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" <bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>> >> > 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
>>> >> >>
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