Ubuntu/Linux thread

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Anyone here running Ubuntu? I've recently made the switch due to my laptop being on its last legs and I thought I could put an extra spring in its step.

 

However I'm having a few issues and was wondering if there is anyone on here with experience in Ubuntu who could make the transition a little smoother.

[piscinin]

Haven't a clue about ubuntu, I run centos and red hat text mode. But ask away maybe there's enough common ground.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

First things first:

 

-How to get sopcast streams on Ubuntu

 

-Hot to get skyplayer working on Ubuntu (silverlight alternative - i have downloaded and installed moon somethingorother but to no avail)

[Guest ShoePiss]

Wine is used to run windows apps on linux so you could try that or get the sopcast player :-

 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/sopcast

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install sopcast-player

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Wine is used to run windows apps on linux so you could try that or get the sopcast player :-

 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/sopcast

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install sopcast-player

 

I've installed that, but when I click it to run it, nothing happens :-S

 

I'll try and get wine now

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Tried installing using that code again. Says i have the most up to date version. I double click on 'Sopcast player' and absolutely nothing happens. Fuckity fuck fuck.

 

Oh and I have zero clue how to install a program in wine.

 

FUUUCCCCK. Why didn't I sort this last night!!

[piscinin]

Rather than wine I would get vmware installed and run windows as a virtual machine until you work out how to run all the weird stuff like sopcast etc.

[Frankenhooker]

You won't be able to run Skyplayer on linux. Moonlight doesn't support DRM and Sky have no plans to cross over to a plug-in that supports linux.

 

It's one of the reasons I have to keep a Windows partition.

[redsoxs]

Played around with Myth TV for a while..... big mistake, very time i see the "sudo" i have nightmares. Never again.

[DJLJ]

Played around with Myth TV for a while..... big mistake, very time i see the "sudo" i have nightmares. Never again.

 

sudo rm -rf /

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Yea, so, I kind of gave up with Linux. Just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptop.

 

Linux was making everyday tasks a fucking nightmare for me, and I lost patience. I think the amount of knowledge required to install some very basic programmes in Linux is utterly ridiculous.

 

Also, stability is supposed to be a major plus. Mine crashed regularly.

 

Not for me I'm afraid. Windows 7 is running much smoother, with ALL the applications I want and need on a regular basis, albeit a fraction slower. Suits me fine.

 

I'll maybe venture towards Linux again some day, if it's a little more user friendly, or I have hours to spare on teaching myself how to run a command line OS.

[zuluwhiskybravo]

Yea, so, I kind of gave up with Linux. Just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptop.

 

Linux was making everyday tasks a fucking nightmare for me, and I lost patience. I think the amount of knowledge required to install some very basic programmes in Linux is utterly ridiculous.

 

Also, stability is supposed to be a major plus. Mine crashed regularly.

 

Not for me I'm afraid. Windows 7 is running much smoother, with ALL the applications I want and need on a regular basis, albeit a fraction slower. Suits me fine.

 

I'll maybe venture towards Linux again some day, if it's a little more user friendly, or I have hours to spare on teaching myself how to run a command line OS.

 

Boy, am I glad I learned to use linux all those years ago. Pays dividends now. Pity you didn't manage to get it up and running within a day.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Boy, am I glad I learned to use linux all those years ago. Pays dividends now. Pity you didn't manage to get it up and running within a day.

 

I'm not sure I follow

[Frankenhooker]

Yea, so, I kind of gave up with Linux. Just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptop.

 

Linux was making everyday tasks a fucking nightmare for me, and I lost patience. I think the amount of knowledge required to install some very basic programmes in Linux is utterly ridiculous.

 

Also, stability is supposed to be a major plus. Mine crashed regularly.

 

Not for me I'm afraid. Windows 7 is running much smoother, with ALL the applications I want and need on a regular basis, albeit a fraction slower. Suits me fine.

 

I'll maybe venture towards Linux again some day, if it's a little more user friendly, or I have hours to spare on teaching myself how to run a command line OS.

 

 

The overwhelming majority of the programs you'd need for day to day use are in the software manager/store. Installing is just a click and a password entry. I'm not even sure a new user of Ubuntu or Mint would even need to access the terminal that much.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

The overwhelming majority of the programs you'd need for day to day use are in the software manager/store. Installing is just a click and a password entry. I'm not even sure a new user of Ubuntu or Mint would even need to access the terminal that much.

 

I looked in the software centre, but the applications I wanted either weren't there, or didn't install to a function level with "just a click". Just my experience.

[piscinin]

I looked in the software centre, but the applications I wanted either weren't there, or didn't install to a function level with "just a click". Just my experience.

 

Once you start deviating from the preferred packages for the distro, as you say, it starts getting hairy.

[Guest]

On 16/03/2012 at 20:56, Aw Geez said:

 

I looked in the software centre, but the applications I wanted either weren't there, or didn't install to a function level with "just a click". Just my experience.

I have recently installed the latest version of Ubuntu - I plan on installing onto all my PCs alongside Windows 10 - and it has definitely moved towards a much more user friendly interface. It's still a much more technically minded OS so you do have to know what you're doing for the more advanced stuff, but there is a lot more click and run functionality plus a OS Store for installing apps. Much more user friendly.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Backing running Ubuntu on my server. Mainly for backups, Plex media server and torrent seedbox, and soon to be print server and personal cloud storage.