yep.... I figured that one out. It seems as if I only have a cd reader and dvd burner. Looks like I need to buy more things! On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote: > Double-click it. Put a blank disk in first and cancel what it wants to do > with the blank. > On Nov 27, 2011 12:45 AM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > >> That's what I figured! How do I burn an ISO with Ubuntu? >> >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> The DVD files are a bit bigger and contain all the restricted >>> multimedia codec stuff. They won't fit on a CD, need to burn 'em to a >>> DVD. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Michael Havens >>> wrote: >>> > well, I would love to get the /DVD >>> > >>> > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> The torrent links aren't there. Found 'em here though: >>> >> >>> >> http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1889 >>> >> >>> >> Your choice 32bit or 64, CD or DVD. Go with one of the DVDs, >>> >> whichever you want...I'm doing 32 myself. They'll come in fast as >>> >> hell via torrent. >>> >> >>> >> Jim >>> >> >>> >> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Michael Havens >>> wrote: >>> >> > http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php >>> >> > I couldn't find a link to the torrent of Linux Mint so I googled >>> it. Is >>> >> > this >>> >> > a good place to D/L it from? >>> >> > >>> >> > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Michael Havens >>> >> > wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> WOW It is brand mew..... it just came out today! >>> >> >> >>> >> >> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> >>> >> >> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> As to the screensaver...huh. I just realized I have no idea, and >>> I'm >>> >> >>> running the same thing! See, I think "Unity" is an absolute turd >>> so I >>> >> >>> converted it to Gnome3 via the command: >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/08/installing-using-classic-gnome-desktop.html >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> ...but unfortunately Ubuntu put virtually no effort into a >>> rational >>> >> >>> set of menus so there's all kinds of stuff missing, including, I >>> just >>> >> >>> realized, the damn screensaver controls. >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> Arg. >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> And this is why I'm strongly considering dumping it for Mint12 - >>> they >>> >> >>> at least have put some effort into making Gnome3 work. >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> Sigh. >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> Odds are it has the latest kernel bits for power management and >>> ACPI >>> >> >>> controls, which is another top contender for "why your rig is >>> >> >>> crashing"...they only just got a handle on that stuff, with >>> patches >>> >> >>> that can be applied to current kernels and if I recall right, >>> Mint12 >>> >> >>> did so? >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> Jim >>> >> >> >>> >> >> -- >>> >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > -- >>> >> > :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> > >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------- >>> >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> > >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >>> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------- >>> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: