| JND|2 | Hello folks. | 18:06 |
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| JND|2 | sorry for the bother but I have a couple of questions. | 18:07 |
| JND|2 | I'm a professional programmer, but dumb questions to arise. | 18:07 |
| JND|2 | For the 12.10 remix, which download do I take? I have a spanking new lenovo C30 high-end intel chips, all 64bit. | 18:08 |
| JND|2 | Its a workstation but I'll load the ubuntu desktop so I have an interface. | 18:08 |
| JND|2 | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10 | 18:08 |
| JND|2 | I read 'Desktop CD for 64-bit PC computers...' and 'Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86 compatible) computers' | 18:09 |
| atrus | JND|2: how much ram do you have? | 18:10 |
| JND|2 | there's also the hyphen filenames, ubuntu-gnome-xxx-desktop-amd64 or -desktop-i386. | 18:10 |
| JND|2 | 8GB | 18:10 |
| JND|2 | and may expand in the future to 16 | 18:10 |
| atrus | you probably want 64bit (same thing as amd64) | 18:10 |
| JND|2 | I do want 64 bit, certainly. | 18:11 |
| atrus | what's the question exactly then? | 18:11 |
| jbicha | 'AMD64' is just because AMD was the company that created that architecture; Intel uses the same thing | 18:11 |
| JND|2 | I didn't know which binary to take. You've answered: amd64. | 18:12 |
| atrus | that does get confusing | 18:12 |
| jbicha | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64 | 18:12 |
| JND|2 | I see, right, they have their architecture agreement for 30 yrs ago or so | 18:12 |
| JND|2 | nice wiki reminder. | 18:12 |
| JND|2 | another question: is there a usb stick install from the windows dropdown? | 18:13 |
| JND|2 | http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows | 18:13 |
| JND|2 | this spanking new computer is running windows, until I annihilate it (shortly) | 18:14 |
| JND|2 | a final question -- I've seen some chatter about virtualbox not working well on ubuntu 12.10. Any comments here about it? | 18:16 |
| jbicha | I believe VirtualBox needs more work before it supports Ubuntu 12.10 as a guest very well | 18:22 |
| JND|2 | jbicha: I see, ok. | 19:04 |
| JND|2 | I love VB, its an essential tool bc there are some programs that just run on (yikes!) windows. | 19:04 |
| JND|2 | For instance, WinEdt for latex, which is the best. Its only on windows. I've written them many many times over the years, but they will not write a linux or mac version. | 19:05 |
| JND|2 | I think they're too tied to their gui, too tightly coupled. | 19:05 |
| JND|2 | pity | 19:05 |
| jbicha | for tex, you could try texmaker or texstudio which are in the Ubuntu repositories | 19:10 |
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| Guest35445 | I've written a book, book-length lecture notes, etc. | 19:13 |
| Guest35445 | that winedt manages projects seamlessly is a big advantage. | 19:14 |
| Guest35445 | yeah, I don't see remix in the ubuntu windows installer dropdown. | 19:16 |
| Guest35445 | Just fyi. | 19:16 |
| jbicha | could you post a screenshot? | 19:20 |
| Guest35445 | http://www.winedt.com/ | 19:27 |
| Guest35445 | if that's what you mean. | 19:27 |
| Guest35445 | so, another dumb question. I'm downloading the amd64 torrent file for the remix. Its writing to my HD. Do I just copy this iso to the USB? Do I have to change the boot order or something ? | 19:30 |
| jbicha | I meant a screenshot of whatever installer you are using | 19:32 |
| Guest35445 | got it. | 19:33 |
| jbicha | hmm, I don't know how to use pendrivelinux's tool | 19:33 |
| jbicha | basically you'll need to extract the iso to your USB flash drive and then make the flash drive bootable | 19:34 |
| Guest35445 | thanks. how do I extract the iso? | 19:35 |
| jbicha | I'm not sure how best to do that from Windows | 19:35 |
| Guest35445 | I'm sure I'll find a tool on the web for the extraction. | 19:35 |
| jbicha | you can extract the iso with something like 7-zip.org but you'll still need to figure out the bootable part | 19:35 |
| Guest35445 | got it. ok, that's a help already. | 19:35 |
| jbicha | or you could just burn the iso image to a DVD | 19:36 |
| jbicha | http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/burn-a-dvd-on-windows | 19:36 |
| Guest35445 | rufus seems to have done the trick. | 21:15 |
| Guest35445 | I'm going to reboot and install remix. See you on the other side. | 21:15 |
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