panic

[Jim March]

It won't burn CDs?
On Nov 27, 2011 1:19 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
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