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Hello. I recently purchased a Dell D620 laptop. It is running Windows Vista Buisness 32-Bit. I want to install Ubuntu, preferably the 64-bit version. How do I know if the hardware can support a 64-bit version? -- T H F S W ( T · C · E) 03:17, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
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10:03, 20 January 2011 (UTC)The easiest way to install any version of linux is with a live DVD off of which linux will run if you so choose (you will need to change the bios settings to boot from a cd/dvd before the hard drive but in many cases the computer is already setup to do this - probably to make system restore dvds easier to use). There are separate dvds for 32 bit and 64 bit. If you try to use 64bit live media without the corresponding hardware it will tell you. Best of luck, I quite like Ubuntu. Mattbondy ( talk) 03:09, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF CHEMISTRY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.33.180 ( talk) 11:51, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Google Chrome is my main browser but I retain Internet Explorer 8 for RSS feeds as Chrome doesn't support RSS without installation of an application. Recently, when I open IE8, my RSS feeds do not display on screen; there is only a blank white screen. What is wrong with the RSS feeds? Could I export my RSS feeds to Google Chrome? What should I do? -- Blue387 ( talk) 12:36, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
I have three google calendars, two exchange calendars, and a droid calendar. Is there a program in Linux that can manage syncing all of the calendars to one another? It appears that exchange is the big hurdle because every solution I've found requires a working install of Outlook - which is not reasonable in Linux. -- kainaw ™ 14:25, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
5 examples of central processing unit —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.220.69.6 ( talk) 17:03, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Intel Core i7-860 SLBJJ(B1) Intel Core i7-860s SLBLG(B1) Intel Core i7-870 SLBJG(B1) Intel Core i7-870s SLBQ7(B1) Intel Core i7-875k SLBS2(B1)
Is a
PDF-file in some way more portable than a
ZIP-file containing
.PNG images? (When moving content back and forth between various
platforms).
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18:44, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
No, particularly not with the popularization of Comic Book Archive file readers. PDF is an awful format. :p ¦ Reisio ( talk) 19:04, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, all, for your input! :-)
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07:09, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
I have some questions about dual booting. I can figure out how to partition the hard drive, but I can't get the second operating system to boot on the second partition (it wipes out the first). What software could I use that could help with dual-booting? -- T H F S W ( T · C · E) 21:20, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
You can get real-time help at irc://irc.freenode.net/linux ¦ Reisio ( talk) 04:17, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
I partition using the disk manager in windows because I do not expect windows to 'play nice'. I figure if I use windows tools to make changes to windows I will keep it 'happy'. Once the open partition is there I put linux and a linux bootloader in the open partition. I prefer to leave the windows bootloader alone (I had some bad experiences before GRUB2 came out). By default linux will replace the windows bootloader. Usually this is changed just before the final step in linux installation (to the hard drive) through an 'advanced options'-like dialog box. There is a piece of software for windows that is freely available called EasyBCD. It can edit the windows bootloader to add entries for linux (and a few other options - which might be important since you never specified what OSs you are working with). I think this approach might be best described as creating a chain of boot loaders since the windows bootloader does not directly load linux, it loads the bootloader that linux installed to it's own partition and uses this bootloader (usually GRUB) to load linux. I have had no problems with just using GRUB2 to load windows and linux but the one time I tried this setup it was not intentional. Neosmart Technologies, in addition to offering EasyBCD, offers Windows Vista & 7 bootloader restoration disks which can be a lifesaver. Good luck. Mattbondy ( talk) 03:20, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
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Hello. I recently purchased a Dell D620 laptop. It is running Windows Vista Buisness 32-Bit. I want to install Ubuntu, preferably the 64-bit version. How do I know if the hardware can support a 64-bit version? -- T H F S W ( T · C · E) 03:17, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
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talk)
10:03, 20 January 2011 (UTC)The easiest way to install any version of linux is with a live DVD off of which linux will run if you so choose (you will need to change the bios settings to boot from a cd/dvd before the hard drive but in many cases the computer is already setup to do this - probably to make system restore dvds easier to use). There are separate dvds for 32 bit and 64 bit. If you try to use 64bit live media without the corresponding hardware it will tell you. Best of luck, I quite like Ubuntu. Mattbondy ( talk) 03:09, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF CHEMISTRY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.33.180 ( talk) 11:51, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Google Chrome is my main browser but I retain Internet Explorer 8 for RSS feeds as Chrome doesn't support RSS without installation of an application. Recently, when I open IE8, my RSS feeds do not display on screen; there is only a blank white screen. What is wrong with the RSS feeds? Could I export my RSS feeds to Google Chrome? What should I do? -- Blue387 ( talk) 12:36, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
I have three google calendars, two exchange calendars, and a droid calendar. Is there a program in Linux that can manage syncing all of the calendars to one another? It appears that exchange is the big hurdle because every solution I've found requires a working install of Outlook - which is not reasonable in Linux. -- kainaw ™ 14:25, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
5 examples of central processing unit —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.220.69.6 ( talk) 17:03, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Intel Core i7-860 SLBJJ(B1) Intel Core i7-860s SLBLG(B1) Intel Core i7-870 SLBJG(B1) Intel Core i7-870s SLBQ7(B1) Intel Core i7-875k SLBS2(B1)
Is a
PDF-file in some way more portable than a
ZIP-file containing
.PNG images? (When moving content back and forth between various
platforms).
--
Seren-dipper (
talk)
18:44, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
No, particularly not with the popularization of Comic Book Archive file readers. PDF is an awful format. :p ¦ Reisio ( talk) 19:04, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, all, for your input! :-)
--
Seren-dipper (
talk)
07:09, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
I have some questions about dual booting. I can figure out how to partition the hard drive, but I can't get the second operating system to boot on the second partition (it wipes out the first). What software could I use that could help with dual-booting? -- T H F S W ( T · C · E) 21:20, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
You can get real-time help at irc://irc.freenode.net/linux ¦ Reisio ( talk) 04:17, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
I partition using the disk manager in windows because I do not expect windows to 'play nice'. I figure if I use windows tools to make changes to windows I will keep it 'happy'. Once the open partition is there I put linux and a linux bootloader in the open partition. I prefer to leave the windows bootloader alone (I had some bad experiences before GRUB2 came out). By default linux will replace the windows bootloader. Usually this is changed just before the final step in linux installation (to the hard drive) through an 'advanced options'-like dialog box. There is a piece of software for windows that is freely available called EasyBCD. It can edit the windows bootloader to add entries for linux (and a few other options - which might be important since you never specified what OSs you are working with). I think this approach might be best described as creating a chain of boot loaders since the windows bootloader does not directly load linux, it loads the bootloader that linux installed to it's own partition and uses this bootloader (usually GRUB) to load linux. I have had no problems with just using GRUB2 to load windows and linux but the one time I tried this setup it was not intentional. Neosmart Technologies, in addition to offering EasyBCD, offers Windows Vista & 7 bootloader restoration disks which can be a lifesaver. Good luck. Mattbondy ( talk) 03:20, 25 January 2011 (UTC)