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IT WON'T STOP LAGGING. AHHHHH!! !! !! !! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! !! !! !

I think it's because the size of the Hard Drive I installed it on(3GB). That, and it didn't find a proper sound driver. I don't know how to access my Windows files either. I realized after 5 minutes that I have no idea what the Hell I am doing. 56 MB RAM, and Linux is lagging?! I'm so confused right now. Either Linux is over-rated, or I did something wrong.

BUT IT'S LAGGING!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

I did mention before you were going to struggle with so little RAM mate... most current Linux distros (using Gnome or KDE as a GUI) with XP rather than Win98 in terms of what they will demand from your system. There are lighter ones out there like DSL (damn small linux), but Ubuntu is a good un to get familiar with Linux first, but it will struggle a bit with so little RAM. At least you got it up and running SN... yay!

With a friend's help, I'll hopefully upgrade RAM some time this week.

If you're using the Gnome Desktop, which is default with Ubuntu. you have WAY too little memory available. Others here have remarked that if you're using an 'X' desktop 256 MB of memory is best for optimum performance, in this day and age. I agree, KDE and Gnome are real memory hogs.

Sound Drivers can be a real pain with Linux, but before you do anything else, you might want to play around with the Volume controls in the Mixer section. The version of Ubuntu that I have now currently keeps the Volume down to a minimum whenever I login.

That being said, a few years ago, I was running SuSE on a computer that had Turtle Beach sound card in it. ( I don't recall the model, or the Chipset that it used) The chipset on the Soundcard was ALSA complient, but the Turtle beach card was NOT. --It did odd things. I could use /dev/cdrom to play regular audio CD's and the playback would be fine, however, it would not handle .wav and MPEG files at all. Check to see if your soundcard is complient with ALSA, as this is the current standard in the 2.6 kernels. --Yeah, OSS support has been abandoned.

When many linux Distros give minimum system requirements for Linux, the assume that you will be running linux in console mode, with no X setup, and certainly not Gnome, or KDE.

What "distribution" are you using?

Ubuntu. I don't exactly understand how and what "ALSA" is/works. I looked around some, and Linux recognizes my sound card. I forgot exactly what it said, but it was similar to what my Win98SE says when it doesn't have a driver. How do you change the type of desktop being used?

You shoudn't understand what ALSA is or care. What brand of sound card is in your PC?

Yay! I figured it out. I don't even remembered what I did, but Linux was using the wrong sound device. I've got sound now.

Now for my other problem, how do I share files with Win98SE? All I really want access to is My Documents, where ALL (about 5 gigs) of my music is. I can't copy it all to my 3 gig HD(where Linux is), so I need to be able to have constant access to it(I needs mah musik). I installed Mamba for file sharing, but I think that's for sharing files between multiple Linux users, or I just don't know what I'm doing.

One little thing is bugging me still. The text is too small. What I'm typing now is roughly %75 the size I'm used to on Win98SE. I have it set at the same screen resolution too.

One thing that might be useful in the future that I'd like to know. Can Linux read and unpack password-protected back-up files created by Nero? I tried it with some music, and couldn't get it to work, I just installed a whole lot of programs, and one of them might make it possible. I'll check later.

Some time in the future, once I figure out if I need Win98SE for online schooling, I might just reformat the Windows HD, and make my computer all Linux. Until then, I'll be stuck using my tiny HD. Oh well.

Open source file sharing app by Novell:

http://www.ifolder.com/

I want to be able to share files between tw different HD's that are using different file systems. Is it possible to make Linux FAT32?

Another problem with sound, whenver I move the bars (for scrolling)the speakers make a terrible screeching staticy sound. But it only does it when I have the music player on.

Still don't know how to make text in browser bigger.

Ctrl and + to enlarge browser text, ctrl and - to reduce it matey works with Mozilla/Firefox in Windows as well.

Dunc

No, you can't make Linux FAT 32, unless it uses that filesystem natively ( Some distro's did, and perhaps still do.) You may want to browse the "/" directory and look for "C" directory, which will be the windows drive.

Failing that, you may have to mount the C directory manually. but first you'll need to know what partition it's on. Usually hda, hdb and hdc will be the linux partitions, look for another one. then open a terminal and type in "mount /hd--," the "--" corresponding with the drive. after mounting it, you then may have to unmount it . go back to the terminal and type in "umount /hd--" .
Oh, BTW, here's a Unix command Cheat sheet

http://bsdeviant.unixpunx.org/documentation/unix.html

What sort of soundcard do you have?

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Ess Allegro-1 PCI Sound Card...I should probably mention that my speakers are dying, there 5 years old.

Fogman, I can't find C, or any other partions, where should I look? They're not in the "/" directory, and I searched using the "Find" program and still couldn't find it.

Look in the Hardware Manager , and look for logical Hard Drive Partitions

Fogman, I found Device Manager, but no luck accessing HD from there.