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I tried Kubuntu on my fairly new desktop (an EI System from PC World) but, had problems with my 19 inch LG flat screen monitor which turned out to be Kubuntu not recognising the ATI graphics card. I could only get 640X480 resolution. It probably would have been easily fixable with the right driver but, I installed Ubuntu instead. That works fine and I am already familiar with it. I would be interested to know what you think as I am debating whether to go back and try it again. Viv On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 13:21 +0100, Mark Jose wrote: > On Monday 23 October 2006 12:29, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I have decided to give kubuntu a tryout, but not to overwrite my > > current Mandriva setup for the moment. I have never done anything like > > this before so I will probably need some advice. > > > > First off, do I send for a DVD with the progam on or do I download it > > for myself? I do have a writable DVD drive. > > > > My hard drive is an ATA Maxtor 6V160E0 SCSI. Although I have Mandriva > > running as 32 bit I believe my setup will also handle 64 bit. So which > > version of kkubuntu will be best? I would want one which I can run from > > the DVD drive to start with and then perhaps to install later. > > > > If I decide to install are there any traps to watch out for to avoid > > messing up my current setup? I have heard about dual booting, but only > > with Linux and Windows, never with two versions of Linux, though I > > suppose that is much the same thing. > > > > I am feeling both rather daring and very worried > > > > TIA > > Neil Winchurst > > All the current Kubuntu versions (6.06 and 6.10) will allow you to run as a > live CD. They have an install icon placed on the desktop which if clicked, > will begin an install to the hard drive. > Dual booting Linux is very easy - the Debian based systems all happily detect > other distros and allow you to choose which to boot.My main system has a > multi boot setup, with several distros I can choose from - but I tend to only > boot Kubuntu these days. > Bearing in mind that Kubuntu 6.10 will be officially released on the 26th I > think, it may be better to wait for that. I have been running the beta > version in a VM for weeks with no problems, so it should be good! > The basic disk for 6.06 and 6.10 is a CD around 650mb. There are 64 bit > versions, although I have not tried those, despite having a 64 bit system - > purely down to having been put off by the earlier 64 bit versions of Linux > having poor support for gaming, which is something I like to do from time to > time ;) > Prior to having Kubuntu 6.06 as my main system, I was using Mandriva. I still > have my mandriva partition, but I have not used it for a long time. > > Mark > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html