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Former Member
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This project has finally got me off my butt to start using Linux. But it appears than none of my machines are old enough for the dotsh OS that this project recommends. Can others that are doing work on this project tell me what distribution they are using?
i whole heartily believe that this project (over all the others) has the best chance of making the world a better place.. but i can't help yet :( |
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dividedbymyself
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I use Xubuntu 10.04 i386, currently on VMWare (which is about 20% slower than a HD install). I also have it installed as a dual boot on HD and it works fine too on my T6600/64bit. And there's a 6.10.58 version for Linux available for ubuntu based distros from getdeb.net.
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toss
Senior Cruncher New Zealand Joined: Jan 3, 2007 Post Count: 220 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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From one linux novice to another...
I tried Puppy months ago and after wrestling with it for a week or two I enrolled the dog in the homeless shelter, even though it did complete some work. It was just more trouble than it was worth to me. I recently spent a couple of days wrestling with Dotsch and couldn't even achieve installation. Yesterday I got Wubi and installed Ubuntu with it on an old P4. Very impressed. Took me no longer than doing a full Win install (which I am very familiar with). It is up and running and returning work without trouble. Never even had to ask a single question as anything that tripped me up was quickly resolved by available help documentation, and a couple of brief forum searches. There is apparently a small performance loss using Wubi which I'm sure the purists wouldn't accept, however I recommend it as a great and simple way to start. I anticipate that in due course I will do a stand alone install of Ubuntu - once I am more familiar and confident. Hope that helps and good luck! Cheers |
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dividedbymyself
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Wubi need Windows to install though. If you've already removed you Windows partition in previous attempts to install Linux you should install Windows again first as Wubi creates a dual boot system, but uses a file as virtual drive and doesn't create a separate partition. And the Wubi installer from their website is a web installer. If you like to give it a try you maybe better just download a normal Ubuntu install (live) CD and you'll find Wubi.exe in the root of that CD. If you later decide to do a full install on a separate partition you only have to burn it to CD and you don't have to download it again. Wubi comes with K-/X-/Ubuntu.
And I had problems installing it on my 64 bit system, which doesn't seem to be supported, but maybe I just tried the wrong CD. Bart |
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wplachy
Senior Cruncher Joined: Sep 4, 2007 Post Count: 423 Status: Offline |
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and could not be happier with it. As others in this thread I was a Linux novice that had tried bringing up a number of Linux disto's in the past and could never get the boxes to do anything useful. A few weeks ago I downloaded and burned the Ubuntu CD, put an unused 250GB hard drive in a "old" AMD box, installed Ubuntu then BOINC and have been crunching WCG WU's ever since. My install experience was boot from the CD and go, no drivers to mess with and no hassle. Since then I've installed it on 4 other PC's (including a I7-P920), both stand alone and dual boot. With the exception of my initial mistake of installing the WCG BOINC download rather than the using the Package Manager it has been a very rewarding experience. FYI, I also tried the Dotsch/UX and had numerous problems, all of my own making I'm sure.
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Former Member
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Okay since it looks like other options are accepted i'll add to my own thread what worked ( no idea if it's working "well" or not but we'll see)
i got a live cd of "Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx" (newest i could find) and installed it as a dual boot on my main pc. only snag was that i had to edit the properties of the downloaded BOINC client to allow it to execute (which i think is standard) and it was a easy client install (just like the windows process) this machine is a HP pavalion streamline 64 bit that had windows 7 on before and i'll wait till the first results are sent before saying it's good. somehow i seem to have installed Ubuntu on my external 1TB drive cause i can't disconnect it anymore OOPS :P but hopefully everything is okay so yeah is there a thread about customizing your machine to work these projects better? (like how to verify where the partition is? And please keep adding other Distributions that work so we can open this up to more people. |
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Sgt.Joe
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I installed Linux Mint on a 3.4gz P4 with no problems. I do not even think there were any questions it asked that were not a straightforward answer. It is an offshoot of Ubuntu Gloria. I used the WCG install of BOINC which went flawlessly. It has run 24/7 with no down time (except external power outages).
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kateiacy
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I have been running WCG under several different generations of Ubuntu (9.04, 9.10, and both 32- and 64-bit 10.04) on two machines. I did the original installs from a flash drive, not through Wubi. I've had no problems whatsoever.
----------------------------------------In case anyone else is interested, I'm running a BOINC GPU project alongside WCG on one of my machines, and that works fine under Ubuntu 10.04. For reasons unrelated to BOINC and WCG, I'm planning to give Fedora a try when I get my next machine. Will let you all know how that goes with WCG.  |
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Former Member
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... on two machines. I did the original installs from a flash drive, not through Wubi. I've had no problems whatsoever. kateiacy, as understand this, you copied ubuntu to a flash drive and installed from there. I have been running 100% with Windows for three different versions and I hesitate to create a Linux on my system. I have had problems with dual boot in the past. |
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kateiacy
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Jan 23, 2010 Post Count: 1027 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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... on two machines. I did the original installs from a flash drive, not through Wubi. I've had no problems whatsoever. kateiacy, as understand this, you copied ubuntu to a flash drive and installed from there. I have been running 100% with Windows for three different versions and I hesitate to create a Linux on my system. I have had problems with dual boot in the past. You are correct. I made a bootable flashdrive from which to install Ubuntu. My two current machines are single-boot Linux-only. I've had good luck with dual boot in the past but can certainly understand how someone who had had problems would not want to go there again. There's another thread where someone provides thorough instructions for installing Ubuntu under VMWare, in which case there is no need for dual-boot. |
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