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    Well im duel booting Ubuntu and 7 for the first time. So now that I have it installed now what? I have no idea what apps I need or if I need a antivirus or anything. If you guys could give me some guidance id greatly appreciate it.
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    Feel free to ask more questions as they come.

    First off:
    LibreOffice == open source MS Office equivalent. A little FYI.

    The "Ubuntu Software Center" is the quick way of accessing and installing applications, and "Synaptic Package Manager" is the power way of installing.

    No TRUE need for an antivirus, this is why; so few, and patched up VERY quickly.

    Updates are detected on boot-up (and sometimes a few hours), and you choose when to install them, and they NEVER install on shutdown.

    Apps I'd recommend that aren't installed:

    Voice chat (if you use them): Skype (which hasn't been updated in YEARS), Mumble
    Browser: Firefox (which usually is installed, but may not be), Google Chrome (which you have to get through Google)
    Image editing: GIMP, KPaint (I think that's what it's called, need to confirm. It's the only simple image editor that doesn't crash on me)
    Video editing: Blender (takes quite the learning curve to master)

    There is "Wine" that does run Windows apps; as you have Windows 7 pre-installed, the best thing for it is just to see what works (and 16-bit apps and other older games).
    Seriously, StarCraft 1 runs better in Wine and Linux than it does on Windows 7!

    One cool little trick: Highlight something, and middle-click in a blank field.
    (unfortunately, this trick disables middle-clicking-to-motionless-scroll button)

    Packages of the .DEB format are not the applications themselves; think of them as similar to .MSIs.

    Oh, and there's one very useful tool that needs to be addressed early on in Ubuntu: the Sudo command. It's the command that says "I'm the admin; gimme higher access!"

    One last thing: Capitalization IS important.

    i.e., amev <> (or =!) AmEv in Linux.

    So, just poke around, kill time in the man pages, and as long as you don't delete anything or mess with the bootup stuff, you should be fine.

    *gasp*
    Two years. They were great. Let's make the next ones even better!

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    you should also install vlc player and the restricted codec pack. that way you can have dvd playback. i don't remember the process, but if you just do a google search for something like "dvd playback ubuntu 11.04" you will find easy to follow instructions.

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    I knew I forgot something!
    Thanks!
    Two years. They were great. Let's make the next ones even better!

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    How do i get both my monitors to work. it keeps telling me the resolutions are diffrent. is there a way around this? Also i am running 11.10 instead of 11.04.
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    have you made sure your graphics drivers are up to date?
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    Look for "Additional drivers" to enable drivers (usally proprietary, and occasionally buggy).

    There IS CCC for Linux; it's a nightmare to install, though.
    And upgrading cards is worse.
    Two years. They were great. Let's make the next ones even better!

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    sorry, never tried multiple monitors so i can't help there.

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    i did do the search for drivers and installed ccc but it still give me a error. ill screen shot it later and post it.
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    video bios flashing guide

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    ok this is the erros im getting. even when i have both monitors at 1280x1024

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    mmmmm... skittles....
    bench mark software.

    video bios flashing guide

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