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Okay, if I install Ubuntu, and I have an "Instant Wireless LAN Monitor" i think, (Obviously, not big into hardware,,,:P) and I have it all installed as a program kind of thing, and I migrate to Ubuntu, will I still be able to use the internet thing? It's basically a card, but in a USB plug thing. Acts the same as a card, i think.
Most probably, yesQuote:
Originally Posted by xXSomeGuyXx
although without a make & model number I can't say for sure
but seriously
the best way to see if everything works and is to your liking, is to try it
you could a million and one questions (and even get a million and one answers) and still be no wiser. If you're interested, just try it
if you have concerns or reservations, you may want to install via Wubi
This installs a linux operating system on a virtual hard disk within your existing windows partition
(never used it personally, but the idea is to make it easier to test out linux without fiddling around with disk partitions - just burn the CD, run it under windows and follow the prompts)
If you want to get rid of it, just uninstall via Windows's "add/remove programs"
I was thinking about trying Virtualbox, bt on this computer, (8 year old Gateway...) the amount of RAM it takes and the time it takes to download Ubuntu (8 hours! :P), and my knowledge of partions (0% lulz...) it would just kill my computer. But, I could say that I plugged it in to a different computer and it didn't work so... looks like Ubuntu's out for a while. But I could try virtualbox.
Ubuntu offers a Linux Live version. You download it to a CD and run it from there, no partitioning or hard drive interfacing at all.
It shouldn't take 8 hours to download the iso, more like 2.
Ubuntu also has something called Wubi, which lets you install Ubuntu on a Windows machine without repartitioning your drive. I've never used it (because I don't use Windows or Ubuntu), but it's said to work pretty well. The LiveCD would be even slower on the OP's old Gateway than a virtual machine, so I suggest giving Wubi a try.
I'll try Virtual Box. GOt ithe ISO and the vitual machine, so I'll give it a run.