plus wireless - perfect.

if you don't get on with ubuntu then try Fedora or Suse.  everyone's 
different

i use fedora on my servers, gentoo on my laptop and a suse live cd for 
my friends when they bring
their broken windows boxes over for me to fix.

I'm in St Mellons so if things get really horrible help is never far away.

cheers

Kris

Ace Ironballs wrote:
> Hello
>  
> My name is Mark and i live in Caerau, Cardiff. I am new to Linux and 
> would like to be a part of your group. Like all new Linux users [ i 
> suspect] i am getting nowhere fast.
> I have managed to install Ubuntu 5.10 [i got it off ebay] on a old 
> computer at home and it hasn't, so far, been the miracle cure for the 
> illness that is Microsoft. I guess the problems i am facing are the 
> usual ones, bt broadband connection [well, lack of to be honest] and 
> my screen is unstable. Maybe Ubuntu is not the best introduction to 
> Linux for me or my computer?? I would welcome any of your suggestions. 
> I would really love to hear if anyone has actually managed to get a 
> Linux OS up and running that they are happy with and it is equal to 
> Windows OS.
>  
> Thanks - Mark
>  
>  
>
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