[furtivefelon]

got a problem, do a search on linuxquestions.org first, then google it (if your distro has a forum, search that first)..

and try to google linux documentation project, it got alot of resources on various topics

that's about it, learn to use command line often, as people will refer you to it time after time

[Snake-Eyes]

Furtive, thanks for the tips! I found ubuntuguide.org and it's a BIG help in making the decision to switch!

[TheHeadFL]

I agree with the above post suggesting that you learn the command line stuff.

The GUI stuff is always different from distro to distro, and in my mind, it isn't even worth 'learning' since it won't usually apply to the other flavors. When I first ran Linux, I tried to learn the basic commands.

It'll be tough, but you'll eventually get the hang of it. In fact, I don't even have a monitor or keyboard hooked up to my Linux box, since everything I do is from a command line over a remote shell. You'll obviously want the GUI, but the nice thing about Linux is that you don't *need* the GUI.

Just for basic stuff, it isn't much different than Windows so long as you're using X Windows (I use KDE when I do this). Really the only big huge difference is when it comes down to configuring stuff or doing system operations. If all you usually do is browse the web and listen to mp3s, I doubt you'll find it too foreign.

[hilowe]

Originally posted by U-Toast
Check out Fedora Core 4 also, its nice. You can dual boot also if u want, then u could mount your windows drive and read your music from there.

Yeah, it's nice, but it doesn't support playing mp3 from the cd, and I don't think that they have added NTFS support to FC4 (sorry, I'm still using FC2, just haven't had time to install a new distro.).

For what he said he wants to do, I wouldn't recommend FC.

My 2 cents.

[Snake-Eyes]

With the LiveCD, i burned it to a CD, using Nero SmartStart, and burned it as a data CD. It won't run LiveUbuntu, and i made sure it booted from the CD-rom through BIOS, so the only possibility is that the type of burn i used is not the right one. Right?

The only bad thing is, with my burner, there is no other data option. Are there any free burners that would allow me to make a working copy of a LiveCD?

[macdude425]

Did you burn it as an image?

[Snake-Eyes]

I don't think so only because my burner only has three settings, data, audio CD, MP3 cd.

Edit: Nevermind, i used my father's burning software and it has a selection for auto-ISO burning.

[jakec]

Here is how to burn your CD so you can run it

1 - download the iso - the file name should end with a ".iso" extension
2 - open up Nero or other favourite CD burning app
3 - select - burn image to CD
4 - select the iso file, and click write

Is this the process you've followed?

[Snake-Eyes]

Nevermind, got it to work.

[Snake-Eyes]

Rather, i got it to burn. Now, when i try restarting, i have it set to boot from CD-Rom first, it still won't run. I saved the image to the desktop, and burned the ISO to the disk, but it won't work.