Re: Vmware on 64bit ubuntu

2009-03-17 Thread Peter Schwenke
daniel sobey wrote: Yes you can run a 64 bit os on a 64 bit vmware, you can run a 32 bit os on a 64 bit vmware, you can run 64 bit os on a 32 bit os. I believe quemu, virtualbox, kvm, xen can also do this. I know that with VMWare Workstation and VMWare Server you need a 64 bit CPU to run

Re: ethernet Q

2009-03-17 Thread Norberto Bensa
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:25 PM, James Takac p3nndra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Guys I had a motherboard blow on a computer a few weeks back and finally got the system rebuilt with a new mobo. However the ethernet connection is now seen as eth1 instead of eth0 and on various reboots ubuntu is

Re: Laptops

2009-03-17 Thread Paul Shirren
David Ryder wrote: I'm after a notebooks which I will only put Ubuntu (8+) on. I want the internet camera and mic built in (Ekiga, Skype). Linux usually has outstanding hardware support. It will often detect and work with hardware where Windows will require third party drivers. The problem

Re: Laptops

2009-03-17 Thread Hugo Do Nascimento
Hi David, I recommend trying the Ubuntu Live CD on the laptops. You can check whether it supports the video card, the audio device, the web camera, the wifi card, the flash-card reader and some especial keys (Fn+.F.). I believe the store will allow you to do a test drive on a showcase laptop, if