[Lilug] Ubuntu Install - Any gotchas?

[Rob Wilkens]

The only issue I had was this:

On my 22" viewsonic monitor, I can't get above 1350x768 (It should get
over 1600xsomething resolution), which coincidentally is the max
resolution of my 26" insignia display.  I'm guessing that has
something to do with having two monitors connected.

It's good enough, though.  My problem is my Vista install on this
computer was freezing up and giving me difficulties at start-up.  Now
at least I am able to salvage this computer and not buy a new one.
Again, for my computer needs (web and e-mail) linux should be enough
and is fairly quick from a cold boot.

Rob

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Rob Wilkens <robwilkens at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been away from LILUG for a while, and even when I was here I'm
> usually away in a sense too.
>
> Main reason has been I got into some financial trouble and in the
> process destroyed a good amount of my own computer hardware.  It's
> only recently that I have a working computer with enough disk space
> again to run Linux.
>
> I now have a terabyte to play with (the drives are dirt cheap
> nowadays, I guess), and am getting ready to install ubuntu 8.10.
>
> I gathered from the recent mailing list archives that ubuntu is what
> many people are still running, so I thought it made sense to start
> there.
>
> I am not loooking to do any 'serious computing' and I don't play video
> games (usually), I'm just looking for a system to mess around with and
> maybe learn a thing or two in case I ever want to be employable again.
>  Most of my computer activity involves either browsing web pages (like
> biggestloserclub.com, which I've used to lose about 40 pounds), or
> exchanging e-mail with friends or family.
>
> Reason I'm writing is to find out if there are any gotchas with
> installing ubuntu (on a desktop computer), or if things are relatively
> smooth with the more recent installs.  I remember having video card
> trouble with it in the past, though I don't even know what kind of
> video card I have now without looking at device manager.  I had
> network problems with ubuntu in the past too, but I don't remember if
> that was just the wifi or wired.
>
> Rob
>