I need to use a Knoppix CD to hack into my parents’ computer to disable UAC. And while I’m not new to Linux, I am new to German (despite the fact that I’m half German). All attempts to get the English version on the same disk have failed. Is there a WORKING method for translating it on the disk I have, or where can I find an English CD? (I’ve searched, found nothing).
Not looking for one that apes Windows. Quite willing to learn to work in a new desktop environment (though you’ve lost me at “command line…”) In fact non-Windowsness is appealing. Basically, what I’d like to know is whether a GNOME or KDE distro would be better suited to my hardware (details below). I like to personalise things, and work with options, etc. I also like a bit of bling! So I was leaning towards KDE. But above all, I prize stability…
My laptop:
Toshiba Satellite A210
AMD Turion 64×2 TL-60, 2 GHz
2GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600, memory amount : 512 MB dedicated VRAM
Currently runs Vista Home Premium. Fed up with the slowness and clunkiness of Vista, as well as little glitches, like Windows Explorer shutting down every so often.
I’m not technical – never going to learn to work with code or anything like that. But I am intuitive, can figure things out, not a complete idiot!
I’ve downloaded Ubuntu to a Live CD, and have been giving that a go. Enjoying it – seems nice and clear. Will do the same with Kubuntu soon.
But my question is, regardless of which I prefer on an aesthetic or organizational level, which one would be more stable on my hardware?
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Tagged apes, best linux distro, bling, command, desktop, desktop environment, distro, Environment, fact, Gnome, hardware details, KDE, Line, Linux, non, windows
The last two months or so I have been troubled with the fact that my D: drive was gone :O
I was stupid enouh not to google my harddisk, Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2, 320 GB. For one and a half year, I thought it was two harddrives, but its just one partitioned :S
Now, when I look at the partitioner from the Linux Mint Live CD, there is 219 GB of free space or so :S
To get back my (D:) Drive, what do I do? (to be able to access it from My Computer)
create a partition that takes all the space?
should I do it with the live cd?
Will my stuff still be there, or will it be gone? (i believe I deleted the partition, so its kind or a rethorical question -___-)
Note: Im using Windows.
Wiesbock:
I dont think that would be possible, as Im a CCleaner guy, and wiped my free space plenty of times 
What im really wondering about, is if I should use partition magic or the linux live cd or something else?
And to what type I should set the partition to? ext something, something else?
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Tagged d drive, Disk, disk partition, drive, fact, hard, hard disk, last two months, mistake, partition
Alright, I’m new to Linux (in fact, I’ve never really used) and I just wanted to test out Linux Mint 6 this morning. I made the live boot CD. I popped it in, and everything seemed to be running fine. I got to the start up screen (where it ask you if you want to start Linux normally, or in safe mode). I told it to start normally, the screen went black, it gave me a bunch of mombo jombo with a lot of dots afterwards(honestly, I wasn’t paying much attention), it said ready, and then some error code came up that said not responding. I tried it over several times. I even loaded it on to a partition and tried to boot it off that and it didn’t work. i downloaded it again and made another boot CD, and still got the same results.
Any genius out there who has a what’s up?
And yes, I am a Noob so treat me like your grandmother.
THX
