whats going on here? the impression I get is that linux is amazing and politely installs itself and works flawlessly whilst you make a nice cup of tea and relax.Have I been mislead?
sudo gparted
PrintingI have a lexmark printer, the simple rule seems to be if you run Linux don't buy lexmark.
I haven't done the partitions properly, I've had a brief play but it keeps wanting to unmount things but can't because they're in use blah-dy-blah. I'll sort this before I get muchos-stuffos on this computer.[/url]However:I think the whole partitions thing could be better explained.
If you want to edit video stick with Windows (or can I run Windows packages in Wine(?) Slackers, although this seems a bit silly and surely a drain on resources??)
So insummary if you want a quick starting, briskly running computer to do all the standard officey/internety things and you have a printer that can be supported then Linux is easy to use and pretty easy to install.
P.S. Slackers cheers for your ongoing Linux based patience with the newbie.
I get the box with the plug-in required lego brick. I then do the automatic search for plugin thing and it comes back nothing available. So then I select manual install which directs me to the quicktime page which has players for Win and Mac but not Linux. I think the Yorkshiregrit vids are Quicktime.I've got the flash player working (I can do youtube and vimeo no problem) but this quicktime thing has got me stumped. I'll try your gecko suggestion then I guess it will be back to the head brick wall interface.
P.S. Slackers now Ubuntu is working so lovely I want to remove Mint and just use the partition it is installed on as my data partition. Do you forsee any problems in me doing this/is there anything I should watch out for? (I owe you a wad for your onging help, it will be sorted shortly)