User talk:Boabbriggs

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[edit] Paris

Sure, it's necessary to say which country it's in.

a) Some people might not know. b) There are other cities named "Paris." Dogru144 13:57, 5 November 2006 (UTC) How do you use Linux? I've read of difficulties with things like Web access and recognition of periferals, like printers. Anyway, just wondering. Dogru144 13:59, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the very thorough heads-up on Linux.
The video card is one other piece I had been concerned would be complicated to work properly.
I'll probably try a multi-boot format installation. Dogru144 18:06, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


If your card has an Nvidia processor, you should be fine. If a Nvidia card doesn't work straight away for you, your chosen distro probably doesn't include the proper Nvidia drivers (many distros do not believe in including any closed-source software, drivers included). If this is the case, Nvidia make their Linux drivers available as a download from their website. If you have never used Linux before you might find it a little tricky to install the drivers but if you read up properly beforehand you should have no problems. ATI drivers are notorious for being a little unstable, althought to be fair I don't have any first hand experience of using an ATI card under Linux. One of the main reasons the distros release LiveCD's is so that potential users can test the distro out on their hardware and see if everything works before they go ahead and install.
If you want to dual boot Linux and something else be very very careful when you install Linux to its partition - the method of installing Linux varies from distro to distro and you may end up overwriting your other data if you make a mistake.
A final note - although the major Linux distribuations are now released with easy-to-use graphical user interfaces, you should still be prepared to learn how to use the 'command line', this isn't hard and even learning the basics will make your life so much easier.Boabbriggs 18:28, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
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