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Ubuntu of Kubuntu?

by boomer25_09 Nov 24, 2005 11:48AM PST

I'm new at Linux and was searching for easy to learn and use distributions when i stumbled across Ubuntu and its sibling Kubuntu. I have SystemRescueCD and will resize my Windows XP partition tomorrow to give 10 GB for Linux. My question is which of the 2 distributions are better? I want GIMP, Firefox, Thunderbird, and any extra features that will make life will Linux even more enjoyable. Thank you for your help.

P.S.
My average download speed is about 300 kbps.

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I top posted why I removed Ubuntu.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 24, 2005 10:51PM PST

I went back to (open) Suse 10.0

But for me the issue was a killer and I don't have time to dive into source code to find what's wrong.

Bob

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grr....
by boomer25_09 Nov 25, 2005 10:42AM PST

well, i have SystemRescueCD 0.2.15 as an ISO and i can't figure out how to burn a bootable version of it (I tried a few different methods with CDBurnerXP Pro 3 and went to boot and all that happened was something along the lines of "Boot Failed. Press F1 to retry or F2 to go to system setup.") Since this was what has the partitioning program I need, I would love to get it working. I'm also fairly sure that a full Linux distribution around 650 MB probably won't work if a 105 MB distro. won't.

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I didn't read enough detail about how you wrote the ISO.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 25, 2005 11:07AM PST

There is a specific menu item called "File, Write Disk from ISO file..."

Bob

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i did that, but...
by boomer25_09 Nov 25, 2005 10:04PM PST

it wouldn't boot still. I checked "Finalize Disc" on one, burned one at 4x instead of 32x, used a friends blank disc, and nothing is working. I also checked their "Help" but I couldn't find my answer there.

BTW, if I have an empty partition (that I need that SystemRescueCD to create) will Ubuntu/Kubuntu automatically seperate it into a home and swap partition? Thanks for the help.

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Some hardware issues will cause this.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 25, 2005 10:18PM PST

You would have someone else try the new boot CDR, know about the BIOS settings and in answer to partitioning, this version is fairly automatic. I take it's defaults.

Sadly, it is no longer installed due to the issue I noted in another post. I went back to open suse.

Bob

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(NT) (NT) Sorry, I forgot I also had "Use Buffer Protection" chec
by boomer25_09 Nov 25, 2005 10:06PM PST
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