Dodgyknees Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Just got a laptop with Ubuntu on Wanted one for ages and so had my spare laptop used for it So just looking for advice on what works and what doesn't (Steam.. virus software...?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) Steam 'works'. The actual Steam client is fine, most of the games don't work on Linux though. Your best bet is Play On Linux, which makes running Windows games on Linux very straightforward. Don't expect it to work too great with new AAA games, but if it's a spare laptop I guess you're probably not able to do that in Windows either. You do not need anti virus software, and you have my condolences for the lecture you'll get from Limpid for suggesting such a thing. Edited February 12, 2013 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 One thing I notice, this laptop is older than my high end windows one, but bloody hell this is fast. It is mainly to be used for my hobby - writing so excited to be testing this out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) Yup, it has none of the Windows bloat, and it's pretty much as simple to use now (once you get out of some of the habits after years of Windows) There's not a single thing, other than running games, I prefer to do on Windows now, there's just no need for it. Here's the Steam list of games for Linux by the way, it's not particularly impressive, but there's a couple of good things on there. It's worth keeping an eye out for any Humble Bundles as almost all of the games that are on those work on Linux/Windows/OS X. Edited February 12, 2013 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 What would you say are the bad habits I might have? I'll use windows machine for my games, makes more sense. Can I link my dropbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I must do a 'how to run a Linux system' YouTube vid. Here's some commands you should learn and stick with. May look a bit funny to start with but the Linux CLI is the most powerful part of any OS anywhere. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get install packagename sudo apt-get remove packagename sudo dpkg --configure -a sudo apt-get -f install sudo dpkg --get-selections > package_list.txt sudo dpkg --set-selections < package_list.txt sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade i=1 ; while [ $i -lt 100 ] ; do echo "Counting to 100: $i seconds" ; sleep 1 ; clear ; (( i++ )) ; done zenity --info --text="Your copy of Ubuntu is genuine" I could go on Oh, put an SSD in there to see it _really_ fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I have a netbook that's a couple of years old and it's slow as anything now. I have my iTunes on there, but other than that I use it for browsing mainly. Would changing the OS be a good way of restoring some of the performance, and what would I need to do with any pre-existing software and files? Not changed an OS before so a bit of a novice here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Likewise the above. Does my iTunes still work, can I still watch all my naughty videos (and the not so naughty ones) and can I go back to Windows 7 without having to do a full reboot if I don't likes it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted April 1, 2013 Administrator Share Posted April 1, 2013 You can run most Linux variants (slowly) from a CD without touching your windows. You can play pretty much any media. ITunes doesn't install under Linux, there are probably workarounds or alternatives, it depends what you use it for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 You can run most Linux variants (slowly) from a CD without touching your windows. You can play pretty much any media. ITunes doesn't install under Linux, there are probably workarounds or alternatives, it depends what you use it for. iPhone. If there's a Linux equivalent I'm all for giving it a bash, the new iTunes is dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted April 1, 2013 Administrator Share Posted April 1, 2013 Do you just mean music management? I think the iPhone updates software ota. There are many music management programs. Or you can use Google music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Do you just mean music management? I think the iPhone updates software ota. There are many music management programs. Or you can use Google music. You can use other music management programmes for the iPhone? Well there's something I genuinely didn't know. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Yeah in an enduring twist I've irony that I'm not happy with Google about, iPhones are better supported under Ubuntu than Android phones are. If you plug your iPhone into Ubuntu it will just pop up with your music and the default Ubuntu music player can sync fine with it. In fact, it allows you to see internal iOS filesystem folders that aren't accessible any other way. Meanwhile, in Android land, we plug our open-source Linux based phone into our open-source Linux based OS and are forced to use a shit Microsoft protocol to transfer files which Ubuntu won't use unless you have less than about 2GB of files on there. I'm nicking this rant for Google+ to have a rant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regular_john Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I actually got fed up of ubuntu 12.10 as it was running so slowly on my laptop, so I sacked it off and installed the lighter version - lubuntu 12.10. My word is it fast! The thing runs like lightning now. If anyone wants to try ubuntu on an older machine, try lubuntu instead (can be installed via the ubuntu windows installer) and it'll fly like new! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutTheFinish Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Does anyone know of a way to get SkyGo working on Ubuntu? I've tried googling the subject but have run into a brick wall. It seems crazy that there isn't a way to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted August 16, 2013 Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2013 Do you get a particular error? I can't even run SkyGo on my mobile so I probably won't be much help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 16, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2013 SkyGo runs on Silverlight... can you run Silverlight on Ubuntu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Does it have to be Ubuntu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 16, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2013 If you haven't installed moonlight already to play silverlight video you can by doing... sudo apt-get install moonlight-plugin-core moonlight-plugin-mozilla Then try skygo in Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 You could try installing netflix-desktop (uses a specific version of wine to get silverlight working) and use that wine / firefox Windows combination to load the SkyGo web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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