okay… but looking at kubuntu as of now… will try it out and see if there are any serious compatibility issues… most of my frnds use xp. and if there are none… and if i can find the additional nvidia and wifi drivers for kubuntu, then i’ll gradually shift to linux. not jumping in at the deep end as of now.
With kubuntu, you need to install all such separately.
Okay, the good news is that Kubuntu does install on the Compaq F733AU laptop. however it is still not compatible with the NVIDIA graphics card directly. it isn’t as easy as simply enabling the restricted drivers. true it does download and install the latest package and is in use but u still don’t get the 1280 x 800 rez… and in the meantime it also managed to chip away some DLL file frm the windows partition making it impossible to load windows. had to reformat the entire laptop. nxt time will use the manual partition instead.
Better wait for official hardy heron. 
Less than one month left, control dude control 
But that resolution issue can be solved from xconfig(which is made easier in heron), but i have no idea about kubuntu. I just hope kubuntu is not much different from ubuntu.
I tried booting the Hardy beta live CD multiple times on my HP tablet and it worked without needing to provide the noapic kernel boot parameter to prevent it hanging. 
Plus I noticed tapping the touchscreen actually works like a mouse click although the pointer does not move to the tapped position.. I hope touchscreen will work better in Hardy…
I am also hopeful that wireless will work without the need for setting up ndiswrapper coz I see the new “b43” driver getting lots of work done…
There is no diff. btw. Ubuntu and Kubuntu . the only dif.. lies in the Desktop Manager they use.. Kubuntu = Ubuntu + KDE + less applications.. I only use it because of KDE.. Also Kubuntu has broken updates every time.. I would recommend you Linux Mint … or Mandriva 2008.1 
How come you don’t like openSUSE. I have always considered openSUSE to have the best integrated and most polished KDE…
Well I do love to use SUSE working but the 10.3 never worked for me.. I have tried every possible measure to get that OS working but all in vain.. Also i don’t really like the over all interface and using I still find Yast pretty confusing 
.. Will use SUSE 11
i want software makers to understand one simple thing – users don’t want bulky applications anymore. sure there r those how just love getting more for their buck, but that, as a general rule, will always back-fire. Suse gives you 16 GB of softwares… Ubuntu on the other hand does more than better with a mere 2.5 odd GB of footprint. if suse has to compete against ubuntu it has to return to the 700 MB limit for its softwares. in the days to come, i see a gradual shift to more thrifty softwares --those that do all the work better but leave a tiny footprint. people want more space for their music, pics, videos and less for their OSes. the linux stakeout has only begun
oh, and by the way, it appears that though both look alike, the installer for kubuntu and ubuntu are structurally different.
yes darkstar, i agree the opensuse menu choices are vast and confusing. one of the reasons i stayed with ubuntu is gnome’s simplicity.
i still like/prefer kde’s look-n-feel (dont like KDE4) and all the apps like amarok/ktorrent/k3b etc, so i will give opensuse 11 a try if it comes with kde3 or has a theme for kde4 to make it look like classic kde3
another reason why i dropped opensuse 10.3 is because during install if you check the “check for update/repositories” boxes (something like that) then it takes HUGE amount of time to download package lists on my 256k connection.
also the package management/solver etc are much slower than apt/deb of ubuntu.
but both fedora and opensuse are claiming they have improved packaging speeds so i will also give opensuse 11 a try again
See Duncan Mac-Vicar P. Blog Archive fast package management and yum results journal/notes
@Pause : Lemme tel you SUSE is one of the best distro. If you wanna try latest GNU software .. The only distro that provide repos. and up[dates as soon as the s/w is released You will get the latest Compiz, and all.. and in Ubuntu you have to wait for new release.. I still got Gimp 2.4.2 in Kubuntu while 2.5 is already out :@.. No Amarok 1.4.8 in Kubuntu also .. If you wanna compile you have to satisfy Repository .. 
while SUSE even provide Amarok Alpha if you are interested
@vishal : Yes Suse takes a hell lot of time in Updating .. Even in reloading repos. it takes nearly 5-10mins on 256KUL..
The next distro .. I am going to try is openSUSE 11 but before that I am going to get dirty with Arch + KDE Mod. as far as KDE 4 I not going to use it before 4.1/ / Have tried 4.02 and it still needs a lot of makeup
who cares, if am using the latest version or not, as long as you are happy with your os.
Like i didn’t upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10 On my notebook, as i Din’t felt a need for it. I am still using 6.06 on my notebook. Didn’t face any problems yet
will upgrade to 8.04 latter
I personally advise people to skip Ubuntu 7.10. My 7.04 setup was great, but when I upgraded to 7.10 things that worked started breaking with no easy way to fix except to fall back to source recompilation… plus many of the non-free packages were never ported over so…
8.04 ought to be interesting comparatively, though as far as I am concerned, 6.10 was the version in which Ubuntu showed it was better than Fedora (up until then Fedora ruled the roost among free Linux distros IMHO)
Hello Pause,
If the windows goes outta your screen then press and hold Alt+F7 and then click anywhere on the windows and try to drag move it. It should move. When I was at DSK Infotech attending RHCE classes, the teacher used to use often use it. Give it a shot.
^^ djmykey: You have RHCE?
I couldnt control myself any longer to get back to ubuntu…
Today i tried again. I had a valid reason to try again…
My 8600GT was flashed with BIOS of XXX version. And today i flashed back to original bios.
Installed Gutsy fresh. Updated it full.
And used envy to install restricted drivers…
I still cant believe how fast it all happened. Half an hour and it was all done. Didnt even had to see xserver config screen. Envy did it all for me… 
And everything is smooth and soft now
HIP HOP HURRRAYYYY 
What a nice happy ending to my sad ubuntu story.
Here is the certificate of success 
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/6747/screenshotnvidiaxserverev7.png
congrats hunter.
on my side, i managed to install kubuntu on the system…still stuck with the restricted drivers though. the installation did chip away one .dll file and windows wouldn’t run. but hey, at least i know linux will work on this system. had to reformat the comp. will try to install kubuntu using manual partition manager next time.
How do u go about installing OS’s?
I have installed ubuntu 4 times, XP 4-5 times, and Vista once on my 160 Gig HDD but never messed up.
I installed ubuntu on 10 GB unformatted partition:
/swap - 512 MB
/boot - 50 MB
/ - remaining…
How do u do?
It is not necessary to allocate space for /boot.. I would rather suggest you to mount you /home in diff. partition as its pretty helpful and if you save it under Main File system and in future you plan to re-install or install dif.. GNU OS ..you will lose all the data in /home But if it is in diff. partition data will be left intact
I always use ENVY to install drivers for me, single click LOL.